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Introduction
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Specifications
Processor
Chipset
System Memory
Expansion Slots
BIOS
Graphics
Audio
LAN
• AMD
®
AM2+ processors:
Phenom
TM
FX / Phenom
TM
/ Athlon
TM
/ Sempron
TM
AMD
®
AM2 processors: Athlon series / Sempron
TM
• HyperTransport 3.0 (5200MT/s for AM2+)
HyperTranspor t 1.0 (2000/1600MT/s for AM2)
• AMD OverDrive provides tuning options using the new
“Advanced Clock Calibration” overclocking feature.
• Socket 940 AM2+ 65nm
• AMD chipset
- Northbridge: AMD 790GX
- Southbridge: AMD SB750
• Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
• Supports DDR2 667/800/1066 MHz DIMMs
• Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
• Supports up to 8GB system memory
• Supports unbuffered non-ECC x8 and x16 DIMMs
• 2 PCI Express (Gen 2) x16 slots
- Hybrid CrossFireX
TM
- combination of the integrated graphics
and a discrete graphics card in a PCIE slot (8-lane port).
- Two graphics cards support CrossFireX
TM
; each operating at
x8 (8-lane ports) bandwidth
• 1 PCI Express x1 slot
• 3 PCI slots
• Award BIOS
• CMOS Reloaded
• CPU/DRAM overclocking
• CPU/DRAM/Chipset overvoltage
• 8Mbit SPI flash memory
• Integrated ATI Radeon
TM
HD 3300 graphics core
• One DVI-I connector for digital LCD display
• Microsoft
®
DirectX 10
• Hybrid CrossFireX
TM
technology combines the onboard GPU
and a discrete PCIE graphics card
• Onboard Performance cache for added performance
• Realtek ALC885 8-channel HD Audio Codec
• High-performance DACs with 106dB dynamic range (A-Weight),
ADCs with 101dB dynamic range (A-Weight)
• Marvell 88E8056 PCIE Gigabit LAN controller
• Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-
TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards