Asus M3N78-AM - Manual (Page 9)

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CPU AMD ® Socket AM2+ / AM2 for AMD Phenom™FX /
Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron™ processors
Supports AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Supports CPU up to 125W
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit
and 64-bit computing
Chipset NVIDIA ® GeForce ® 8200
System bus Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for
AM2+ CPU
2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
Memory Dual-channel memory architecture
- 2 x 240-pin DIMM slots support unbuffered ECC and
non-ECC DDR2 1066 / 800 / 667 / 533MHz memory
modules
- Supports up to 8GB system memory
* Due to AM2+ CPU limitation, only one DDR2 1066 DIMM
is supported per channel. Refer to www.asus.com for the
CPU models.
** Due to the memory address limitation on 32-bit Windows
OS, when you install 4GB or more memory on the
motherboard, the actual usable memory for the OS can
be about 3GB or less. For effective use of memory, we
recommend that you install a 64-bit Windows OS when
have 4GB or more memory installed on the motherboard.
*** Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the
Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List)
Expansion slots 1 x PCI Express™ (Gen2.0) x16 slot
1 x PCI Express™ (Gen2.0) x 1 slot
2 x PCI slots
Graphics Intergrated NVIDIA ® GeForce Series DirectX10 graphics
processor
- Supports maximum shared memory up to 512MB
- Supports Hybrid SLI (For Windows ® Vista OS only)
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to
1920 x 1440 @ 75Hz
* The suggested system configuration when playing HD
DVD and Blu-ray disc: DDR2 800 1GB x 2 /
Althon 64 x 2 4400+ / Graphics shared memory 256MB
/ Purevideo HD support.
Storage 1 x UltraDMA 133 / 100 connector
4 x SATA 3 Gb/s connectors with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID
0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configuration support
LAN NVIDIA nForce built-in Gigabit MAC with external
Realtek8211CL-GR Phy
M3N78-AM specifications summary
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