Asus M5A97/SI - Manual (Page 10)

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M5A97 specifications summary
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CPU AMD ® Socket AM3+ for AMD ® FX™ series processors up to 8-core
Compatible with AMD ® Socket AM3 for AMD ® Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II
/ Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
AMD ® 140W CPU Support
AMD ® Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Supports 32nm AM3+ CPU
* Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD ® CPU support list
Chipset AMD ® 970 / SB950
System bus Up to 4800 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0
Memory 4 x DIMM, max. 32 GB, DDR3 2133 (O.C.) / 1866 / 1600 /
1333 / 1066 MHz, ECC / non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Dual channel memory architecture
* Due to CPU spec., AMD ® 100 series CPUs support up to DDR3
1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to
DDR3 1333MHz.
** Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified
Vendors List).
*** When you install a total memory of 4GB or more, Windows ®
32-bit operating system may only recognize less than 3GB. We
recommend a maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a
Windows ® 32-bit operating system.
Multi-GPU Support Supports ATI ® Quad-GPU CrossFireX TM Technology
Expansion slots 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (Blue @x16 speed; Black @x4 speed)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Storage AMD ® SB950 Chipset:
- 6 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 support
LAN Realtek ® 8111E Gigabit LAN controller
Audio Realtek ® ALC887 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel
Jack-Retasking
- Optical S/PDIF Out port at back I/O
- ASUS Noise Filter
USB AMD ® SB950 Chipset:
- 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at midboard, 6 ports at the back
panel)
ASMedia USB 3.0 controller:
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue)