Asus P5AD2-E Premium - Manual (Page 16)

1 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 2 C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 1.3.1 1.3.1 1.3.1 1.3.1 Product highlights Product highlights Product highlights Product highlights Product highlights
Latest processor technology Latest processor technology Latest processor technology Latest processor technology Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel
® Pentium ® 4 processor in the 775-land
package. The motherboard supports the Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor with
1066/800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). The motherboard also supports
the Intel
® Hyper-Threading Technology and is fully compatible with Intel ®
04B and 04A processors. See page 2-7 for details.
Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel ® 925XE chipset 925XE chipset 925XE chipset 925XE chipset 925XE chipset
The Intel ® 925XE Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the ICH6R I/O
controller hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The MCH
supports the Intel
® Performance Accelerating Technology (PAT) that
boosts system performance. The MCH also provides the processor,
dual-channel memory, and PCI Express interfaces.
The Intel ® ICH6R Southbridge represents the sixth generation I/O controller
hub that provides the interface for the storage, I/O, PCI Express, and
8-channel high definition audio interfaces.
DDR2 memory support DDR2 memory support DDR2 memory support DDR2 memory support DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer rates
of 711/533 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 8.5 GB/s.
See page 2-14 and 2-15 for details.
Serial ATA technology Serial ATA technology Serial ATA technology Serial ATA technology Serial ATA technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA
interfaces and the Intel
® ICH6R. The SATA specification allows for thinner,
more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and
up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate. See page 2-26 and 2-27 for details.