Gigabyte Motherboard GA-Z68A-D3H-B3

Supports for LGA1155 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors

Supports Virtu™ GPU virtualization software for extreme display

Touch BIOS™ delivers No Need for Reboot to more easily modify BIOS settings.

4X performance boost with the Intel® Smart Response Technology

Supports USB 3.0 with superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps

High speed SATA3 storage interface with superfast 6Gbps link speed

GIGABYTE 3x USB Power with On/Off Charge USB ports

SLI and CrossFireX multi-graphics support for ultimate graphics performance

Hybrid EFI technology with DualBIOS for 3TB HDD support

HDMI/ DVI interface for smoother HD video playback

Enhanced Intel HD Graphics 2000/3000 integrated with the processor

XHD technology accelerating hard drive performance with ease

CPU:

Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package

L3 cache varies with CPU

(Some Intel® Core™ processors require a graphic card, please refer "CPU support List" for more information.)

Chipset:

Intel® Z68 Express Chipset

Memory:

4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory

* Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.

Dual channel memory architecture

Support for DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

Support for non-ECC memory modules

Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

(Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics Integrated Graphics Processor:

1 x D-Sub port

1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200

* The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.

1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200

Audio:

Realtek ALC889 codec

High Definition Audio

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

* To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.

Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN:

1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots:

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)

* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)

* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX1_2 slot. When PCIEX1_2 slot is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operate at up to x1 mode.

2 x PCI Express x1 slots

(All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

2 x PCI slots

Multi-Graphics Technology

Support for ATI CrossFireX™/NVIDIA SLI technology (PCIEX16 and PCIEX8)

The PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode when ATI CrossFireX™/NVIDIA SLI is enabled

Storage Interface Chipset:

2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_1) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices

4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_2~SATA2_5) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices

Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

* When a RAID set is built across the SATA 6Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s channels, the system performance of the RAID set may vary depending on the devices being connected.

USB Chipset:

Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 8 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)

Etron EJ168 chip:

Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel

Internal I/O Connectors:

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors

1 x CPU fan header

2 x system fan headers

1 x power fan header

1 x front panel header

1 x front panel audio header

1 x S/PDIF Out header

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

1 x serial port header

1 x clearing CMOS jumper

1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header

Back Panel Connectors:

1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

1 x D-Sub port

1 x DVI-D port

1 x HDMI port

1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports

1 x RJ-45 port

3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller:

iTE IT8728 chip

H/W Monitoring:

System voltage detection

CPU/System temperature detection

CPU/System/Power fan speed detection

CPU overheating warning

CPU/System/Power fan fail warning

CPU/System fan speed control

*Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.

BIOS:

2 x 32 Mbit flash

Use of licensed AWARD BIOS

Support for DualBIOS™

PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Unique Features

Support for @BIOS

Support for Q-Flash

Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue

Support for Download Center

Support for Xpress Install

Support for Xpress Recovery2

Support for EasyTune 

* Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.

Support for Smart 6™

Support for Auto Green

Support for eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)

Support for ON/OFF Charge

Support for Cloud OC

Support for Q-Share

Bundle Software:

Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System:

Support for Microsoft® Windows® 8/7/Vista/XP

Form Factor:

ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 22.5cm