ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 Manual Do Utilizador

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Chapter 1: Product introduction

Intel

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 Smart Response Technology, an important part of Green ASUS eco-friendly computing, 

reduces load and wait time, eliminates unecessary hard drive spin thus lowering power 

usage, and uses an installed SSD (requires 18.6 GB available space) as a cache for 

frequently accessed data or applications. It combines SSD performance and hard drive 

capacity, operating up to six times faster than a hard-drive-only system to boost the system’s 

overall performance.

Your computer can receive fresh updates for selected applications, even when the system 

is in sleep mode. This means less time waiting for applications to update and sync with the 

cloud, leading to a more efficient computing experience.

Intel

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 Rapid Start Technology allows your computer to quickly resume from a low-power 

hibernate state in seconds. Saving your system memory to the designated SSD, it provides 

your computer a faster wake-up response time, while still keeping the energy use low.

This motherboard offers you the strategic USB 3.0 accessibility for both the front and rear 

panels, allowing you to experience the convenience of the latest plug and play connectivity 

solution of speed up to ten times faster than USB 2.0.

The Intel

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 Z87 Express Chipset natively supports the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) 

interface, delivering up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer. ASUS provides extra SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports 

with enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, and double the bandwidth of current bus 

systems.

Thermal Armor features the exclusive flow gate mechanism that allows you to open or close 

the Thermal Armor via a button. When the gate is open, it provides an excellent thermal 

solution for the CPU. When the gate is closed, it focuses air on heatpipes for better heat 

removal, especially useful for liquid cooling.

Thermal Radar 2 uses sensors to control motherboard temperatures, automatically adjusting 

fan speeds for better system stability and power efficiency. It also provides customizable fan 

management that displays real-time motherboard, CPU and VGA zone cooling status, and 

promotes extended system longevity, power saving solution, and noise reduction.