| CPU | - Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor / AMD Athlon™ II processor
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| Hyper Transport Bus | - 5200 MT/s
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| Chipset | - North Bridge: AMD 890GX
- South Bridge: AMD SB850
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| Memory | - 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (Note 1)
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR3 1866(OC)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
- Support for non-ECC memory modules
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| Integrated Memory | - 128MB DDR3 SidePort memory
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| Onboard Graphics | Integrated in the North Bridge:
- 1 x D-Sub port
- 1 x DVI-D port (Note 2)(Note 3)
- 1 x HDMI port (Note 3)
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| Audio | - Realtek ALC892 codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- Support for Dolby Home Theater
- Support for S/PDIF In/Out
- Support for CD In
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| LAN | - 1 x Realtek 8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
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| Expansion Slots | - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 4)
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) (Note 4)
(The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots support ATI CrossFireX and ATI Hybrid CrossFireX technologies, and conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) - 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
- 2 x PCI slots
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| Storage Interface | South Bridge:
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 6 supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD
GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
- 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
iTE IT8720 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
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| USB | Integrated in the South Bridge:
- Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel (Note 5), 8 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
NEC D720200F1 chip:
- Up to 2 USB 3.0 ports on the back panel
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| IEEE 1394 | T.I. TSB43AB23 chip:
- Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 2 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)
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| Internal I/O Connectors | - 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector
- 1 x IDE connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
- 1 x CPU fan header
- 2 x system fan header
- 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 In header
- 1 x S/PDIF Out header
- 2 x IEEE 1394a header
- 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
- 1 x serial port header
- 1 x clearing CMOS jumper
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| Back Panel Connectors | - 1 x PS/2 keyboard port or PS/2 mouse port
- 1 x D-Sub port
- 1 x DVI-D port (Note 2)(Note 3)
- 1 x HDMI port (Note 3)
- 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
- 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
- 1 x IEEE 1394a port
- 1 x RJ-45 port
- 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
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| I/O Controller | - ITE IT8720 chip
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| H/W Monitoring | - System voltage detection
- CPU/System temperature detection
- CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
- CPU overheating warning
- CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
- CPU/System fan speed control (Note 6)
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| BIOS | - 2 x 8 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
- Support for DualBIOS™
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
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| Unique Features | - Support for @BIOS
- Support for Q-Flash
- Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
- Support for Download Center
- Support for Xpress Install
- Support for Xpress Recovery2
- Support for EasyTune (Note 7)
- Support for Easy Energy Saver
- Support for Time Repair
- Support for Q-Share
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| Bundle Software | - Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
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| Operating System | - Support for Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/ XP
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| Form Factor | - ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm
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| Note | (Note 1) Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
(Note 2) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connector by adapter.
(Note 3) Simultaneous output for DVI-D and HDMI is not supported.
(Note 4) For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When PCIEX8 is populated with a PCI Express graphics card, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
(Note 5) Two share the same ports with USB 3.0.
(Note 6) Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.
(Note 7) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model. |
| Remark | - Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
- Most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.
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