GA-M720-ES3 Motherboard - 10 -
1-2 Product Specifications
CPU Support for AM3/AM2+/AM2 processors:
AMD Phenom
TM
II processor/AMD Phenom
TM
processor/
AMD Athlon
TM
II processor/AMD Athlon
TM
processor/
AMD Sempron
TM
processor
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
Hyper Transport Bus 5200/2000 MT/s
Chipset NVIDIA
®
nForce 720D chipset
Memory 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
(Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR2 1200
(Note 2)
/1066/800 MHz memory modules
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)
Audio Realtek ALC888 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF Out
Support for CD In
LAN 1 x RTL8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
(The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
4 x PCI slots
Storage Interface NVIDIA
®
nForce 720D chipset:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD
iTE IT8720 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
USB Integrated in the NVIDIA
®
nForce 720D chipset
Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets
connected to the internal USB headers)
Internal Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
2 x system fan headers
1 x power fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x CD In connector
1 x S/PDIF Out header