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CPU AMD
®
AM3/AM2+/AM2; Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Phenom™ /
Athlon™ / Sempron™ Family processors
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Support CPU up to 140W
* Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD
®
CPU support list.
Chipset AMD
®
770 / SB710
Front Side Bus Up to 5200MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM2+/AM3 CPU
Memory Dual-channel memory architecture
4 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 16GB unbuffered ECC
and non-ECC DDR2 1200(O.C.)/1066/800/667/533MHz memory
modules
* We recommend that you install the DDR2 1200(O.C.) DIMMs on
the blue slots for better performance.
** DDR2 1200(O.C.)/1066 is supported by AM3/AM2+ CPU only.
*** Due to AM3/AM2+ CPU limitation, only one DDR2
1200(O.C.)/1066 is supported per channel.
****Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL
(Qualied Vendors List).
***** When you install a total memory of 4GB or more, Windows
®
32-bit operating system may only recognize less than 3GB. We
recommend a maximum of 3GB system memory if you are
using a Windows
®
32-bit operating system.
Expansion slots 1 x PCI Express™ x16 slot
2 x PCI Express™ x1 slots
3 x PCI slots
Storage 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100 connector
6 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1,
and JBOD congurations
Audio VT1818S 8-channel High Denition Audio CODEC
– Blu-ray disc audio layer Content Protection
– Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O
– Supports Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, and Front Panel
Jack-Retasking technologies
USB Supports up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at
the back panel)
LAN Realtek
®
RTL8112L PCIe Gigabit LAN controller