User`s manual

Hardware Installation - 10 -
1-2 Product Specications
CPU

Support for AM3 processors:
AMD Phenom
™
II processor/ AMD Athlon
™
II processor
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
Hyper Transport Bus

5200 MT/s
Chipset

 North Bridge: AMD 890GX


 South Bridge: AMD SB850
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(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules


 (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and
memory modules.)
Integrated Memory

128 MB DDR3 SidePort memory
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)
Audio
   
Realtek ALC892 codec

High Denition Audio

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

Support for Dolby
®
Home Theater
    
Support for S/PDIF In/Out

Support for CD In
LAN

1 x Realtek RTL8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
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)

3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

2 x PCI slots
Multi-Graphics

Support for ATI CrossFireX
™
and Hybrid CrossFireX
™
technologies
Technology
Storage Interface

South Bridge:
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) 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 (GSATA2_6, GSATA2_7) supporting up to 2
SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

iTE IT8720 chip:
- 1 x oppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 oppy disk drive