| CPU | Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing AMD Live!™ Ready |
| Chipset | NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP
NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology |
| Front Side Bus | 2000 / 1600 MT/s |
| Memory | Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory |
| Expansion Slots | 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support, at full x16, x16 speed
1 x PCI Express x4 3 x PCI 2.2 |
| SLI | Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x16 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design ASUS PEG Link |
| Storage | NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP supports:
* 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33 * 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s * NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives Silicon Image® 3132 SATA controller supports * 2 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA On-the-Go) * Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD |
| LAN | Dual Gigabit LAN controllers support NVIDIA DualNet® technology
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP built-in dual Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY * Support Teaming and fail-over functions * Support TCP/IP Acceleration |
| Audio | SupremeFX Audio Card
featuring ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking 8 channel audio ports Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port * ASUS Array Mic * Noise Filter |
| IEEE 1394a | TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports |
| USB | max. 10 USB2.0/1.1 ports |
| Overclocking Features | * ASUS AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
* AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner) * AI Clock Skew * ASUS PEG Link - automatically performance tuning for graphics cards * ASUS O.C. Profile: overclocking configuration-sharing tool * ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) * Extreme Tweaker ASUS AI Booster Utility Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies. |
| Special Features | LCD Poster
EL I/O Onboard LED Onboard switches: Power / Reset / Clr CMOS Q-Connector Q-Fan Plus ASUS CrashFree BIOS3 ASUS EZ Flash2 ASUS Music Alarm ASUS MyLogo3 |
| Back Panel I/O Ports | 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
1 x PS/2 Mouses 1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output 2 x External SATA 2 x LAN (RJ45) port 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x IEEE 1394a port 1 x onboard LED switch 1 x LCD Poster |
| Internal I/O Connectors | 3 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector for two devices 6 x SATA connectors 1 x CPU / 7 x option Fan 3 x thermal sensor connector 1 x IEEE1394a connector 1 x S/PDIF output connector Chassis Intrusion connector Front Panel Audio connector 24-pin ATX Power connector 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector System panel connector 1 x EL I/O Shield Connector |
| BIOS | 8Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3 |
| Manageability | WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chasis Intrusion, PXE |
| Accessories | 1 x SLI bridge
1 x ASUS Array Mic 1 x ASUS Optional Fan 1 x ASUS Q-Connector Kit (system panel; Retail version only) 3 x thermal sensor cables 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable 1 x Floppy disk drive cable 6 x SATA cables 7 x Cable Ties 3 x SATA power cable for 6 devices 1 x 2-port USB2.0 module 1 x IEEE1394a module 1 x EL I/O Shield User's manual |
| Form Factor | ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.5cm) |
| Support DVD | Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Booster Futuremark ® 3DMark® 06 Advanced Edition NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID Kaspersky® Anti-Virus |