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Chipset   

AMD 890FX/SB850

System Bus

Up to 5200 MT/s ; HyperTransport 3.0

Memory

4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture

Expansion Slots

3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (dual @ x16, triple @x16 x8 x8)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x4
2 x PCI 2.2

Multi-GPU Support

Support ATI CrossFireX Technology graphics cards

Storage

SB850 Chipset
6 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10
JMicron JMB363 PATA and SATA controller
1 xSATA 3Gb/s port (Black)
1 xExternal power SATA 3Gb/s port on rear (SATA On-the-Go)

LAN

Marvell 8059 Gigabit LAN controller

Audio

SupremeFX X-Fi built-in 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- EAX Advanced HD 4.0
- X-Fi CMSS-3D
- X-Fi Crystalizer
- Creative ALchemy
- Supports Blu-ray audio layer content protection
- Supports 1 Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O
- Supports 1 x S/PDIF out header
- Supports Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking

IEEE 1394

2 x 1394a port(s) (1 port at back I/O, 1 port onboard)

USB

NEC USB 3.0 controller
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (at back I/O)

AMD SB850 chipset

- 12 x USB 2.0 ports (5 ports at mid-board, 7 ports at back I/O, 1 port at back I/O is also for ROG connect)

Overclocking Features

ROG Connect
GameFirst
Extreme Tweaker

Power Design:

- 8+2 phase CPU power design
CPU Level Up
MemOK!
iROG
Loadline Calibration

Intelligent overclocking tools:

- ASUS TurboV Evo
- O.C Profile

Overclocking Protection:

- COP EX (Component Overheat Protection - EX)
- Voltiminder LED
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Special Features

Turbo Unlocker
Turbo Key II
Core Unlocker
ASUS Q-Connector
ASUS Q-Shield
ASUS Q-Fan 2
ASUS EZ Flash 2
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
ASUS MyLogo 3

Back Panel I/O Ports

1 x External SATA
1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x LAN(RJ45) port
8 -Channel Audio I/O
1 x PS/2 Keyboard port(purple)
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
7 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (1 port is also for ROG Connect)
1 x ROG Conn