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ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion Intel LGA2011
Intel X79 Express Chipset »Introduction
Just a short while ago, I spent some time with my first ASRock product, the Z77 Extreme9. When covering that product, I mentioned that more ASRock coverage was coming. Even since then, a few more samples have arrived at my door! With no time to waste, here's our second ASRock product, none other than the Fatal1ty X79 Champion!
ASRock has been around for a wee bit over 10 years now, having just recently celebrated their tenth anniversary of being their own company. During those ten years, they've definitely made a name for themselves with countless requests falling into my PM box on the forums asking for reviews. After some work on W1zzard's part, we got ourselves a contact and the samples arrived shortly afterwards. I was a bit surprised with my first review sample, an ES sample product that was a bit short of all the functionality full retail products have. The Fatal1ty X79 Champion, today's product, is very much a different animal, and is yet another high-end enthusiast offering, that has everything a high-end multi-GPU gamer needs, as well as a few things for the extreme clocker!
Specifications
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| CPU SUPPORT: | 2nd Gen Intel Core i7 processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket |
| POWER DESIGN: | CPU Power: 12+2 Phase PCH Power: 2 Phase Memory Power: 2+2 Phase |
| CHIPSET: | Intel X79 Express |
| INTEGRATED GRAPHICS: | Not Applicable |
| MEMORY: | 8 x DIMM, Max. 64 GB, DDR3 1066 to DDR3 2400 |
| BIOS: | AMI EFI BIOS with 64 Mb Flash ROM |
| SLOTS: | 5 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots |
| HDD CONNECTIVITY: | 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s (Intel X79) 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s (Intel X79) 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s (Marvell 88SE9230) |
| NETWORKING: | 2x Broadcom BCM57781 PCIe Gigabit LAN |
| PORTS: | 5 x USB 2.0 ports (2 at back panel, 6 at front panel) 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse port (USB 2.0/1000Hz) 12 x USB 3.0 ports (8 at back panel, 4 at front panel) 2 x RJ45 LAN connectors 1 x Audio port with 5 audio jacks 1 x SPDIF Output(Optical) 2 x eSATA3 ports 1 x IEEE 1394 port 1 x Clear CMOS Button 1 x PS/2 keyboard port |
| AUDIO: | Creative Recon3Di HD CODEC |
| FAN HEADERS: | 4 x 3-pin, 2 x 4-pin |
| FORM FACTOR: | CEB Form Factor (305 mm x 267 mm) |
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