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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
HyperTransport
TM
Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it
enables integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than
currently available interconnect technologies.
• Accommodates AMD Phenom TM II/Athlon TM II (socket AM3)/Sempron TM
processors
• Supports HyperTransport
TM
(HT) 3.0 interface speeds
This motherboard uses a socket AM3 that carries the following features:
SB850 (SB)
AMD 890GX
(NB)
• One x4 A-Link Express III interface for connection to
an AMD Southbridge. The A-Link Express III is a propri-
etary interface developed by AMD basing on the PCI
Express technology, with additional Northbridge-
Southbridge messaging functionalities. It supports the
PCIe Gen 2 transfer rate of 5 GT/s, and is backward
compatible with the A-Link Express II interface.
• Supports one x16 PCI-Express Gen2 graphics link
• Fully supports ACPI states S1, S3, S4 and S5
• Supports ATI HyperMemory*.
Note: Includes dedicated and shared memory. The amount of
HyperMemory available is determined by various fac-
tors. For details, please consult your AMD CSS repre-
sentative.
• Supports 16-bit up/down HyperTransport (HT) 3.0 in-
terface up to 4.8 GT/s.
The AMD 890GX Northbridge (NB) and SB850 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are
based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and
performance.
Chipset
Memory
• Supports DDR3 1600(OC)/1333/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM with Dual-chan-
nel architecture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 8 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 32 GB
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification at 33 MHz
• Two-lane PCI Express® (PCIe®) 2.0 interface, support-
ing up to two general purpose devices. Supported
configurations include: § 1x2 § 2x1
• Supports five Serial ATA devices which speeds up
to 6 Gb/s
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
fourteen USB 2.0 ports
• Supports integrated RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID
10 functionality across all 5 ports (RAID 10 requires
use of 4 or more SATA ports, and RAID 5 requires use
of 3 or more SATA ports)