AMD
®
Phenom™ x4 / Phenom™ x3 / Athlon™ x2 / Athlon™ /
Sempron™ (socket AM2+/AM2)
This motherboard supports AMD
®
Socket AM2+ multi-core processors. It
features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support, data transfer rate up
to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0-based system bus, and supports
AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology.
Dual channel DDR2 1066 support
This motherboard supports DDR2 1066, which provides faster data
transfer rate and more bandwidth to increase memory data transfer rate
and computing efciency. This enhances system performance in 3D
graphics and other memory demanding applications.
DDR2 1066 is supported by AM3 / AM2+ CPU only. Refer to www.asus.com for the AM3
/ AM2+ CPU models.
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
This motherboard supports the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet technology which
monitors system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and
frequency for a cool and quiet operating environment.
Gigabit LAN solution
The onboard LAN controller is a highly integrated Gb LAN controller. It is
enhanced with an ACPI management function to provide efcient power
management for advanced operating systems.
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology
This motherboard supports hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA)
3Gb/s storage specications. It also supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1,
RAID 5, and JBOD congurations for Serial ATA drives.
6-channel High Denition Audio
The onboard 6-channel ALC662 High Denition Audio CODEC enables
high-quality audio that automatically detects peripherals plugged into the
audio I/O jacks. ALC662 also supports the Windows
®
Vista Premium OS.
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