System Memory Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets Supports DDR2 1066MHz (O.C 1200MHz) Delivers up to 12.8Gb/s bandwidth Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface Supports up to 8GB system memory Supports unbuffered x8 and x16 DIMMs
Expansion Slots 2 PCI Express (Gen 2) x16 slots - 2-way CrossFire: One slot operating at x16 (16-lane port) or two slots each operating at x8 (8-lane ports) bandwidth 2 PCI Express x1 slots 2 PCI slots
BIOS Award BIOS 8Mbit SPI flash BIOS CMOS Reloaded
Audio Realtek ALC885 High Definition audio CODEC 8-channel audio output DAC SNR/ADC SNR of 106dB/101dB Full-rate lossless content protection technology Optical S/PDIF-out and coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out interfaces
LAN Marvell 88E8053 PCIE Gigabit LAN controller Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards
Storage Intel ICH10R chip - Intel Matrix Storage technology - Supports up to 6 SATA devices - SATA speed up to 3Gb/s - RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5 JMicron JMB363 PCI Express to SATA and PATA host controller - Supports up to 2 UltraDMA 100Mbps IDE devices - Supports 2 SATA devices - SATA speed up to 3Gb/s - RAID 0 and RAID 1 Rear Panel I/O 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port 1 optical S/PDIF-out port 1 coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out port 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 RJ45 LAN port Center/subwoofer, rear R/L and side R/L jacks Line-in, line-out (front R/L) and mic-in jacks
Internal I/O 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0 ports 1 connector for an external COM port 1 front audio connector 1 CD-in connector 1 IrDA connector 8 Serial ATA connectors 1 40-pin IDE connector 1 floppy connector 1 24-pin ATX power connector 1 8-pin 12V power connector 2 4-pin 5V/12V power connectors (FDD type) 1 front panel connector 4 fan connectors 1 download flash BIOS connector 1 diagnostic LED EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch) Power Management Ultimate 4-phase digital PWM with 12 MOSFETs ACPI and OS Directed Power Management ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse Wake-On-LAN Wake-On-Ring RTC timer to power-on the system AC power failure recovery Hardware Monitor Monitors CPU/system/Northbridge temperature and overheat alarm Monitors Vcore/Vdimm/Vnb/VCC5/12V/V5sb/Vbat voltages Monitors the speed of the cooling fans CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature and fan during system boot-up - automatic shutdown upon system overheat PCB 4 layers, ATX form factor 24.5cm (9.64") x 30.5cm (12")