CPU
- Support for AM3 processors (Note1): AMD Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor
Hyper Transport Bus
- 5200 MT/s
Chipset
- North Bridge: AMD 770
- South Bridge: AMD SB710
Memory
- 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (Note2)
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR3 1666(OC)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
- Support ECC memory (Note 3)
Audio
- Realtek ALC892/888 codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- Support for S/PDIF In/Out
- Support for CD In
LAN
- Realtek 8111C/D(L) chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
(The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
- 4 x PCI Express x1 slots
- 2 x PCI slots
Storage Interface South Bridge:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1
iTE IT8720 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
- Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a headers)
USB Integrated in the South Bridge
- Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector
- 1 x IDE connector
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
- 1 x CPU fan header
- 2 x system fan headers
- 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 2.0/1.1 headers
- 1 x IEEE 1394a header
- 1 x parallel port header
- 1 x serial port header
- 1 x power LED header
- 1 x chassis intrusion header
Back Panel Connectors
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 x PS/2 mouse port
- 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
- 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
- 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 2 x IEEE 1394a 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
- iTE IT8720 chip
H/W Monitoring System voltage detection
- CPU/System temperature detection
- CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
- CPU overheating warning
- CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
- CPU fan speed control (Note 4)
BIOS
- 2 x 8 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
- Support DualBIOS™
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
Unique Features
- Support for @BIOS
- Support for Download Center
- Support for Q-Flash
- Support for EasyTune (Note 5)
- Support for Xpress Install
- Support for Xpress Recovery2
- Support for Virtual Dual BIOS
- Support for Easy Energy Saver
Bundle Software
- Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Operating System
- Support for Microsoft Windows Vista/XP
Form Factor
- ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.0cm