Asus P5E WS Professional - Manual (Page 19)

ASUS P5E WS Professional 1-3
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.
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. See page 2-13 for details.
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
This motherboard supports 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 provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. Easily backup photos,
videos and other entertainment contents to external devices. See page 2-24 to
2-26 for details.
Dual RAID solution
The Intel ® X38 chipset incorporates six Serial ATA connectors with high
performance RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5 functions, and the Marvell ® controller provides
another two Serial ATA and two external Serial ATA connectors for RAID 0, 1, 10
and 5 functions, making this motherboard an ideal solution to enhance hard disk
performance and data back up protection without the cost of add-on cards. See
pages 2-29 and 2-30 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 2-24 and 2-31 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 page 2-24 and 2-26 for details.