CPUAM3+ Socket:

1. Support for AMD AM3+ FX processors

2. Support for AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processors / AMD Athlon™ II processors

(Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.) Hyper Transport Bus

1. 5200 MT/s

Chipset

1. North Bridge: AMD 990FX

2. South Bridge: AMD SB950

Memory

1. 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory (Note 1)

2. Dual channel memory architecture

3. Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (Note 2)

(Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.) Audio

1. Realtek ALC889 codec

2. High Definition Audio

3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

4. Support for Dolby Home Theater

5. Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

1. 1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2) (Note 3)

2. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)

3. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots (All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

4. 1 x PCI slot

Multi-Graphics Technology

1. Support for 2-Way AMD CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA SLI™ technology (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)

Storage InterfaceSouth Bridge:

1. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices

2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD

2 x Marvell 88SE9172 chips:

1. 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices

2. Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1

USBSouth Bridge:

1. Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)

2 x Etron EJ168 chips:

1. Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

IEEE 1394VIA VT6308 chip:

1. Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal IEEE 1394a header)

Internal I/O Connectors

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

4. 1 x CPU fan header

5. 2 x system fan headers

6. 1 x power fan header

7. 1 x front panel header

8. 1 x front panel audio header

9. 1 x S/PDIF Out header

10. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

11. 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header

12. 1 x IEEE 1394a header

13. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header

14. 1 x serial port header

15. 1 x clearing CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors

1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

2. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector

3. 1 x IEEE 1394 port

4. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

5. 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports

6. 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connector

7. 1 x RJ-45 port

8. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller

1. ITE IT8720 chip

H/W Monitoring

1. System voltage detection

2. CPU/System temperature detection

3. CPU/System/Power fan speed detection

4. CPU overheating warning

5. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning

6. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 4)

BIOS

1. 2 x 32 Mbit flash

2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS

3. Support for DualBIOS™

4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Unique Features

1. Support for @BIOS

2. Support for Q-Flash

3. Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue

4. Support for Download Center

5. Support for Xpress Install

6. Support for Xpress Recovery2

7. Support for EasyTune (Note 5)

8. Support for Easy Energy Saver

9. Support for Smart Recovery

10. Support for Auto Green

11. Support for ON/OFF Charge

12. Support for Cloud OC

13. Support for 3TB+ Unlock

14. Support for Q-Share

Operating System

1. Support for Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/ XP

Form Factor

1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

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) To support a DDR3 1866 MHz (and above) memory, you must install an AMD AM3+ CPU first.

(Note 3) For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots.

(Note 4) Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.

(Note 5) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model. Remark

1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.

2. Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.