TechRadar rating
/5
For
- Range of overclocking settings
- Plenty of hardware options
Against
- Only four DIMM slots
- Lacks SLI support
- Product Type
- Desktop Motherboard
- Chipset Manufacturer
- Intel
- Chipset Model
- X79 Express
- Multi GPU Supported
- CrossFireX
- Number of PCI Express x16 Slots
- 3
- Memory Technology
- DDR3 SDRAM
- Processor Socket
- Socket R LGA-2011
- Brand Name
- Sapphire
- Form Factor
- ATX
- Processor Supported
- Core i7
- Total Processor Supported
- 1
- Maximum Memory
- 32 GB
- Green Compliant
- Yes
- Green Compliance Certificate/Authority
- RoHS, WEEE
- 64-bit Processing
- Yes
- Number of Memory Slots
- 4
- Audio Channels
- 7.1
- Bluetooth
- Yes
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Yes
- Number of SATA Interfaces
- 8
- RAID Supported
- Yes
- Number of Total Expansion Slots
- 6
- eSATA
- Yes
- Number of Network (RJ-45) Ports
- 2
- Network (RJ-45)
- Yes
- Total Number of USB Ports
- 10
- Number of USB 3.0 Ports
- 4
- PS/2 Port
- Yes
- Number of PS/2 Ports
- 1
- Total Number of Onboard USB Ports
- 6
- Number of Onboard USB 2.0 Ports
- 4
- PCI Express Standard
- PCI Express 3.0
- Total Number of PCI Express Slots
- 6
- Memory Form Factor
- UDIMM
- Number of eSATA Ports
- 2
- Processor Technology
- Turbo Boost Technology, Hyper-Threading Technology
- Width
- 304.0 mm
- Depth
- 244.0 mm
- Manufacturer
- Sapphire, Inc
- Product Model
- PURE Black X79N
- Product Name
- PURE Black X79N Desktop Motherboard
- Controller Type
- Serial ATA/300, Serial ATA/600
- Manufacturer Part Number
- 52043-00-40G
- Manufacturer Website Address
- www.sapphiretech.com/en/
- Marketing Information
Developed for the Enthusiast, the SAPPHIRE PURE Black X79N is engineered to achieve the ultimate in innovation, performance, feature and quality.
Combining stability, a commitment to performance hardware and BIOS tweaks as well as the use of high quality components, The PURE Black series is the pinnacle in the SAPPHIRE series of mainboard products.