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1-2 ProductSpecications
CPU AM3+ Socket:
- AMD AM3+ FX processors
- AMD AM3 Phenom
™
II processors/ AMD Athlon
™
II processors
(GotoGIGABYTE'swebsiteforthelatestCPUsupportlist.)
Hyper Transport
Bus
5200 MT/s
Chipset North Bridge: AMD 990FX
South Bridge: AMD SB950
Memory 4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
* DuetoaWindows32-bitoperatingsystemlimitation,whenmorethan4GBofphysical
memoryisinstalled,theactualmemorysizedisplayedwillbelessthanthesizeof
the physical memory installed.
Dual channel memory architecture
SupportforDDR32000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066MHzmemorymodules
* TosupportaDDR31866MHz(andabove)memory,youmustinstallanAM3+CPU
rst.
SupportforExtremeMemoryProle(XMP)memorymodules
(GotoGIGABYTE'swebsiteforthelatestsupportedmemoryspeedsandmemory
modules.)
Audio Realtek
®
ALC1150 codec
HighDenitionAudio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for Dolby
®
Home Theater
Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN Realtek
®
GbELANchip(10/100/1000Mbit)
Expansion Slots 2xPCIExpressx16slots,runningatx16(PCIEX16_1,PCIEX16_2)
* Foroptimumperformance,ifonlyonePCIExpressgraphicscardistobeinstalled,be
sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics
cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2
slots.
1xPCIExpressx16slot,runningatx8(PCIEX8)
* The PCIEX8slotshares bandwidth withthePCIEX16_2 slot. When PCIEX8 is
populated with a PCI Express expansion card, the PCIEX16_2 slot will operate at
up to x8 mode.
2xPCIExpressx16slots,runningatx4(PCIEX4_1,PCIEX4_2)
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
(AllPCIExpressslotsconformtoPCIExpress2.0standard.)
1 x PCI slot
Multi-Graphics
Technology
Support for 2-Way/3-Way AMD CrossFire
™
/NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
technology
Storage Interface South Bridge:
- 6xSATA6Gb/sconnectors(SATA30~SATA35)
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD
2 x Marvell
®
88SE9172 chips:
- 2xSATA6Gb/sconnectors(GSATA36/7)
- 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors on the back panel
- Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1