Asus M3N78 SE - Manual (Page 12)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
NVIDIA ® nForce™ 720D chipset
The NVIDIA ® nForce 720D supports HyperTransport™3.0 interface,
PCI Express™ 2.0 bus architecture, and Serial ATA 3 GB/s devices. It
is optimized with AMD’s latest AM2+ and multi-core CPUs to provide
excellent system performance.
MT/s
5200
HyperTransport 3.0 support
HyperTransport 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth than
HT1.0 that radically improves system efficiency for a smoother, faster
computing environment.
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
The motherboard supports the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology, which
monitors system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and
frequency for a cool and quiet operating environment.
Native DDR2 1066 support
This motherboar dsupports native DDR2 1066. It provides faster data
transfer rate and more bandwidth to increase memory data transfer rate
and computing efficiency, enhancing system performance in 3D graphics
and other memory demanding applications. See pages 1-10 for details.
Due to AM2+ CPU limitation, only one DDR2 1066 is supported per channel. When four
DDR2 1066 DIMMs are installed, all DIMMs run at 800MHz frequency by default for
system stability.
Gigabit LAN solution
The onboard LAN controller is a highly integrated Gb LAN controller. It is
enhanced with an ACPI management function to provide efficient power
management for advanced operating systems. See page 1-16 for details.
PCI Express 2.0 support
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed
and bandwidth which enhances system performance.
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology
The motherboard supports next-generation SATA hard drives
based on the new SATA 3Gb/s storage specification. The onboard
SB700 southbridge allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5
configurations for Serial ATA drives.