| CPU | AMD Support 45nm CPU
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ 2.0 Technology (by CPU type) Support CPU up to 140W *Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD CPU support list Socket AM3 ;Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors |
| Chipsatz | AMD 870/SB850 |
| System Bus | 5200/Up to ; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface MT/s |
| Memory | 4 x DIMM, 16 GB, DDR3 2000*/1600/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel memory architecture *DDR3 Memory Ultra Low Voltage support **Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Install a 64-bit WindowsWindows® OS when you want to install 4GB or more memory on the motherboard. ***Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 and 200 series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066Mhz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz ****Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for Memory QVL (Qualify Vendor List) |
| Expansion Slots | 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (*blue@ x16 mode, black@ x4 mode)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 3 x PCI |
| Storage | SB850 Chipset
6 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10 JMicron® JMB361 PATA and SATA controller 1 xUltraDMA 133/100 for up to 2 PATA devices 1 xExternal SATA 3Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go) |
| LAN | RTL8111E PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2 |
| Audio | VT1818 High Definition Audio 8-Channel CODEC - Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking - Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I/O - Supports 192kHz/ 24bit BD Lossless Sound - ASUS Noise Filter |
| IEEE 1394 | 2 VIA® VT6308P controller supports x 1394a ports |
| USB | NEC® USB 3.0 controller:
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (blue; at back panel) SB850 Chipset: - 12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel) |
| Back Panel I/O Ports | I/O Ports 1 x External SATA
1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical) 1 x IEEE 1394a 1 x LAN(RJ45) port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 8 -Channel Audio I/O 1 x PS/2 Keyboard (Purple) 1 x PS/2 mouse port (Green) 2 x USB 3.0 (Blue) x IEEE 1394a 1 8 Channel Audio I/O |
| Internal I/O Connectors | 3 x USB connectors supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
1 x S/PDIF output connector 1 x CPU / 1 x Chassis Fan connectors(4-pin), 1 x PWR Fan connentor(3-pin) 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x COM port connector 1 x System Panel connector 1 x High Definition Front panel audio connector 1 x 24-pin EATX power connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector 1 x Core Unlocker Switch 1 x MemOK! button |
| BIOS | 8 Mb Flash
ROM , SPI, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a,
Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 |
| Manageability | WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME,WOR by PME |
| Form Factor | ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 8.8 inch 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm ) |