Intel® Z97 Express Motherboard Z97-G45 GAMING

Z97-G45 GAMING

Socket
CPU (Max Support)
Baseclock/Hyper Transport
Chipset
DDR3 Memory
DDR3L Memory
Memory Channel
DIMM Slots
Max Memory (GB)
PCI-Ex16
PCI-E Gen
PCI-Ex1
mSATA
SATAIII
RAID
TPM (header)
LAN
USB 3.0 ports (Front)
USB 3.0 ports (Rear)
USB 2.0 ports (Front)
USB 2.0 ports (Rear)
Audio ports (Rear)
VGA
HDMI
DVI
VGA Max Share Memory (MB)
DirectX
Form Factor
SLI
CrossFire

Socket

1150

CPU (Max Support)

Baseclock/Hyper Transport

100MHz

Chipset

Intel® Z97 Express

DDR3 Memory

DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*(*OC) MHz

DDR3L Memory

Memory Channel

Dual

DIMM Slots

Max Memory (GB)

PCI-Ex16

PCI-E Gen

Gen3 (16,0,0), (8,8,0), (8,4,4)

PCI-Ex1

mSATA

SATAIII

RAID

0/1/5/10

TPM (header)

10/100/1000*1

USB 3.0 ports (Front)

USB 3.0 ports (Rear)

USB 2.0 ports (Front)

USB 2.0 ports (Rear)

Audio ports (Rear)

6+Coaxial / Optical SPDIF

HDMI

VGA Max Share Memory (MB)

512

DirectX

Form Factor

ATX

CrossFire

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CPU

• Supports 4th and 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® Processors for Socket LGA1150.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• Intel^®Z97 Express Chipset

Main Memory

• Support four DDR3 1066/1333/1600/1866*/2000*/2133*/2200*/2400*/2600*/2666*/2800*/3000*(*OC) MHz DRAM, 32GB Max
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Supports Intel^®Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Slots

• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
- The operating mode will be x16/ x0/ x0, x8/ x8/ x0, or x8/ x4/ x4. Please always install expansion card into the PCI_E2 “First”.
• 4 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots

Onboard Graphics

• 1x VGA port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz, 24bpp
• 1x HDMI® port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 24bpp/2560x1600@60Hz, 24bpp/1920x1080@60Hz, 36bpp
• 1x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz, 24bpp

Multi-GPU

• Supports 3-Way AMD CrossFire™ Technology*
• Supports 2-Way NVIDIA^® SLI™ Technology
* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1.

On-Board SATA

• SATAIII controller integrated in Intel^®Z97 chipset
- 1 x mSATA 6Gb/s port*
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1~6)*
- Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
- Supports Intel Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start
- Technology and Intel Smart Connect Technology**

* The SATA6 port will be unavailable when install a SSD in the mSATA port.
** Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1.

USB

• 6 x USB 3.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
• 8 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB connectors)

Audio

• Realtek^®ALC1150 Codec
- 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
- Supports S/PDIF output

LAN

• 1x Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN controller*
* The Killer Network Manager is only available for Windows 7 and Windows 8 currently. The supported drivers for other operating systems would be available on the website if provided by vendor.

Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)
- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x System panel connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 7 x V-Check points (7x V-Check spots)

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse combo port
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF OUT connector
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
- 1 x VGA port
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
- 4 x USB 3.0 ports
- 6 x OFC audio jacks

This platform supports dual-display and triple-display function

	VGA+DVI-D	DVI-D+HDMI	HDMI+VGA	HDMI+VGA+DVI-D
Extend mode (Extend the desktop to the other monitors)	◯	◯	◯	◯
Clone mode (Monitors have the same screen)	◯	◯	◯	◯

BIOS

• The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications.

Dimension

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 9 mounting holes.