The P67 Extreme4 Gen3's LGA1155 CPU socket allows it to handle any Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 processor in the LGA1155 package while its 4 DIMM slots allow for up to 32GB of DDR3 RAM with data transfer rates of 2133(OC), 1866(OC), 1600, 1333 and 1066 MHz. Its PCI-E 3.0 slots offer support of next-generation GPUs when the P67 Extreme4 Gen3 is equipped with an Ivy Bridge CPU while offering 100% backwards compatibility with PCI-E 2.0 and 1.0 cards. Meanwhile, the P67 Extreme4 Gen3's Nvidia 3-Way SLI and AMD 3-Way CrossFireX support offers extended graphical capability suitable for the hardcore gaming crowd.