Performance
| Motherboard form factor |
ATX |
| Supported processor sockets |
LGA 1155 (Socket H2) |
| Motherboard chipset family |
Intel |
| Audio system |
HD |
| Component for |
PC |
Memory
| Supported memory clock speeds |
800, 1066, 1333, 1600 MHz |
| Non-ECC |
Y |
| Unbuffered memory |
Y |
| Supported memory types |
DDR3-SDRAM |
| Memory slots type |
DIMM |
| Supported memory module capacities |
2GB, 4GB |
| Number of memory slots |
4 |
| Flash memory |
16 MB |
| Maximum internal memory |
16 GB |
Processor
| Maximum number of SMP processors |
1 |
Internal I/O
| USB 2.0 connectors |
4 |
| ATX Power connector (24-pin) |
Y |
| Number of SATA III connectors |
4 |
| Number of SATA II connectors |
4 |
| CPU fan connector |
Y |
| Number of chassis fan connectors |
1 |
Graphics
| On-board graphics adapter |
Y |
| Graphics adapter family |
Intel |
| HDCP |
Y |
Expansion slots
| PCI slots |
3 |
| PCI Express x16 slots |
3 |
Back panel I/O ports
| PS/2 ports quantity |
1 |
| Headphone outputs |
1 |
| Microphone in |
Y |
| DVI-I ports quantity |
1 |
| DisplayPorts quantity |
1 |
| USB 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity |
2 |
| HDMI ports quantity |
1 |
| VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity |
1 |
Networking
| Networking features |
Gigabit Ethernet |
Additionally
| Chipset |
Intel Z68 |
| Graphics |
HD Graphics |
| Ethernet LAN connection |
Y |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity |
1 |
ATX, Intel Z68, LGA1155, DDR3 RAM, 4x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0, 1x HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet
Sapphire Pure Platinum Z68 wiht Intel® Z68 Express Chipset enables Maximum Tuning and Perforamance Flexibility for 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor. The board had many state of the art features such as on-board USB3.0, four sets of SATA III as well as SATA II ports, four dual channel DDR3 memory slots and 3 Gen2 (x8/x8/x4) PCI-Express expansion slots as well as a host of peripheral connections and on-board 8-channel audio. The SAPPHIRE Pure Platinum Z68 has many features to support ‘overclocking’. The power sections are highly stable, featuring solid capacitors and SAPPHIRE Diamond Black chokes. BIOS options help optimize settings and SAPPHIRE TriXX gives easy access to performance tuning and status monitoring. With Lucid Virtu supports Dynamic Switching Graphics can enjoy 3D/Transcoding perforamnce and also with power saving.
