Get Visibly Smart, Top-of-the-Line Performance for Your Most Demanding Tasks

3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors deliver top-of-the-line performance for your Ultrabook™ or All-in-One or Standard PC. Intel® Core™ i7 processors keep up with your most demanding tasks for a difference you can see and feel in HD or 3D, multitasking or multimedia. The Intel Core i7 processors include advanced technologies that deliver faster, smoother, and richer PC and visual experiences for all of your favorite, demanding activities—from editing film to mind-blowing gaming.

Faster

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 intelligently and automatically boosts processor speed just when you need it for performance that adapts to you—it’s that smart.¹

Intel® Quick Sync Video, part of our built-in visuals, integrates video conversion hardware into the processor to accelerate performance of editing, burning, and sharing your videos in a snap.²Â Now your videos are waiting for you, not the other way around.²

Intel® HD Graphics, in the 3rd generation of Intel® Coreâ„¢ processors, integrates the graphics engine and media processing right on the chip to deliver life-like graphics for a better gaming experience. Intel HD Graphics delivers up to 3X performance over previous-generation Intel HD Graphics³,⁴,⁵, ⁵—with additional headroom for tomorrow’s games. Best of all, no additional hardware is required.

Richer

Intel® Clear Video HD Technology gives you eye-popping, true-to-life visuals—the way they were meant to be seen. A suite of technologies in Intel Clear Video HD Technology delivers sharper and smoother images with richer colors, making every image picture perfect.²

Intel® InTruâ„¢ 3D Technology adds a new dimension to your viewing experience so you can game, watch 3D movies with Blu-ray* Stereo 3D* playback and shutter 3D glasses, and more in 3D. Enjoy it all in 1080p full, high-definition resolution on your TV over HDMI* 1.4.⁷

Smoother

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology lets each processor core work on two things at once—that’s up to 4-way smart multi-tasking in Intel® Coreâ„¢ i5—so you can effortlessly move between your applications.⁸

Intel® X79 Express Chipset

The Intel® X79 Express Chipset is the latest single-chipset design that supports the 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket. It improves performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing for increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, the X79 comes with 2 SATA 6Gb/s and 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports for faster data retrieval, doubling the bandwidth of current bus systems.

USB 3.0 support

Experience ultra-fast data transfers at 5 Gb/s with USB 3.0–the latest connectivity standard. Built to connect easily with next-generation components and peripherals, USB 3.0 transfers data 10X faster and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 components.

Power eSATA 6Gb/s Ready

 

2X faster with fully charged power
Powered eSATA 6Gb/s combines data and power connectivity. Users enjoy 2X faster transfer rates, and can use external SATA 6Gb/s devices with no additional power adapters. ASUS provides extra ports with enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, and double the bandwidth of current bus systems for extra speed and accessibility.

 

Dual Intelligent Processors 3 with New DIGI+ Power Control
The world’s first Dual Intelligent Processors from ASUS pioneered twin onboard chips - TPU (TurboV Processing Unit) and EPU (Energy Processing Unit). Third generation Dual Intelligent Processors with New DIGI+ Power Control include three digital voltage controllers, allowing ultra-precise DRAM tuning in addition to ultra-precise CPU voltage control. This evolution of innovative and industry-leading ASUS technology provides super-accurate voltage tuning for better efficiency, stability and performance.

 

Back I/O Ports

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port(s)
• 1 x eSATA 6Gb/s
• 1 x Power eSATA 6Gb/s
• 1 x IEEE 1394a
• 1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s)
• 4 x USB 3.0
• 6 x USB 2.0 (one port can be switched to USB BIOS Flashback)
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF out 6 x Audio jack(s)
• 1 x USB BIOS Flashback Button(s)

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