Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 - Manual (Page 9)

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M5A97 LE R2.0 specifications summary
CPU AMD ® Socket AM3+ for AMD ® FX Series CPU up to 8-core
Compatible with AMD ® Socket AM3 for AMD ® Phenon TM II/Athlon TM
II/Sempron TM 100 Series processors
AMD ® 140W CPU Support
AMD ® Cool‘n’Quiet TM support
Support AM3+ 32nm CPU
Chipset AMD ® 970 / SB950
System Bus Up to 4800 MT/s; HyperTransport TM 3.0
Memory 4 x DIMMs, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz,
ECC, Non-ECC, unbuffered 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.
• When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity 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.
• Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List).
Expansion slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (Blue @x16 speed, Black @x4 speed)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Multi-GPU
support
Supports AMD ® Quad-GPU CrossFireX TM Technology
Storage AMD ® SB950 Chipset:
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 support
LAN Realtek ® 8111F Gigabit LAN controller
Audio Realtek ® ALC887 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking
- Optical S/PDIF out header at mid-board
- ASUS Noise Filter
USB 1 x Asmedia ® USB3.0 controller:
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue)
AMD ® SB950 Chipset:
- 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at the mid-board, 6 ports at the back
panel)