The Intel X79 ( codenamed ''Patsburg'') is a

Platform Controller Hub The Platform Controller Hub (PCH) is a family of Intel's single-chip chipsets, first introduced in 2009. It is the successor to the Intel Hub Architecture, which used two chipsa northbridge and southbridge, and first appeared in the Intel 5 Se ...

(PCH) designed and manufactured by

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for their

LGA 2011 LGA 2011, also called ''Socket R'', is a CPU socket by Intel released on November 14, 2011. It launched along with LGA 1356 to replace its predecessor, LGA 1366 (Socket B) and LGA 1567. While LGA 1356 was designed for dual-processor or ...

(Socket R) and LGA 2011-1 (Socket R2). Socket and chipset support CPUs targeted at the high-end desktop (HEDT) and enthusiast segments of the Intel product lineup: Core i7-branded and

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-branded processors from the

Sandy Bridge Sandy Bridge is the List of Intel codenames, codename for Intel's 32 nm process, 32 nm microarchitecture used in the second generation of the Intel Core, Intel Core processors (Intel Core i7, Core i7, Intel Core i5, i5, Intel Core i3, i3). The Sa ...

and Ivy Bridge CPU architectures. The supported CPUs feature quad channel memory controllers, and a certain number of PCIe lanes, the chipset features additional PCIe lanes; it is designed to connect an Intel processor through a DMI 2.0 interface to peripheral devices.

Features

The first product was announced on November 14, 2011, for "Extreme" CPUs using the

socket. Features include: * 2×

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(SATA) 3.0 (6 Gbit/s) ports & 4x SATA 2 (3 Gbit/s) ports. * 8×

PCI Express PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a high-speed standard used to connect hardware components inside computers. It is designed to replace older expansion bus standards such as Peripher ...

2.0 lanes * 14

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(USB) 2.0 ports * Integrated

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MAC (Lewisville PHY) * Optional Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0 ** SATA RAID support (0/1/10/5) ** Write journaling * 100 MHz BCLK * Supports processor, memory and chipset overclocking * Supports Intel Extreme Tuning Utility 3.0 (XTU) * 8-layer

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(PCB), 2 oz copper recommended The X79 chipset is made to work with the Intel

(Socket R) which features 2011 copper pins. The added pins allow for more

lanes and interconnects for server class processors. Newer Core and Xeon processors address 40 PCI Express 3.0 lanes directly through Sandy Bridge-E architecture (Xeon) and Ivy Bridge architecture (Core processors).

Partial support for Windows XP

The X79 chipset does not support installing Windows XP in

AHCI The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a technical standard defined by Intel that specifies the Hardware register, register-level interface of Serial ATA (SATA) host controllers in a non-implementation-specific manner in its Intel chip ...

mode for Intel's Serial ATA controllers as Intel won't release AHCI drivers for 32-bit Windows XP. Windows XP can be installed in IDE mode but without SATA features enabled. For users that dual boot Windows XP with another operating system installed in AHCI mode, this means changing to IDE mode every time to boot into Windows XP and changing back to SATA to boot the other OS, or installing the other OS which supports AHCI also in IDE mode to prevent switching the setting in the BIOS each time. This restriction applies only to 32-bit Windows XP; 64-bit Windows XP is supported by Intel drivers. For motherboards with X79 chipset but with third party SATA disk controllers, 32-bit Windows XP AHCI drivers may still be supported by the disk controller vendor (non-Intel). A third party, generic Intel AHCI/RAID driver for 32-bit Windows XP has been released by Fernando.Integration of Intels AHCI/RAID drivers into a WinXP/W2k3/W2k CD
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References

External links

Official Release Date and Ivy Bridge vs Sandy Bridge Benchmarks Revealed
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Features

Partial support for Windows XP

See also

References

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