These next generation 22nm CPUs delivers greater performance and energy efficiency as well as the industry's highest level of discrete graphics performance by sporting 40 PCIe Gen.3 lanes, which GIGABYTE X99 motherboards are able to take full advantage of, delivering bandwidth totaling 320 Gb/s for the most demanding gamers or graphics intensive creation tasks such as video editing. Intel ® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition Processors are Intel’s first 8 core desktop CPUs and is the first to support DDR4 memory.
SATA Express support for 10 Gb/s data transfer.
LED lighting for the audio guard light path and the back panel LED.Independent Right and Left Audio Channel PCB Layers.AMP-UP Audio technology with exclusive Upgradable OP-AMP.Onboard Creative Sound Core3D™ quad-core audio processor.Gold Plating for CPU socket, Memory DIMMs and PCIe slots.Dual M.2 Technology for SSD Drive and WIFI card.Genuine All Digital Power Design with IR Digital PWM & IR PowIRstage ® ICs.Supports New Intel ® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition.Support Intel ® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0.Supports Intel ® Core™ i7 6950X Processor Extreme Edition.
