M5A78L-M/USB3 specifications summar

CPUChipsetSystem busMemoryGraphicsExpansion slotsStorage

AMD® Socket AM3+ for AMD® FX™ / Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Sempron™ 100 series processors

AMD® Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology

Supports CPU up to 140W

* Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD® CPU support list AMD® 760G (780L) / SB710

Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface

4 x DIMM, max. 32GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1800(O. C.) / 1600(O.C.) / 1333 / 1066 MHz, ECC and non-ECC, unbuffered memory

Dual-channel memory architecture

* AMD® FX™ Series CPU on this motherboard supports up to DDR3 1866MHz as its standard memory frequency.

** Due to CPU spec., AMD® 100 and 200 series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.

*** When overclocking, some AMD CPU models may not support DDR3 1600 MHz or higher frequency DIMMs.

****Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List).

***** When you install a total memory of 4GB or more, Windows® 32-bit operating system may only recognize less than 3GB. We recommend a maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows® 32-bit operating system.

Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 GPU

Supports max. shared memory of 1GB

Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 1920 x 1200 (1080P) (@60Hz)

Supports DVI-D compliant with HDCP with max. resolution up to 2560 x 1600 (@60Hz)

Supports RGB with max. resolution of 2560 x 1440 (@75Hz) Supports Hybrid CrossFireX™

* Refer to www.amd.com for the discrete GPUs that support Hybrid CrossFireX™.

1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot

1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot

2 x PCI slots

6 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD configurations

LAN

Realtek® 8111E/F PCle Gigabit LAN controller

Audio

VIA® VT1708S 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC

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