M5A97 LE R2.0 specifications summary

CPU

AMD® Socket AM3+ for AMD® FX Series CPU up to 8-core

 

Compatible with AMD® Socket AM3 for AMD® PhenonTM II/AthlonTM

 

II/SempronTM 100 Series processors

 

AMD® 140W CPU Support

 

AMD® Cool‘n’QuietTM support

 

Support AM3+ 32nm CPU

 

Chipset

AMD® 970 / SB950

 

System Bus

Up to 4800 MT/s; HyperTransportTM 3.0

 

Memory

4 x DIMMs, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz,

 

ECC, Non-ECC, unbuffered Memory

 

Dual-channel memory architecture

 

• Due to CPU spec, AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz. With

 

ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.

 

• When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity 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.

 

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

Expansion slots

 

 

2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (Blue @x16 speed, Black @x4 speed)

 

2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots

 

2 x PCI slots

 

Multi-GPU

Supports AMD® Quad-GPU CrossFireXTM Technology

support

 

 

 

Storage

AMD® SB950 Chipset:

 

 

- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 support

 

LAN

Realtek® 8111F Gigabit LAN controller

 

 

Audio

Realtek® ALC887 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC

 

 

- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking

 

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Optical S/PDIF out header at mid-board

 

-

ASUS Noise Filter

USB

1 x Asmedia® USB3.0 controller:

 

 

- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue)

AMD® SB950 Chipset:

-12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at the mid-board, 6 ports at the back panel)

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