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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
HyperTransport
TM
Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it
enables integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than
currently available interconnect technologies.
• Accommodates AM3 Phenom
TM
II/Athlon
TM
II processors
• High-performance HyperTransport 1.0 CPU Interface
• Supports up to 2000 MT/s HyperTransport
TM
(HT) interface Speeds
This motherboard uses
a Socket AM3 that carries the following features:
This board supports CPU up to 95W TDP only.
The NVIDIA
®
MCP61P is a single-chip with proven reliability and performance.
Memory
• DDR3 1333/1066/800 DDR SDRAM with Dual Channel supported
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 8 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 32 GB
Chipset
• HyperTransport x16 up and down links at up to 1.0 GHz to the AM3
CPUs
• PCI Express x16 for external graphics
• PCI 2.3 interface at 33 MHz
• Four SATA controllers,each with integrated dual PHYs that are ca-
pable of operating at 1.5Gb/s and 3.0Gb/s speeds
• Ten USB 2.0 ports
• Fast ATA-133 IDE controller
• Support SATA RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5
Audio
• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• ADCs support 44.1k/48k/96kHz sample rate
• Meets Microsoft WLP 3.08 Vista premium and mobile PCs audio
requirements
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
Onboard LAN
The onboard LAN provides the following features:
• Supports PCI Express
TM
1.1
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support