The motherboard fully supports the Serial ATA II 3.0 Gb/s technology through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA® nForce® 590 SLI™ chipset. The Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s specification provides twice the bandwidth of the current Serial ATA products with a host of new features, including Nativa Command Queueing (NCQ), and Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm. Serial ATA allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count and reduced voltage required. See page
Leveraging these Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s features is the
Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with
The NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA® nForce® 590 SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configurations for six SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors. See page
The Silicon Image® 3132 controller supports two additional external Serial ATA
3.0Gb/s ports on the rear panel and allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID
5, and JBOD configurations through port multiplier functions. See page
The IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals & other PC portable devices. See pages
This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio systems via coaxial and optical
The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers to provide the total solution for your networking needs. These network controllers use the PCI Express segment to provide faster data bandwidth for your wired or wireless Internet, LAN, and file sharing requirements. See page
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