P5Q-E specifications summary

 

CPU

LGA775 socket for Intel® Core™2 Extreme /

 

 

Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® dual-core /

 

 

Celeron® dual-core / Celeron® Processors

 

 

Compatible with Intel® 05B/05A/06 processors

 

 

Intel® 45nm Multi-Core CPU support

 

 

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

 

Chipset

Intel® P45 / ICH10R with Intel® Fast Memory Access

 

 

Technology

 

System Bus

1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz

 

Memory

4 x DIMM, max. 16GB, DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800 /

 

 

667 MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory

 

 

Dual channel memory architecture

 

 

* Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the

 

 

Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

 

 

** When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more,

 

 

Windows 32-bit operation system may onlyl recognize

 

 

less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less

 

 

than 3GB is recommended.

 

Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots, support ATI CrossFireX™

 

 

technology at x8 link (PCIe x16_1 blue, PCIe x16_2

 

 

black*)

 

 

1 x PCI Express x16 slot at max. x4 link (black)

 

 

2 x PCI Express x1 slots

 

 

2 x PCI slots

 

 

*PCIe 2.0 x16_2 slot (black, at max. x8 link)

 

Multi-GPU Support

Supports ATI CrossFireX™ technology, up to Quad

 

 

CrossFireX™

 

StorageIntel® ICH10R Southbridge:

 

 

- 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports

 

 

- Intel® Matrix Storage supporting SATA RAID 0,1,

 

 

5, and 10

 

 

Marvell 88SE6121 controller:

 

 

- 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices

 

 

- 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)

 

 

Silicon Image SIL5723 controller (Drive Xpert

 

 

technology):

 

 

- 2 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports

 

 

- Supports EZ Backup and Super Speed

 

LAN

Dual Gigabit LAN controllers

 

 

Marvell® 88E8056 / 88E8001 Gigabit LAN controller

 

 

featuring AI NET2, Teaming and Redundant

 

IEEE 1394

LSI® L-FW3227 controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports

 

 

(one at midboard; one at back panel)

 

 

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