Asus M5A97 EVO - M5 A97 EVO Specifications Summary

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M5A97 EVO specications summary
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CPU AMD
®
Socket AM3+ for AMD
®
FX Series CPU up to 8-core
AMD
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140W CPU Support
AMD
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Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology (by CPU type)
Supports 32nm CPU
* Compatible with AMD
®
Socket AM3 for AMD
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Phenom™ II
/Athlon™ II /Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
Chipset AMD
®
970 / SB950
System bus Up to 4800 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface
Memory 4 x DIMM, max. 32GB, DDR3 2133(O.C.) / 1866 / 1800 / 1600 /
1333 / 1066 MHz, ECC, non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Dual channel memory architecture
* Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 series CPUs support up to DDR3
1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up
to DDR3 1333MHz.
** Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB
capacity or more, Windows
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32-bit operation system may only
recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of
less than 3GB is recommended.
*** Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory
QVL (Qualied Vendors Lists)
Expansion slots 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue at x16 mode,black at x4 mode)mode)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Multi-GPU support Supports ATI
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Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology
Storage AMD
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SB950 Chipset
- 6 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10
JMicron
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JMB362 SATA controller
- 2 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
LAN Realtek
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8111E Gigabit LAN controller
Audio Realtek
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ALC892 8-channel High Denition Audio CODEC
- Supports 192khz/24bit BD Lossless Sound
- DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming and
Front Panel Jack-Retasking
- Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I/O
- ASUS Noise Filter
USB
2 x ASMedia USB 3.0 controllers:
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at midboard for front panel support
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue)
AMD
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SB950 Chipset:
- 14 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
(6 ports at midboard; 8 ports at back panel)
IEEE 1394 VIA
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6308P controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
(one at midboard, one at back panel)