Asus M5A97 R2.0 - Manual (Page 9)

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M5A97 R2.0 specifications summary
CPU AMD ® Socket AM3+ for AMD ® FX Series CPU up to 8-core, compatible with
AMD ® Socket AM3 for AMD ® Phenon TM II / Athlon TM II / Sempron TM 100
Series processors
AMD ® 140W CPU Support
AMD ® Cool ‘n’ Quiet TM support
Support AM3+ 32nm CPU
• Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD ® CPU support list
Chipset AMD ® 970 / SB950
System Bus Up to 4800MT/s; HyperTransport TM 3.0
Memory 4 x DIMMs, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz,
ECC, Non-ECC, unbuffered memory
• The maximum 32GB memory capacity can be supported with 8GB or above
DIMMs. ASUS will update the memory QVL once the DIMMs are available in the
market.
• Due to CPU spec, AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz. With
ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.
• Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List).
• When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows
® 32-bit
operating system may only recognize less than 3GB. We recommend a
maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows ® 32-bit operating
system.
Expansion slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (Blue @x16 speed, Black @x4 speed)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Multi-GPU
support
Supports AMD ® Quad-GPU CrossFireX TM Technology
Storage AMD ® SB950 Chipset:
- 6 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
LAN Realtek ® 8111F Gigabit LAN controller
Audio Realtek 887 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking
- Supports optical S/PDIF out interface at the back I/O
- ASUS Noise Filter
USB AMD ® SB950 Chipset:
- 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at the mid-board, 6 ports at the back
panel)
2 x Asmedia ® USB3.0 controller:
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue)*
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at mid-board for front panel support
* Supports ASUS USB 3.0 Boost UASP Mode.