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M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 specifications summary
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Package contents
Check your motherboard package for the following items.
Motherboard
ASUS M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 motherboard
Cables
2 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s cables
Accessories
1 x I/O Shield
Application DVD
1 x Support DVD
Documentation
1 x User Manual
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
CPU
AMD
®
Socket AM3+ for AMD
®
FX™ / Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Sempron™ 100
series processors
AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Supports CPU up to 125W
* Refer to www.asus.com for AMD
®
CPU support list.
Chipset
AMD
®
760G(780L) / SB710
Memory
Dual-channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM slots support maximum 32GB unbuffered ECC and non-ECC DDR3 2000(O.
C.)/1866(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
* Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows
®
32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory
of less than 3GB is recommended.
** AMD
®
FX
™
Series CPU on this motherboard supports up to DDR3 1866MHz as its
standard memory frequency.
*** AMD
®
AM3 100 and 200 series CPU support up to DDR3 1066MHz.
****Refer to www.asus.com
or the user manual for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors
List).
Graphics
Integrated ATI Radeon 3000
- Supports HDMI™ Technology with maximum resolution of 1920 x 1200 (1080P)
@60Hz
- Supports DVI-D with HDCP compliant with maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600
@60Hz
- Supports RGB with maximum resolution of 2560 x 1440 @75Hz
Maximum shared memory of 1GB
Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support
*Refer to www.amd.com for the Hybrid CrossFireX
™
selected GPUs.
Expansion
slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot
1 x PCI slot
LAN
Realtek
®
8111H Gigabit LAN Controller
Storage
6x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1,RAID 10 and JBOD