Asus P5QL-E - Manual (Page 18)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Intel ® Core™2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad /
Core™2 Duo Processor Support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad /
Core™ 2 Duo processors in the LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking,
multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The
Intel ® Core™ 2 series processor is one of the most powerful CPUs in the world. This
motherboard also supports Intel ® CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing process.
Intel ® P43 Chipset
The Intel P43 Express Chipset designed to support dual-channel DDR2
1066/800/667 architecture, 1333/1066/800 FSB (front Side bus), PCIe 2.0, and
multi-core CPUs. It especially includes Intel Fast Memory Access technology that
significantly epitomize the use of available memory bandwidth and reduce the
latency of the memory accesses.
PCIe 2.0
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 device for twice the current speed
and bandwidth. This enhances system performance while still providing backward
compatibility to PCIe 1.0 devices.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of
1066/800/667 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest
3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2
architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system
performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 17.05 GB/s.
Furthermore, this motherboard does not restrict the memory size across two
channels. Users may install different memory size DIMMs into the two channels
and enjoy dual-channel and single-channel functions at the same time. This new
feature optimizes the use of available memory size.
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
This motherboard supports the hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA)
3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus
bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external SATA port located
at the back I/O.