Support for AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor
Hyper Transport Bus
5200 MT/s
Chipset
North Bridge: AMD 770
South Bridge: AMD SB710
Memory
2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory (Note1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR2 1200(OC)/1066/800 MHz memory modules
Support ECC memory modules (Note 2)
Audio
Realtek ALC888 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note 3)
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD In
LAN
Realtek 8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIE_16)
(The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
4 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Storage Interface
South Bridge:
1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1
iTE IT8720 chip:
1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
USB
Integrated in the South Bridge:
Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
2 x system fan headers
1 x power fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x CD In connector
1 x S/PDIF In header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x clearing CMOS jumper
Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard port or PS/2 mouse port
1 x parallel port
1 x serial port
1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x RJ-45 port
3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
I/O Controller
iTE IT8720 chip
H/W Monitoring
System voltage detection:
CPU/System temperature detection
CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
CPU overheating warning
CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
CPU fan speed control (Note 4)
BIOS
2 x 8 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
Support DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
Unique Features
Support for @BIOS
Support for Download Center
Support for Q-Flash
Support for EasyTune (Note 5)
Support for Xpress Install
Support for Xpress Recovery2
Support for Virtual Dual BIOS
Support for Easy Energy Saver
Bundle Software
Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Operating System
Support for Microsoft® Windows Vista/XP
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 19.0cm