Specifications

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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 socket AM3 for AMD Phenom
TM
II processor/Athlon II/
Sempron processors
• Supports HyperTransport
TM
(HT) 3.0 interface speeds
This motherboard uses a Socket AM3 that carries the following features:
AMD 760G
(RS780L)(NB)
• One x4 A-Link Express II interface (PCI Express 2.0
compliant) for connection to an AMD Southbridge
• Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface,
fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification
revision 2.0
• Proven Radeon
TM
graphics powering DirectX
®
10
• Enhanced Digital Display integration
• Fully ACPI 2.0, OnNow, and IAPC (Instantly Available
PC) power management
• Single chip solution in 55nm, 1.1 V CMOS technology
The AMD 760G (RS780L) Northbridge (NB) and SB710 Southbridge (SB)
chipsets are based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reli-
ability and performance.
Chipset
Memory
• Supports DDR3 1600(OC)/1333/1066 DDR SDRAM with dual-chan-
nel architecture
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB
This board supports CPU up to 125W TDP only; you can refer to AMD
website to check your CPU.
Audio
The onboard Audio provides the following features:
• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• Exceeds Microsoft Windows Logo Program (WLP) Requirements
SB710 (SB)
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Supports four Serial ATA devices which speeds up to
3.0 Gb/s
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to eight
USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 133/100/66/
33 modes
• Supports integrated RAID0, RAID1, and RAID10 (requires
use of 4 or more SATA ports) functionalities across all 4
ports