Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 User Manual

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SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 specications summary
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CPU AMD
®
Socket AM3+ for AMD
®
FX series CPU up to 8-core
compatible with AMD
®
Socket AM3 for AMD
®
Phenom™ II /
Athlon II™ / Sempron™ 100 series processors
Supports AMD
®
140W CPU
AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
Supports 32nm CPU
Chipset AMD
®
990FX / SB950 Chipset
System Bus Up to 5.2 GT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0
Memory 4 x DIMM, max. 32GB, DDR3 1866 / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz, ECC,
non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Dual channel memory architecture
* Refer to www.asus.com for Memory QVL (Qualied Vendors List) of
AM3+ / AM3 CPU for details.
** Due to OS limitation, when installing a total memory of 4GB capacity
or more, Windows
®
32-bit operation system may only recognize
less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is
recommended.
*** Due to CPU specications, AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to DDR3
1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to
DDR3 1333MHz.
Expansion slots 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (Dual at x16/x16, triple at x16/x8/x8
mode)*
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot [black] (supports x4 mode)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
1 x PCI slot
* When running dual graphics cards, ensure to insert the card in the rst
and third PCI Express X16 slot to get the best performance.
Multi-GPU support Supports NVIDIA
®
QUAD-GPU SLI™ Technology
Supports AMD
®
QUAD-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology
LAN Realtek
®
8111F Gigabit LAN controller
Storage
AMD
®
SB950 Chipset
- 6 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 support
ASMedia
®
SATA 6Gb/s controllers
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
- 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s ports [red]
Audio
Realtek
®
ALC892 8-channel high denition audio
CODEC
- Absolute Pitch 192khz/24bit True BD Lossless Sound
- BD audio layer content protection
- Supports jack-detection, multi-streaming and front panel jack-
retasking
- Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
- ASUS noise lter

Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz
System bus rate	5.2 GT/s
Processor socket	Socket AM3+
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Phenom FX, AMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X3, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6, AMD Phenom II X8
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	2
Number of SATA III connectors	8
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	-
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	Realtek ALC892
Cooling type	Passive
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD 990FX
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB950
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA III
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	Quad-GPU CrossFireX, Quad-GPU SLI
PCI Express slots version	2.0
PCI Express configurations	1x1, 1x4, 1x16, 2x8, 2x16
PCI Express slots quantity	5
Controller 2nd interface type	ASMedia PCIe SATA
Trial software	Antivirus
Cables included	CrossFire, SATA
Bundled software	ASUS Update\\r ASUS Utilities
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111F
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	UEFI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	244 mm
Width	305 mm