ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER Manuel D’Utilisation

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ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER
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Chapter 1
Product introduction
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Special features
1.1.1 
Product highlights
Republic of Gamers 
The Republic of Gamers offers you the best of the best. We offer the best hardware 
engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovative ideas, and we welcome the best 
gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are only for the weak, and bragging 
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If your character matches our trait, then join the elite Republic of Gamers and make your 
presence felt.
LGA1150 socket for 4th generation and 5th generation Intel
®
 Core™ i7/Intel
®
 
Core™ i5/Intel
®
 Core™ i3, Pentium
®
 and Celeron
®
 processors
This motherboard supports new 4th generation and 5th generation Intel
®
 Core™ i7/Intel
®
 
Core™ i5/Intel
®
 Core™
 
i3, Pentium
®
, and Celeron
®
 processors in the LGA1150 package. It 
provides great graphics and system performance with its GPU, dual-channel DDR3 memory 
slots, and PCI Express 2.0/3.0 expansion slots.
Intel
®
 Z97 Express Chipset
Intel
®
 Z97 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA1150 socket for 4th 
generation and 5th generation Intel
®
 Core™ i7/Intel
®
 Core™ i5/Intel
®
 Core™ i3, Pentium
®
and Celeron
®
 processors. It utilizes the serial point-to-point links, which increases bandwidth 
and enhances the system’s performance. It natively supports up to six USB 3.0 ports, six 
SATA 6 Gb/s ports, and M.2 support for faster data retrieval. It also enables the iGPU 
function for Intel
®
 integrated graphics performance.
PCIE
®
 3.0
PCIE
®
 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCIe bus standard that provides twice the performance and 
speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance, unprecedented data speed 
and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices.
SLI
®
/CrossFire™ On-Demand
This motherboard features a unique PCIe 3.0 bridge chip to support multi-GPU SLI
®
/
CrossFireX
 graphics cards for an unrivalled gaming performance. With the Intel
®
 Z97 
platform to optimize the PCIe allocation of multiple GPUs, it supports up to 2-WAY GPU SLI
® 
or CrossFireX
 configuration. 
Chapter 1: 
Product Introduction