- CPU
Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron
- AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
- AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing
- Chipset
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP (NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology, NVIDIA Tritium Technology certified)
- North bridge: NVIDIA C51XE
- South bridge: NVIDIA MCP55PXE
PCI-X bridge: NEC uPD720404
- 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
2 x PCI-X
2 x PCI-E x 1
1 x PCI 2.2
- SLI
Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x16 mode)
- Storage
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP supports:
- 6 x SATA 3 Gb/s
- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100
- NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID: RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
Marvell 88SE614x:
- 4 x SATA 3 Gb/s (3x SATA; 1x eSATA)
- 1 x UltraDMA 100
- 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
- LAN
2 x Marvell 88E1116 PHY
- Firewall function
- Support Teaming functions
- USB
10 USB 2.0 ports
- IEEE 1394a
TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
- Advanced Thermal Design
8-Phase Power Design
Stack Cool 2
Q-Fan 2
ASUS Heat-pipe thermal solution
- ASUS Unique Features
Multi-language BIOS
SATA on the Go
AI Nap
AI Gear
My Logo 3
- Special Features
ASUS AI NOS™
AI Overclocking
AI Clock Skew
ASUS PEG Link
Hyper Path 3
ASUS BIOS Profile
ASUS C.P.R.
ASUS AI Booster
Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies.
Precision Tweaker:
- vDIMM: 25-step DRAM voltage control
- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment
- SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
- PCIe x16 Frequency: allowing PCIe x16 frequency from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment
- Other ASUS Special Features
ASUS AI NET2
CrashFree BIOS 3
EZ Flash 2
Q-Connector
ASUS AI Quiet
- Back Panel I/O Ports
Parallel
8-channel Audio ports
1 x External SATA
2 x RJ45
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
1 x PS/2 Mouses port
1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
- Internal I/O Connectors
6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
8-pin ATX 2.0/1.1
Chassis intrusion connector
System panel connector
2 x IDE connector
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
9 x Serial ATA connectors
CD audio in
2 x IEEE 1394a port
Front Panel Audio connector
1 x CPU / 4 x Chassis / 1 x Power Fan connectors
- BIOS
8Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
- Manageability
WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE, AI NET2, Chassis Intrusion
- Support CD
Drivers
BIOS flash utility under DOS
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
Anti-Virus Software
Adobe Acrobat Reader ver 7.0
ASUS AI utility
Microsoft Direct X ver 9.0C
- Accessories
User's manual
UltraDMA cable
FDD cable
2-port USB module
2-port 1394a module
I/O shield
SATA cable
SATA power cable
ASUS Q-Connector Kit (USB, 1394, System panel)
- Form Factor
ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)
- O/S Compatibility
Windows Vista/XP/2000