| CPU | Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron
- AMD Cool'n'd Quiet™ Technology - AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing |
| Chipset | NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP (NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology, NVIDIA Tritium Technology certified)
- North bridge: NVIDIA C51XE - South bridge: NVIDIA MCP55PXE PCI-X bridge: NEC uPD720404 |
| 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
2 x PCI-X 2 x PCI-E x 1 1 x PCI 2.2 |
| SLI | Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x16 mode) |
| Storage |
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP supports:
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| Audio | ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking - Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port |
| LAN | 2 x Marvell 88E1116 PHY
- Firewall function - Support Teaming functions |
| USB | 10 USB 2.0 ports |
| IEEE 1394a | TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports |
| Advanced Thermal Design |
8-Phase Power Design
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| ASUS AI Lifestyle Features |
Multi-language BIOS
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| Special Features | ASUS AI NOS™
AI Overclocking AI Clock Skew ASUS PEG Link Hyper Path 3 ASUS BIOS Profile ASUS C.P.R. ASUS AI Booster Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies. Precision Tweaker: - vDIMM: 25-step DRAM voltage control - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment - SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment - PCIe x16 Frequency: allowing PCIe x16 frequency from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment |
| Other ASUS Special Features | ASUS AI NET2
CrashFree BIOS 3 EZ Flash 2 Q-Connector ASUS AI Quiet |
| Back Panel I/O Ports | Parallel
8-channel Audio ports 1 x External SATA 2 x RJ45 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output 1 x PS/2 Mouses port 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port |
| Internal I/O Connectors | 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
8-pin ATX 2.0/1.1 Chassis intrusion connector System panel connector 2 x IDE connector 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 9 x Serial ATA connectors CD audio in 2 x IEEE 1394a port Front Panel Audio connector 1 x CPU / 4 x Chassis / 1 x Power Fan connectors |
| BIOS | 8Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3 |
| Manageability | WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE, AI NET2, Chassis Intrusion |
| Support CD | Drivers
BIOS flash utility under DOS ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update Anti-Virus Software Adobe Acrobat Reader ver 7.0 ASUS AI utility Microsoft Direct X ver 9.0C |
| Accessories | User's manual
UltraDMA cable FDD cable 2-port USB module 2-port 1394a module I/O shield SATA cable SATA power cable Media Launcher ASUS Q-Connector Kit (USB, 1394, System panel) |
| Form Factor | ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm) |
| TPM Module | Optional |