M5A97 EVO

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    First on AMD : UEFI BIOS & Digital Power Design on AM3+ Platform

    • Dual Intelligent Processors 2 with DIGI+ VRM - Digital Power Design: The New Standard
    • UEFI BIOS - Flexible & Easy BIOS Interface
    • Auto Tuning - Auto System Level Up
    • Quad USB 3.0 & 6 x SATA 6Gb/s Support - Double Access, Double Convenience
    • Quad-GPU CrossFireX Support!
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    USB 3.0 Boost

    USB 3.0 Boost

    Faster USB 3.0 Transmission with UASP
    New ASUS USB 3.0 Boost technology supports UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol), the latest USB 3.0 standard. With USB 3.0 Boost technology, a USB device's transmission speed is significantly increased up to 170%, adding to an already impressive fast USB 3.0 transfer speed. ASUS software automatically accelerates data speeds for compatible USB 3.0 peripherals without the need for any user interaction.

    • World’s 1st USB 3.0 UASP Support – 170% faster instantly
    • Complete USB 3.0 Solution – Performance boost for most USB devices
    • Simple Plug & Boost – Auto detection design ensures best performance always
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    When transferring a 13.8 GB movie, USB 3.0 Boost from ASUS lands an overall better-performing PC. Check out these benchmarks for more info:

    Dual Intelligent Processors 2 with DIGI+ VRM

    Digital Power Design: The New Standard
    The world’s first Dual Intelligent Processors from ASUS pioneered the use of two onboard chips - TPU (TurboV Processing Unit) and EPU (Energy Processing Unit). Its new generation of Dual Intelligent Processors 2 with DIGI+ VRM launches power delivery into a digital standard with a programmable microprocessor that perfectly serves power (SVID) requests from the CPU, eliminating digital-to-analog conversion lag. It’s the most precise power delivery available providing the best in class power efficiency, greater performance, and rock solid stability. With ASUS DIGI+ VRM, users can easily adjust power phase performance and system voltages via diverse settings in the intuitive UEFI interface.


    DIGI+ VRM

    Herald the Arrival of a New Digital Power Design Era
    The new ASUS DIGI+ VRM design upgrades motherboard power delivery to a digital standard. The digital architecture adjusts frequencies dynamically, cutting electromagnetic interference by half to enhance system stability through enabling VRM spread spectrum. System performance can also be customized with specific DRAM power control, including CPU/NB load line calibration for increased voltage range and increased CPU/NB current capability for up to an extra 30% current capacitance. The DIGI+ VRM digital power design empowers users with superior flexibility and perfect precision to ensure optimized performance, extreme system stability, and greater power efficiency.



    TPU

    The Ultimate Turbo Processor
    Unleash your performance with ASUS' simple onboard switch or AI Suite II utility. The TPU chip offers precise voltage control and advanced monitoring through Auto Tuning and TurboV functions. Auto Tuning offers a user friendly way to automatically optimize the system for fast, yet stable clock speeds, while TurboV enables unlimited freedom to adjust CPU frequencies and ratios for optimized performance in diverse situations.

    EPU

    Energy Efficiency All Around
    Tap into the world's first real-time PC power saving chip through a simple onboard switch or AI Suite II utility. Get total system-wide energy optimization by automatically detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power consumption. This also reduces fan noise and extends component longevity!


    Auto Tuning

    Auto System Level Up
    Achieve extreme yet stable overclocking results automatically with Auto Tuning! With built-in stability testing, Auto Tuning allows beginners to easily upgrade their CPU performance at no extra cost.

    ASUS Exclusive Features

    UEFI BIOS (EZ Mode)

    Flexible & Easy BIOS Interface
    Exclusive to ASUS motherboards, its UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is the first ever mouse-controlled graphical BIOS interface designed with dual selectable modes. It delivers a user-friendly interface that goes beyond traditional keyboard-only BIOS controls to enable more flexible and convenient input with quick scrolling. Users can easily navigate the UEFI BIOS with the smoothness of their operating system. Quick and simple overclocking and setup sharing is facilitated by the F12 hotkey BIOS snapshot feature. The exclusive EZ Mode displays frequently-accessed setup info, while the Advanced Mode is for experienced performance enthusiasts that demand far more intricate system control, including detailed DRAM information.


    Exclusive ASUS Interface
    • EZ Mode - gives easy access to selectable, optimized system modes, clear system info display and drag and drop boot prioritizing
    • Advanced Mode - for experienced performance enthusiasts that demand intricate system settings





    AI Suite II

    One-stop Access to Innovative ASUS Features
    With its user-friendly interface, ASUS AI Suite II consolidates all exclusive ASUS features into one simple-to-use package. It allows users to supervise overclocking, energy management, fan speed, voltage, and sensor readings. This all-in-one software offers diverse and easy to use functions, with no need to switch back and forth between different utilities.


    Latest Transfer Technology

    SATA 6Gb/s Support

    AMD® SB950 Southbridge natively supports next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rates. Additionally, get enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems.


    USB 3.0 support

    Double USB Access, Double Convenience
    Experience ultra-fast data transfers at 4.8 Gb/s with USB 3.0–the latest connectivity standard. Built to connect easily with next-generation components and peripherals, USB 3.0 transfers data 10X faster and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 components.

    CPU, Chipset and Graphics features

    AMD® AM3+ FX/Phenom™II /Athlon™II /Sempron™ 100 Series Processors

    This motherboard supports AMD® AM3+/AM3 multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR3 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 4800MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based system bus. This motherboard also supports AMD® CPUs in the new 32nm manufacturing process.

    AMD 970

    AMD® 970 Chipset is designed to support up to 4800MT HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and PCI Express™ 2.0 x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD®’s latest AM3+ and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.

    CrossFireX Support

    Flexible Multi-GPU solutions, Your Weapon of Choice!
    ATI's CrossFireX™ boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to scale down screen resolution to get high quality images. CrossFireX™ allows higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading and texture settings. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with the 3D settings, and check the effects with a real-time 3D-rendered previews within ATI Catalyst™ Control Center.

    RoHS

    GreenASUS and ErP Ready

    The motherboard is European Union´s Energy-related Products (ErP) ready, and ErP requires products to meet certain energy efficiency requirements in regards to energy consumptions. This is in line with ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and energy-efficient products through product design and innovation to reduce carbon footprint of the product and thus mitigate environmental impacts.

    M5A97 EVO Product Overview


    Other ASUS Features

    TurboV

    Adjust system performance parameters with just a few clicks away

    External SATA

    The external SATA port located at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. Easily backup photos, videos and other entertainment contents on external devices.

    Q-Design

    ASUS Q-Design enhances your DIY experience.

    MemOK!

    Quickly ensures memory boot compatibility

    Fan Xpert

    Built-in variety of useful profiles offer flexible controls of fan speed to achieve a quiet and cool environment.

    All Solid Capacitor

    Uses 100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors

    Model Number : N50 >
    • CPU
      AMD AM3+ FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
      Supports AM3+ 32 nm CPU
      Supports CPU up to 8 cores
      Supports CPU up to 140 W
      AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
    • Chipset
      AMD 970/SB950
    • Memory
      4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133(O.C.)/1866/1800/1600/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
      Dual Channel Memory Architecture
      * Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
      * Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Install a 64-bit Windows® OS when you want to install 4GB or more memory on the motherboard.
      * Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.
    • System Bus
      Up to 4.8 GT/s HyperTransport™ 3
    • Multi-GPU Support
      Supports AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology
    • Expansion Slots
      1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue)
      1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
      2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
      2 x PCI
    • Storage
      AMD SB950 controller :
      6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), gray
      Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10
      JMicron® JMB362 controller :
      2 x eSATA 3Gb/s port(s), red
    • LAN
      Realtek® 8111E , 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)
    • Audio
      Realtek® ALC892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
      - Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
      Audio Feature :
      - Absolute Pitch 192kHz/ 24-bit True BD Lossless Sound
      - DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC 
      - ASUS Noise Filter
      - Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel
    • IEEE 1394
      VIA® 6308P controller
      2 x IEEE 1394a port(s)
      (1 at mid-board, 1 at back panel)
    • USB Ports
      ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller :
      4 x USB 3.0 port(s) (2 at back panel, blue, 2 at mid-board)
      AMD SB950 controller :
      14 x USB 2.0 port(s) (8 at back panel, black+red, 6 at mid-board)
    • Overclocking Features
      Overclocking Protection :
      - ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
    • Special Features
      ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors 2 with DIGI+ VRM :
      ASUS TPU :
      - Auto Tuning
      - TurboV
      - TPU switch
      ASUS EPU :
      - EPU
      - EPU switch
      ASUS Digital Power Design :
      - Industry leading Digital 6 +2 Phase Power Design
      - ASUS DIGI+ VRM Utility
      ASUS Exclusive Features :
      - MemOK!
      - AI Suite II
      - Ai Charger+
      - Front Panel USB 3.0 Support
      - ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode featuring friendly graphics user interface
      - USB 3.0 Boost
      ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution :
      - Stylish Fanless Design Heat-sink solution
      - ASUS Fan Xpert
      ASUS EZ DIY :
      - ASUS O.C. Profile
      - ASUS EZ Flash 2
      - ASUS MyLogo 2
      - Multi-language BIOS
      ASUS Q-Design :
      - ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED)
      - ASUS Q-Slot
      - ASUS Q-DIMM
      - ASUS Q-Connector
    • Back I/O Ports
      1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port(s)
      2 x eSATA 3Gb/s
      1 x IEEE 1394a
      1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s)
      2 x USB 3.0
      8 x USB 2.0
      1 x Optical S/PDIF out
      6 x Audio jack(s)
    • Internal I/O Ports
      1 x USB 3.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.0 port(s) (19-pin)
      3 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 6 USB 2.0 port(s)
      1 x COM port(s) connector(s)
      6 x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s)
      1 x IEEE 1394a connector(s)
      1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (4 -pin)
      2 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (1 x 4 -pin, 1 x 3 -pin)
      1 x Power Fan connector(s) (1 x 3 -pin)
      1 x S/PDIF out header(s)
      1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s)
      1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s)
      1 x Front panel audio connector(s) (AAFP)
      1 x System panel(s) (Q-Connector)
      1 x MemOK! button(s)
      1 x TPU switch(es)
      1 x EPU switch(es)
      1 x Clear CMOS jumper(s)
    • Accessories
      User's manual
      I/O Shield
      3 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s)
      1 x Q-connector(s) (2 in 1)
    • BIOS
      32 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2
    • Manageability
      WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE
    • Support Disc
      Drivers
      ASUS Utilities
      ASUS Update
      Anti-virus software (OEM version)
    • Form Factor
      ATX Form Factor
      12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )