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M5A78L-M LX Series specications summary
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APU
AMD
®
Socket AM3+ for AMD
®
FX™ / Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Sempron™
100 series processors
AMD
®
Cool n’ Quiet™ Technology
Supports CPU up to 125W
• Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD
®
APU support list.
Chipset
AMD
®
760G (780L) / SB710
Front side bus
Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface
Memory
2 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 16GB unbuffered ECC and non-
ECC DDR3 1866(O.C.) / 1600(O.C.) / 1333 / 1066 MHz memory modules
Dual-channel memory architecture
• AMD
®
FX™ Series CPU on this motherboard supports up to DDR3 1866MHz as
its standard memory frequency.
• Due to CPU specications, AMD
®
100 and 200 series CPUs support up to
DDR3 1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3
1333MHz.
• When overclocking, some AMD CPU models may not support DDR3 1600 MHz
or higher frequency DIMMs.
• Refer to
www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualied Vendors List).
• Use a 64-bit Windows
®
OS if you want to install 4GB or more memory on the
motherboard.
Graphics
Integrated AMD
®
Radeon™ HD 3000 GPU
Supports maximum shared memory of 1GB
Supports RGB with a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1440 (@75Hz)
Supports Microsoft
®
DirectX 11
Supports Hybrid CrossFireX™
• Refer to www.amd.com for the discrete GPUs that support Hybrid CrossFireX™.
Expansion slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
1 x PCI slot
Storage / RAID
6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and
JBOD congurations
LAN
Realtek
®
RTL8111E PCIe Gigabit LAN controller
Audio
Realtek
®
ALC887 8-channel High Denition Audio CODEC
• Use a chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to support an 8-channel
audio output.
USB
Supports up to 10 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at the mid-board, 4 ports at
the back panel)

Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	2
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz
Supported memory module capacities	4GB
System bus rate	5.2 GT/s
Processor socket	Socket AM3+
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X3, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Power fan connector	No
Number of SATA II connectors	6
Number of EATX power connectors	1
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	4
Audio chip	Realtek ALC887
Cooling type	Active
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	AMD 760G
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB710
RAID levels	0, 1, 10, JBOD
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II
Cables included	SATA
Graphics card	Radeon HD 3000
DirectX version	10.0
Maximum resolution	2560 x 1440 pixels
Graphics card family	ATI
Parallel processing technology support	Hybrid CrossFireX
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Controller interface type	SB710
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111E
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	AMI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	16 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	203 mm
Width	244 mm