Asus P5E3 DELUXE/WiFi-AP - Manual (Page 18)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Intel ® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Core™ 2 Quad processors in the
LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic
gamers with 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The Intel ® Core™ 2 Quad processor is one of
the most powerful CPUs in the world. This motherboard also supports Intel ® CPUs
in the new 45 nm manufacturing process.
Intel ® Core™2 Duo/ Intel ® Core™2 Extreme CPU support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Core™2 processor in the LGA775
package. With the new Intel ® Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1600 / 1333
/ 1066 / 800 MHz FSB, the Intel ® Core™2 is one of the most powerful and energy
efficient CPUs in the world.
Intel X38 Chipset
The Intel ® X38 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support 8GB of
dual-channel DDR3 1333/1066/800 architecture, 1333/1066/800 FSB (Front Side
Bus), dual PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPUs. It especially includes
Intel ® Fast Memory Access technology that significantly optimizes the use of
available memory bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses.
DDR3 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of
1800(O.C.) / 1600(O.C.) / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth
requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The
dual-channel DDR3 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory
to boost system performance. 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.