Asus P5N-T Deluxe - Manual (Page 19)

ASUS P5N-T Deluxe 1-3
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. See page 2-18 for details.
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 12.8 GB/s.
See page 2-13 for details.
Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial
ATA (SATA) 3 Gb/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 provides smart setup and hot-plug functions.
Easily backup photos, videos and other entertainment contents to external devices.
See page 2-22 for details.
The NVIDIA
® MediaShield™ RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA ® nForce ®
780i SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10(0+1), RAID 5, and JBOD
configurations for six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. See page 2-24 for details.
IEEE 1394a support
The IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video
appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals
& other PC portable devices. See pages 2-21 and 2-26 for details.
S/PDIF digital sound ready
This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio
systems via coaxial and optical S/PDIF-out (SONY/PHILIPS Digital Interface)
jacks. It allows to transfer digital audio without converting to analog format and
keeps the best signal quality. See pages 2-21 and 2-22 for details.