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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 AMD Phenom
TM
II (socket AM3) processor
• Supports HyperTransport
TM
(HT) 3.0 interface speeds
This motherboard uses a socket AM3 that carries the following features:
The AMD 785G Northbridge (NB) and SB710 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based
on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perfor-
mance.
Chipset
The onboard Audio provides either of the following features:
Memory
• Supports DDR3 1333/1066 DDR3 SDRAM with dual-channel architec-
ture
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 8 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 16 GB
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Supports six Serial ATA devices which speeds up to
3.0 Gb/s
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to ten
USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/
66/33 modes
• Supports integrated RAID0, RAID1, and RAID 10 (re-
quires use of 4 or more SATA ports) functionalities
across all 6 ports
AMD 785G
(NB)
• One x4 A-Link Express II interface for connection to an
AMD Southbridge
• Supports PCIe Gen 2 (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!
SB710
(SB)
• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• Exceeds Microsoft Windows Logo Program (WLP) Requirements
• ADCs support 44.1K/48K/88.2K/96K/192KHz sample rate
• Power Support: Digital: 3.3V; Analog: 5.0V
Audio
This board supports CPU up to 95W TDP only, you can refer to AMD
website to check your CPU.