CPU AMD AM3+ FX/ Phenom II/ Athlon II/ Sempron 100 Series Processors Supports AM3+ 32 nm CPU Supports CPU up to 8 cores Supports CPU up to 140 W AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology Chipset AMD 970/SB950 Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel Memory Architecture * Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). * Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Install a 64-bit Windows OS when you want to install 4GB or more memory on the motherboard * Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066 M Hz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333 M Hz System Bus Up to 4.8 GT/s Hyper Transport™ 3.0 Multi-GPU Support Supports AMD Quad-GPU Cross Fire X™ Technology Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe 2.0 x 16 (blue) 1 x PCIe 2.0 x 16 (x 4 mode, black) 2 x PCIe 2.0 x 1 2 x PCI Storage AMD SB950 controller: 6 x SATA 6 Gb/s port (s), grey Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 LAN Realtek 8111F, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller (s) Audio Realtek ALC887 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC *1
- Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking Audio Feature :
- ASUS Noise Filter
- Optical S/PDIF out header (s) at mid-board USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports ASMedia USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 controller: 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0/2.0 port (s) (2 at back panel, blue) AMD SB950 controller: 12 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0/1.1 port (s) (6 at back panel, black, 6 at mid-board) ROG Exclusive Features Overclocking Protection :
- ASUS C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) Special Features ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors
- TPU & EPU: ASUS TPU :
- Auto Tuning
- Turbo V ASUS EPU :
- EPU ASUS Power Design :
- 4 +2 Phase Power Design ASUS Exclusive Features :
- AI Suite II
- Ai Charger+
- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode featuring friendly graphics user interface
- Network i Control
- USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Boost ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution :
- Stylish Fanless Design Heat-sink solution
- ASUS Fan Xpert ASUS EZ DIY :
- Precision Tweaker 2
- ASUS O.C. Profile
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
- ASUS My Logo 2
- Multi-language BIOS ASUS Q-Design :
- ASUS Q-Slot Operating System Support Windows 8.1 Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Back I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 keyboard (violet) 1 x PS/2 mouse (green) 1 x LAN (RJ45) port (s) 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 6 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 3 x Audio jack (s) Internal I/O Ports 3 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 connector (s) support (s) additional 6 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 port (s) 1 x COM port (s) connector (s) 6 x SATA 6 Gb/s connector (s) 1 x CPU Fan connector (s) (4 -pin) 3 x Chassis Fan connector (s) (4 -pin) 1 x S/PDIF out header (s) 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector (s) 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector (s) 1 x Front panel audio connector (s) (AAFP) 1 x System panel (s) 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector (s) 1 x Clear CMOS jumper (s) BIOS 64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, Pn P, DMI2.0, Wf M2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, F12 Print Screen, F3 Shortcut Function & ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information Manageability Wf M 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Support Disc Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) Form Factor ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 9 inch (30.5 cm x 22.9 cm )