| CPU | Support AMD® Socket AM2+/ AM2 Phenom FX(2000MT/s)/Phenom(2000MT/s)/ Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing
AMD Live!™ Ready |
| Chipset | NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP
NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology |
| Front Side Bus | 2000/1600 MT/s |
| Memory | Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory |
| Expansion Slots | 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support, at full x16, x16 speed
1 x PCI Express x4
1 x PCI Express x1
2 x PCI 2.2 |
| Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) | Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x16 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design
ASUS PEG Link |
| Storage | NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP supports:
* 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33
* 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
* NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
Silicon Image® 3132 SATA controller supports
* 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
* 1 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA On-the-Go)
* Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD |
| LAN | Dual Gigabit LAN controllers support NVIDIA DualNet® technology
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP built-in dual Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY
* Support Teaming and fail-over functions
* Support TCP/IP Acceleration |
| Audio | ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
Support DTS® Connect function |
| Wireless LAN | WiFi-AP Solo™ USB wireless module supports IEEE802.11b/g |
| IEEE 1394a | TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports |
| USB | Wireless Edition: max. 8 USB2.0/1.1 ports |
| ASUS Unique Features | AI Nap
AI Gear
Advanced Thermal Design
* ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe Thermal solution
* Stack Cool2
* ASUS 8-Phase Power Design ASUS Crystal Sound
* ASUS Array Mic
* Noise Filter WiFi-AP Solo™ (Wireless Edition only)
* 54 Mbps IEEE 802.11g and backwards compatible with 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11b
* Software Access point mode
* Station mode : Infrastruceure mode and Ad-Hoc mode |
| Overclocking Features | Intelligent overclocking tools:
* ASUS AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
* AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
* AI Clock Skew
* ASUS PEG Link - automatically performance tuning for graphics cards
* ASUS O.C. Profile: overclocking configuration-sharing tool Precision Tweaker:
* vDIMM: 25-step DRAM voltage control
* vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment
* PCIe x16 Frequency: allowing PCIe x16 frequency from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment
* SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment Overclocking Protection:
* ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
ASUS AI Booster Utility
Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies. |
| Special Features | ASUS EZ DIY:
* Q-Connector
* ASUS CrashFree BIOS3
* ASUS EZ Flash2
ASUS Music Alarm
ASUS MyLogo3 |
| Back Panel I/O Ports | 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
1 x PS/2 Mouses
1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
1 x External SATA
2 x LAN (RJ45) port
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x IEEE 1394a port
1 x WiFi-g™ antenna jack (Wireless Edition only)
1 x COM port
8-channel Audio ports |
| Internal I/O Connectors | Wireless Edition: 2 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector for two devices
7 x SATA connectors
1 x CPU / 4 x Chassis / 1x Chipset / 1 x Power Fan connectors
1 x IEEE1394a connector
1 x Parallel connector
1 x S/PDIF output connector
1 x ADH connector
Chassis Intrusion connector
Front Panel Audio connector
CD audio in
24-pin ATX Power connector
4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
System panel connector |
| BIOS | 8Mb Flash ROM, AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3 |
| Manageability | WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chasis Intrusion, PXE |
| Accessories | 1 x SLI bridge
1 x ASUS Array Mic
1 x ASUS Optional Fan
1 x ASUS Q-Connector Kit (USB, 1394, system panel; Retail version only)
1 x wireless antenna (Wireless Edition only)
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
1 x Floppy disk drive cable
6 x SATA cables
3 x SATA power cable for 6 devices
1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
1 x IEEE1394a module
1 x I/O Shield
User's manual |
| Support Disc | Drivers
ASUS WiFi-AP Solo™ Wizard (Wireless Edition only)
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
ASUS AI Booster
NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID
Anti-virus software (OEM version) |
| Form Factor | ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm) |