P5E3 WS Professional specifications

 

CPU

LGA775 socket for Intel® Core2 / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4

 

 

/ Celeron® / processor

 

 

Supports Intel® 65nm, Core2 Extreme / Core2 Quad /

 

 

Core2 Duo

 

 

Supports Intel® next generation 45nm multi-core CPUs

 

 

Intel® EM64T / EIST / Hyper-Threading Technology

 

 

* Refer to www.asus.com for Intel® CPU support list

 

Chipset

Northbridge: Intel® MCH X38

 

 

Southbridge: Intel® ICH9R

 

 

PCI-X Bridge: NEC upd720404

 

System bus

1333/1066/800 MHz

 

Memory

Dual-channel memory architecture

 

 

- 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support ECC and non-

 

 

ECC, unbuffered DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz memory

 

 

modules

 

 

- Supports up to 8 GB system memory

 

Expansion slots

2 x PCI Expressx16 slots

 

 

1 x PCI Expressx1 slot

 

 

2 x PCIX slots

 

 

1 x PCI 2.2 slot

 

StorageIntel® ICH9R Southbridge

 

 

- 6 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 10, and

 

 

5 configuration

 

 

- Intel® Matrix Storage Technology

 

 

Marvell® 88SE6145 SATA controller

 

 

- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100 for up to 2 PATA devices

 

 

- 2 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports and 2 x External SATA

 

 

3.0 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 10, and 5 configuration

 

LAN

2 x Marvell® 88E8056 Gigabit LAN controllers

 

 

- Supports teaming function

 

High Definition audio

ADI® 1988B 8-channel High-Definition Audio CODEC

 

 

- Supports Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-

 

 

streaming, and Jack-Retasking Technology

 

 

- Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O

 

IEEE 1394

VIA VT6308S controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports

 

 

(one at midboard; one at back panel)

 

USB

Supports up to 12 USB 2.0 / 1.1 ports (6 at mid-board, 6

 

 

at back panel)

 

 

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