Asus P9D WS - Manual (Page 14)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Green ASUS
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.
LGA1150 socket for Intel ® 4th Generation Core™ i3 and Xeon ® E3-
1200 v3 processors
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® fourth Core™ i3 and Xeon ™ i3 and Xeon i3 and Xeon ® 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 ® 4th generation Core™ i3 and Xeon ™ i3 and Xeon i3 and Xeon ® E3-1200 v3
processors are among the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.
C226
The Intel ® C226 Chipset is the latest single-chipset design that supports the new socket 1150
Intel ® Core™ i3 4th generation processors,and Intel ® Xeon ® 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 ® C226 Chipset also supports
iGPU function.
PCI Express ® 3.0
PCI Express ® 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.
Dual-Channel DDR3 1600/ 1333 support
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.
Native SATA 6Gb/s Support
With its Intel ® 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.