Asus E3746 2.4.1Overview, 2.4System memory, FSB, DDR3, Channel, Sockets, STRIKER II EXTREME, STRIKER II NSE 240-pinDDR3 DIMM sockets

2.4System memory

2.4.1Overview

The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.

A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR3 DIMM but is notched differently. DDR3 modules are developed for better performance with less power consumption.

The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:

STRIKER II EXTREME

DIMM A1 DIMM A2 DIMM B1 DIMM B2

STRIKER II EXTREME/

STRIKER II NSE 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets

Channel	Sockets
Channel A	DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2
Channel B	DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2

The motherboard supports up to 1333MHz and provides more ratio setting items. Refer to the table below for details.

FSB	1600			1333				1066
DDR3 1600	1333	1066	1333	1066	888	800	1066	852	800	710

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