CPU | AMD® Socket AM3+ for AMD® FX Series CPU up to | |
| 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 | |
| • Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD® CPU support list |
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Chipset | AMD® 970 / SB950 |
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System Bus | Up to 4800MT/s; HyperTransportTM 3.0 |
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Memory | 4 x DIMMs, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz, | |
| ECC, | |
| • The maximum 32GB memory capacity can be supported with 8GB or above | |
| DIMMs. ASUS will update the memory QVL once the DIMMs are available in the | |
| market. | |
| • Due to CPU spec, AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz. With | |
| ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz. | |
| • Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List). | |
| • When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® | |
| operating system may only recognize less than 3GB. We recommend a | |
| maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows® | |
| system. |
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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 |
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Supports AMD® | ||
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Storage | AMD® SB950 Chipset: |
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| - 6 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 |
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LAN | Realtek® 8111F Gigabit LAN controller | |
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Audio | Realtek 887 |
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| - Supports | |
| - Supports optical S/PDIF out interface at the back I/O | |
| - ASUS Noise Filter | |
USB | AMD® SB950 Chipset: |
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| - 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at the | |
| panel) | |
2 x Asmedia® USB3.0 controller:
-2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue)*
-2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at
*Supports ASUS USB 3.0 Boost UASP Mode.
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