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Crosshair V Formula specifications summary
CPU.
AMD socket for AM3+ FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/
Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
Supports 32nm CPU, up to 8 cores
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
AMD 140W CPU Support
Chipset
AMD
®
990FX / SB950
System.Bus
Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0
Memory
Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 32GB, DDR3 2133(O.C.)/2000(O.
C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 MHz, ECC and non-
ECC, un-buffered memory
*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
of 4GB capacity or more, Windows
®
32-bit operation
system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a
system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a
total installed memory of less than 3GB is
total installed memory of less than 3GB is
recommended.
recommended.
Expansion.Slots
3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (dual @ x16; x16 x8 x8)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 speed)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
1 x PCI 2.2
Multi-GPU.Technology
Supports 3-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI™ / AMD CrossFireX™
Technology
Storage
SB950.South.Bridge:
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, red
ASMedia
®
.controllers:
- 1 x SATA 6Gb/s port, red
- 1 x eSATA 6Gb/s port, red
LAN
Intel
®
Ethernet Gigabit LAN
High Definition Audio
SupremeFX X-Fi 2 built-in 8-channel High Definition
Audio.CODEC
- EAX
®
Advanced™ HD 5.0
- THX
®
TruStudio PRO™
- X-Fi
®
Xtreme Fidelity™
- Creative
®
ALchemy
- Supports Blu-ray audio layer content protection
- Supports 1 Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O
- Supports Jack-sensing, Multi-streaming, Front
Panel Jack-Retasking
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Summary of Contents for Crosshair V Formula Series
Page 1: ...Motherboard Crosshair V Formula Series ...
Page 28: ...1 8 Chapter 1 Product Introduction ...
Page 32: ...2 2 Motherboard overview 2 2 1 Motherboard layout 2 2 Chapter 2 Hardware information ...
Page 65: ...2 3 3 To install the CPU heatsink and fan assembly 1 2 ROG Crosshair V Formula 2 35 ...
Page 66: ...3 4 5 2 36 Chapter 2 Hardware information ...
Page 67: ...1 2 3 To remove a DIMM 2 3 4 DIMM installation B A ROG Crosshair V Formula 2 37 ...
Page 70: ...2 3 6 ATX Power connection 1 2 OR OR 2 40 Chapter 2 Hardware information ...
Page 71: ...2 3 7 SATA device connection OR 2 OR 1 ROG Crosshair V Formula 2 41 ...
Page 79: ...Connect to 7 1 channel Speakers ROG Crosshair V Formula 2 49 ...
Page 82: ...2 52 Chapter 2 Hardware information ...
Page 132: ...3 48 Chapter 3 BIOS setup ...