Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula specifications summary

 

CPU

LGA775 socket for Intel® Core™2 Quad /

 

 

Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme /

 

 

Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 processors

 

 

Supports Intel® next-generation 45nm multi-core CPUs

 

 

Compatible with Intel® 06/05B/05A processors

 

 

* Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list

 

Chipset

Intel® X38 / ICH9R with Intel® Fast Memory Access

 

 

Technology

 

System Bus

1333/1066/800 MHz

 

Memory

Dual-channel memory architecture

 

 

- 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbuffered ECC /

 

 

non-ECC DDR2 1066*/800/667MHz memory

 

 

modules

 

 

- Supports up to 8 GB system memory

 

 

* The chipset officially supports the memory frequency up

 

 

to DDR2 800MHz. Tuned by the ASUS Super Memspeed

 

 

Technology, this motherboard natively supports up to

 

 

DDR2 1066MHz.

 

 

Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the

 

 

Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

 

Expansion Slots

2 x PCIe x16 slots (@ full x16, x16 speed)

 

 

3 x PCIe x1 (PCIEX1_1 (black) is compatible with the

 

 

audio slot.)

 

 

2 x PCI 2.2 slots

 

CrossFire™ Technology

Supports ATI CrossFire™ graphics cards

 

Storage

Southbridge

 

 

- 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports

 

 

- Intel® Matrix Storage Technology supports RAID 0,

 

 

1, 5, and 10

 

 

JMicron® JMB368 PATA controller

 

 

- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices

 

LAN

Dual Gigabit LAN controllers, both featuring AI NET 2

 

 

Supports Teaming Technology

 

High Definition Audio

SupremeFX II Audio Card

 

 

- ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC

 

 

- Noise Filter

 

 

Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I/O

 

IEEE 1394

2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at midboard; one at back

 

 

panel)

 

USB

12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at midboard, 6 ports at back

 

 

panel)

 

 

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