Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - SABERTOOTH 990 FX Specifications Summary; Core Component and Connectivity Specs

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SABERTOOTH 990FX specications summary
CPU AMD
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socket AM3+ for AMD
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FX Series CPU up to 8-core
Compatible with AMD
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socket AM3 for AMD
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Phenom™ II/
Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
Supports 32nm CPU
AMD
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Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
AMD
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140W CPU Support
Chipset AMD
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990FX/SB950
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 and un-buffered memory
Dual channel memory architecture
* Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualied
Vendors Lists) of AM3+ / AM3 CPU
** 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.
*** Due to CPU spec, AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to DDR3
1066MHz. With ASUS design, this mptherboard can support up to
DDR3 1333MHz.
Expansion Slots 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (single @ x16, dual @ x16 / x16, triple @
x16 / x8 / x8 mode)*
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (Black @ x4)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
1 x PCI slot
* In dual VGA card mode, ensure to install the VGA cards to PCIex16_1
and PCIex16_3 for better performance. Refer to “2.5 Expansion slots”
for details.
Multi-GPU Technology Support NVIDIA
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Quad-GPU SLI™ and ATI
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Quad-GPU CrossFireX™
Technology
Storage AMD
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SB950 Chipset:
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support
2 x JMicron
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JMB362 SATA controllers:
- 2 x SATA 3Gb/s ports
- 1 x Power eSATA 3Gb/s port (green)
- 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port (red)
LAN Realtek
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8111E Gigabit LAN controller
High Denition Audio Realtek
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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, Front
Panel Jack-Retasking
- Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O
IEEE 1394 VIA
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VT6308P controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (1 port at mid-
board; 1 port at back panel)
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*Refer to Chapter 2 for slot congurations.