1.4Special features

1.4.1Product highlights

Latest processor technology

The motherboard comes with a 940-pin AM2 socket that supports AMD Athlon™ 64 x2, AMD Athlon™ 64, AMD Athlon™ 64 FX, AMD Sempron™, AMD Opteron™ 64 1000 series (dual core), and AMD Phenom™ processors. With an integrated low- latency high-bandwidth memory controller and a highly scalable HyperTransport™ technology-based system bus, the motherboard provides a powerful platform for your diverse computing needs, increased office productivity, and enhanced digital media experience.

It provides extremely high performances and shortened data access time by supporting 2000 MT/s HyperTransport Bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory and AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology. See page 2-6 for details.

DDR2 memory support

The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of 800/667/533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest

3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 12.8 GB/s.

PCI Express™ interface

The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point‑to­point serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with existing PCI specifications.

RAID solution

Onboard RAID controllers allow you to select the best RAID solution using Serial ATA devices.

The NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI MCP (MCP55P) chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configurations for six SATA disks.

Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology

The motherboard supports the next-generation Serial ATA II 3Gb/s technology through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA® nForce® 570 SLI MCP (MCP55P) chipset. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s specification provides twice the bandwidth of the current Serial ATA products. Additionally, Serial ATA allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count and reduced voltage required.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction