Further indicating its industry major advancement and technical authority, ASUS is proud to declare the launch of its P8Z77-V PREMIUM mother panel - the leading of the P8Z77 Series and the first Intel certified mother panel out there to provide the latest Thunderbolt relationship program. The PREMIUM status has been set aside for only the best motherboards with the latest technologies, and the P8Z77-V PREMIUM preserves this conventional. Moreover to the built in Thunderbolt relationship on the P8Z77-V PREMIUM, ASUS also provides the same technology on the P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT to give consumers a greater range of choices.
"Intel and ASUS have proved helpful closely on the execution of Thunderbolt™ technology onto Asus motherboards", said Jerr Ziller, Intel's Manager of Thunderbolt Marketing. "The P8Z77-V PREMIUM is the first Thunderbolt certified mother panel in the industry, proof of its solid style and program."
Thunderbolt built in providing unrivaled performance and functionality
Thunderbolt is a new, high-speed I/O technology developed for performance, simplicity and versatility, with turbo quick exchange connections that are twice that of USB 3.0 and up to 20 periods faster than USB 2.0. It provides multiple bi-directional 10Gbps exchange connections over 1 cable, with the versatility to daisy-chain up to six Thunderbolt-ready gadgets with 1 relationship as well as providing full screen slot assistance for a 7th Thunderbolt or screen slot equipped monitor. This allows for a clutter-free processing experience while providing unmatched levels of performance. Customers can connect several Thunderbolt-enabled external storage space pushes to a Thunderbolt-enabled screen and exchange information while watching HD movies, all without experiencing any lag. Moreover for content expert this relationship has been developed form the ground up for multimedia providing low latency with highly accurate time synchronization for expert video and audio programs. PC enthusiast and gamers can take immediate advantage mixing Thunderbolt and on-board Clear Virtu MVP to enjoy top-notch design performance.
Strength through collaboration and expertise in design
With its long history of dealing with advanced companies, ASUS is able to show its durability and commitment to advancement with a near relationship to three of the best brands currently producing products with Thunderbolt technology, Elgato, LaCie, and PROMISE.
"Elgato is pleased to perform with ASUS to bring the first convenient Thunderbolt drive to Ms windows," says Markus Holiday, Elgato's CEO. "The powerful combination of ASUS' new PREMIUM panel technology and the Elgato Thunderbolt SSD considerably outperforms state-of-the-art convenient USB 3.0 or eSATA pushes."
"LaCie is pleased to perform with ASUS to display the energy of Thunderbolt technology in a Ms windows environment," said Erwan Girard, Business Unit Manager for Professional Alternatives, LaCie. "Our solutions will deliver the unmatched connections and advantages of this technology to PC strenuous users, especially those operating in electronic media programs who continually strive for more performance."
PROMISE is a major provider of sophisticated RAID storage space solutions catering to customers from the enterprise to SMB, as well as SOHO and electronic home programs. They currently provide the first Thunderbolt permitted RAID storage space solutions and have previously proved helpful with ASUS to develop a varied collection to meet client's requirements.
In inclusion to this near collaboration with these three companies ASUS has perform very near with Intel to ensure the most health care is taken in providing the best execution taking special proper need to adjust PCB and Find Design and overall redirecting of the Thunderbolt execution to provide the best performance, program and overall performance for this high-speed relationship.
Truly reduced mother panel with unrivaled connection, performance and features
The title of PREMIUM carries certain objectives, and as such, the P8Z77-V PREMIUM mother panel features several new functions forcing pass the limitations of the Z77 chipset, such as true 4-way NVIDIA® SLI™ and 4-way AMD CrossFireX™ on the latest PCIe Gen 3.0 spots for highest possible design performance. Also introduced is innovative SSD Caching II, allowing users to storage cache additional frequently used programs and information using several SSDs to immediately update system performance. A 32GB mSATA centered SSD is also built in, empowering Intel® Sensible Response and Rapid Start Technology™ for super-fast boot up and continue periods. System traffic is managed by a pair of Gigabit Intel LAN slots, guaranteeing high-speed transactions for excellent network performance. Moreover along with ASUS' exclusive System iControl users can personalize their network performance to their specific usage. Rounding our connection the premium also functions the quickest USB 3.0 execution via USB 3.0 Boost assistance increasing performance for USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 gadgets.
Dedicated to providing the latest enhancements, the P8Z77-V PREMIUM and P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT provides users with the best and most complete solutions available, such as Combined Brilliant Processor 3 with SMART DIGI+ Power Management – the most innovative VRM style execution for unrivaled control and adjusting to the VRM for highest possible performance and performance and prolonged overclocking potential, Wi-Fi GO! for prolonged wifi performance – DLNA serving or loading, easy file exchange to mobile phones and remote desktop. These functions perform alongside the on-board dual-band wifi as well as the latest Wireless bluetooth 4.0 conventional. Rounding out the innovative function set is an unrivaled level of fan manages offered within the UEFI or in Ms windows via the most innovative and robust fan manages of any mother panel via Fan Xpert 2. The P8Z77-V Top quality truly claims an unrivaled attention to style detail and function incorporation to position itself as a one of its kind Z77 chipset-based mother panel.
Available Models
ModelsP8Z77-V PREMIUM
P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT
CPU Socket
Intel® Socket 1155 for 3rd/2nd Generation Core™ i7/Core™ i5/Core™ i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors
Chipset
Intel® Z77 Express ChipsetMemory
DDR3 2800(O.C.) MHzDDR3 2600(O.C.) MHz
Digital CPU Power Design
Dual Intelligent Processors 3 - SMART DIGI+ Power Control
Digital 20-Phase Power
(16-Phase for CPU &
4-Phase for iGPU)
Digital 12-Phase Power
(8-Phase for CPU &
4-Phase for iGPU)
Digital DRAM Power Design
PCIex16 Slots4*PCIe 3.0 x16
3*PCIe 3.0 x16;
Multi-GPU
4-Way CrossFireX™/SLI
CrossFireX™/SLI
Graphics
Thunderbolt/DisplayPort/HDMIThunderbolt/HDMI/DVI-D/RGB
Gb LAN
2 (Intel)1 (Intel)
Wireless Connection
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/nDual band 2.4/5GHz & Bluetooth v4.0
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Audio
8-ch HD, DTS8-ch HD, DTS
Storage
1*mSATA 3.0 Gb/s with 32GB SSD onboard6*SATA 6Gb/s
3*SATA 3Gb/s
2*eSATA 6Gb/s
4*SATA 6Gb/s
4*SATA 3Gb/s
1*eSATA (with bracket support)
USB 3.0
6*USB 3.0 (4 ports at back panel, 2 ports at mid-board)6*USB 3.0 (4 ports at back panel, 2 ports at mid-board)
TPU/EPU
(with onboard switch)ASUS SSD Caching II
ASUS Wi-Fi GO!
ASUS Fan Xpert 2
USB BIOS Flashback
USB 3.0 Boost
Network iControl
LucidLogix Virtu MVP