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M5A99FX PRO R2.0 specifications summary
CPU
AMD
®
Socket AM3+ for AMD
®
FX Series CPU up to 8-core
Compatible with AMD
®
Socket AM3 for AMD
®
Phenom™II/Athlon™
II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
AMD 140W CPU Support
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Supports AM3+ 32nm CPU
Chipset
AMD
®
990FX / SB950
System Bus
Up to 5200 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0
Memory
4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133(O.C)/1866/1600/1333/1066
MHz, ECC, Non-ECC, un-buffered Memory
Dual channel memory architecture
* Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz.
With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.
** 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.
*** Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL(Qualified
Vendors Lists) of AM3+/AM3 CPU.
Expansion slots
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (Dual@x16/x16 speed)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (Black@x4 speed)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot
1 x PCI slot
Multi-GPU support
Supports NVIDIA
®
Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology
Supports AMD
®
Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology
Storage
AMD
®
SB950 Chipset:
- 5 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10 support (gray)
- 1 x eSATA port
1 x ASMedia
®
PCIe SATA controller:
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (navy blue)
LAN
Realtek
®
8111F Gigabit LAN controller
Audio
Realtek
®
ALC 892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel
Jack-Retasking
- Supports 192khz/ 24bit True BD Lossless Sound
- Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection
- DTS UltraPC II
- DTS Connect
- Optical S/PDIF Out port at back I/O
- ASUS Noise Filter
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Summary of Contents for M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Page 1: ...Motherboard M5A99FX PRO R2 0 ...
Page 52: ...1 38 Chapter 1 Product introduction Chapter 1 ...
Page 58: ...2 6 Chapter 2 Getting started Chapter 2 To install the CPU heatsink and fan assembly 1 2 ...
Page 59: ...ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2 0 2 7 Chapter 2 3 4 5 ...
Page 60: ...2 8 Chapter 2 Getting started Chapter 2 1 2 3 To remove a DIMM 2 1 4 DIMM installation B A ...
Page 61: ...ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2 0 2 9 Chapter 2 2 1 5 ATX Power connection 1 2 OR OR ...
Page 62: ...2 10 Chapter 2 Getting started Chapter 2 2 1 6 SATA device connection OR 2 OR 1 ...
Page 164: ...5 10 Chapter 5 RAID configurations Chapter 5 ...
Page 172: ...6 8 Chapter 6 Multiple GPU support Chapter 6 ...
Page 178: ...A 6 Appendices Appendices ...