Product introduction

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1.1 Special features

1.1.1Product highlights

AMD® FX™Series/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 series CPU support

This motherboard supports AMD® Socket AM3+ multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR3 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 4800MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0-based system bus. This motherboard also supports AMD® CPUs in the new 32nm manufacturing process.

AMD® 970 Chipset

AMD® 970 Chipset is designed to support up to 4800MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and PCI Express™ 2.0 x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD®’s latest AM3+ and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.

DDR3 2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 support

This motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3 architecture enlarges the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance.

AMD® SB950 Chipset

The AMD® SB950 Southbridge natively supports the next generation SATA 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate and PCI Express 2.0 interface.

AMD Cool‘n’QuietTM Technology

This motherboard supports the AMD Cool‘n’QuietTM technology which monitors system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and frequency for a cool and quiet operating environment.

True USB 3.0 Support

Experience ultra-fast data transfers at 5.0 Gbps with USB 3.0–the latest connectivity standard. Built to connect easily with next-generation components and peripherals, USB 3.0 transfers data 10X faster and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 components.

Native SATA 6.0 Gb/s support

With AMD® SB950 chipset natively support for the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rates. It also provides enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems.

AMD® CrossFireX™ Technology

AMD’s CrossFireX™ boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to scale down screen resolution to get high quality images. CrossFireX™ allows higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with the advanced 3D settings, and check the effects with a real- time 3D-rendered previews within AMD Vision Engine Control Center.

M5A97 LE R2.0

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