ASUS P9D WS Manuel D’Utilisation

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction

This motherboard complies with the European Union’s Energy-related Products (ErP) 

requirements, which requires products to meet certain energy efficiency criteria for energy 

consumption. This in  in keeping with ASUS’ vision of creating environment-friendly and 

energy-efficient products to reduce a product’s carbon footprint and reduce its environmental 

impact.

This motherboard supports the latest Intel

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 fourth Core™ i3 and Xeon

™ i3 and Xeon

 i3 and Xeon

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 E3-1200 v3 

processors in the LGA1150 package, with memory and PCI Express controllers integrated 

to support 2-channel (4 DIMM) DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0 lanes. This provides 

great graphics performance. Intel

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 4th generation Core™ i3 and Xeon

™ i3 and Xeon

 i3 and Xeon

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 E3-1200 v3 

processors are among the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.

The Intel

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 C226 Chipset is the latest single-chipset design that supports the new socket 1150 

Intel

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 Core™ i3 4th generation processors,and Intel

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 Xeon

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 E3-1200 v3 server processors. It 

improves performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing for increased bandwidth 

and stability. Additionally, the C226 comes with 6 SATA 6Gb/s ports for faster data retrieval, 

doubling the bandwidth of current bus systems. Moreover, Intel

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 C226 Chipset also supports 

iGPU function.

PCI Express

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 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the latest PCI Express 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.

This motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 architecture that features the data 

transfer rates of DDR3 1600/1333  MHz to boost the system’s performance, and to meet 

the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet 

applications.

With its Intel

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 C226 Chipset, this motherboard natively supports the next generation Seria 

ATA (SATA) storage interface, delivering up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rates. It provides 

enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, and twice the bandwidth of current bus systems.