CPU    

AMD Socket AM2+ / AM2 Phenom™ X4/Phenom™ X3/Athlon™ /Athlon™ X2/Sempron™ Processors

Support AM3 Phenom™ II / Athlon™ X4 / Athlon™ X3 / Athlon™ X2 Processors

AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology

Support 45nm CPU

AMD 140W CPU Support

Chipset    AMD 790GX/SB750

(Please check Asus website for processor compatibility)

System Bus    

Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM3/AM2+ CPU

2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU

Memory    

4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR2 1200(O.C.)/1066/800/667 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory

Dual Channel memory architecture

*Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.

**Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL(Qualified Vendors Lidts)

Expansion Slots    

2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (Single x16 with VGA Switch Card or Dual x8)*. Support ATI CrossFireX™ technology

2 x PCIe x1

2 x PCI 2.2

VGA    

Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 GPU.

Max. shared memory: 512 MB

SidePort Memory - onboard 64MB DDR2 800 memory

Supports HDMI™ Technology with max. resolution up to 1920 x 1200 (1080P)

Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @60Hz

Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2560x1440 @ 75Hz

Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support

Dual independent displays support with HDMI/DVI and D-Sub

Supports Microsoft® DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0, Shader Model 4.0

Hardware Decode Acceleration for H.264,VC-1, and MPEG-2

Storage    

SB750 Chipset

1 xUltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices

5 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10,JBOD

LAN    

Atheros L1E Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2

Audio    

VIA VT1708S 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC

Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking

Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I/O

ASUS Noise Filtering

IEEE 1394    

VIA VT6315N controller supports 2 x 1394a ports

USB    12 USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)

ASUS Unique Features    

ASUS Power Solutions:

8+1 Phase Power Design

ASUS Anti-Surge Protection

ASUS Green Design:

ASUS EPU (*ASUS EPU is supported by AM3/AM2+ CPU only.)

ASUS AI Nap

Express Gate

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:

ASUS Fanless Design:Feather heatsink solution

ASUS Q-Fan2

ASUS EZ DIY:

ASUS Q-Connector

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

ASUS O.C. Profile

ASUS EZ Flash 2

Overclocking Features    Intelligent overclocking tools

AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)

TurboV

Turbo Key

SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)

FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 600MHz at 1MHz increment

PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment

Overclocking Protection

ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Special Features    100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors!(VRM 5000hrs lifespan @105°C, 500,000hrs @65°C)

ASUS MyLogo 2

AMD OverDrive Support*

* Advanced cooling system is required when advanced overclock functions of AMD OverDrive are enabled.

Back Panel I/O Ports    

1 x DVI

1 x D-Sub

1 x HDMI

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)

Internal I/O Connectors    3 x USB connectors (6 ports)

1 x Floppy disk drive connector

1 x IDE connector

5 x SATA connectors

1 x IEEE 1394a connector

1 x CPU Fan connector

2 x Chassis Fan connector

1 x Power Fan connector

1 x S/PDIF Out connector

CD audio in

Front panel audio connector

COM connector

Chassis Intrusion connector

System Panel (Q-Connector)

24-pin ATX Power connector

4-pin ATX 12V Power connector