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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
HyperTransport
TM
Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it
enables integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than
currently available interconnect technologies.
• Accommodates AM3 Phenom
TM
II/Athlon
TM
II/ Sempron
TM
processors
• Supports HyperTransport
TM
(HT) 3.0 interface speeds
• Support transfer rate up to 5200 mega-transfers per second
This motherboard uses a socket AM3 that carries the following features:
Chipset
This board supports CPU up to 95W TDP only; you can refer to AMD
website to check your CPU.
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Supports five Serial ATA devices which speeds up
to 3.0 Gb/s
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
twelve USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/
66 modes
• Supports integrated RAID0, RAID1, and RAID 10 (re-
quires use of 4 or more SATA ports) functionalities
across all 5 ports
AMD 785G
(NB)
• One x4 A-Link Express II interface for connection to
an AMD Southbridge
• Supports PCIe (version 2.0)
• Proven Radeon
TM
graphics powering DirectX
®
10.1
• Enhanced Digital Display integration
• Fully ACPI 2.0 and IAPC (Instantly Available PC) power
management
• Single chip solution in 55nm, 1.1 V CMOS technology
• Integrated ATI Hybrid CrossFire
™
, ATI Avivo
TM
HD
1
,
AMD Cool'n'Quiet
TM
, ATI SurroundView
TM
,
AMD
OverDrive and AMD PowerNow!
The AMD 785G Northbridge (NB) and SB710 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are
based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and
performance.
SB710
(SB)
Memory
• Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM with Dual-chan-
nel architecture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• 4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets support up to 32 GB