The GA-M52LT-D3 is based on NVIDIA n Force 520LE chipset & supports new generation of 45nm AMD AM3 Phenom II/ Athlon II processors, integrated DDR3 memory controller, Hyper Transport„¢ 3.0 technology links, & so on. With the innovative S features- Safe, Smart technologies, this motherboard is able to provide user friendly computing, reach the maximum system performance easily while still able to save the power & environment in real life at the same time. CPU Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom„¢II processor / AMD Athlon„¢II processor click here for list of supported processors Hyper Transport Bus 2000 MT/s Chipset NVIDIA n Force 520LE chipset Memory 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16GB of system memory Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR3 1666+/1333/1066 MHz memory modules click here for list of supported memory Audio Realtek ALC892 codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support for S/PDIF In/ Out Support for CD In LAN RTL 8201EL chip (10/100 Mbit) Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x 16 slot, running at x 16 2 x PCI Express x 1 slot 4 x PCI slots Storage Interface Integrated in the chipset: 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 & up to 2 IDE devices 2 x SATA 3 Gb/s connectors supporting up to 2 SATA 3 Gb/s devices Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 i TE IT8720 chip: 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive USB Integrated in the chipset Up to 8 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 4 via the USB (Universal Serial Bus) brackets connected to the internal USB (Universal Serial Bus) headers) Internal I/O Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 2 x SATA 3 Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU fan header 1 x system fan header 1 x power fan header 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x CD In connector 1 x S/PDIF In header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x clearing CMOS jumper Back Panel Connectors 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x parallel port 1 x serial port 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out 4 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 6 x audio jacks (Center/ Subwoofer Speaker Out/ Rear Speaker Out/ Side Speaker Out/ Line In/ Line Out/ Microphone) I/O Controller IT8720 chip H/W Monitoring System voltage detection System temperature detection CPU / System fan speed detection CPU / System overheating warning CPU / System fan failure warning CPU / system fan speed control BIOS 2 x 8 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Support for Dual BIOS„¢ Pn P 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b Unique Features Support for @BIOS Support for Q-Flash Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue Support for Download Center Support for Xpress Install Support for Xpress Recovery 2 Support for Easy Tune Support for Auto Green Support for On/ Off Charge Bundle Software Norton Internet Security (OEM version) Operating System Support for Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/XP Form Factor ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 21.6cm