Asus Crosshair III Formula - Manual (Page 13)

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Crosshair III Formula specifications summary
CPU AMD socket AM3 Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II /
Sempron™ 100 Series processors
Supports 45nm CPU
AMD ® Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
Chipset AMD ® 790FX / SB750
System Bus Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 16GB, DDR3 1600(O.C.) / 1333 / 1066 1333 / 1066 1333 / 1066
MHz, ECC and non�ECC, un�buffered memory MHz, ECC and non�ECC, un�buffered memory memory 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 ® 32-bit operation
system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total
installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.
Expansion Slots 2 x PCIe2.0 x16 slots (@ dual x16)
3 x PCIe2.0 x1 ( the PCIEx1_1 (black) is compatible with
audio slot) audio slot)
1 x PCI 2.2 slot
Multi-GPU Technology Support ATI CrossFire™X Technology graphics cards
Storage SB750 South Bridge:
- 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
- 5 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and
JBOD
- 1 x External SATA 3Gb/s port on rear
(SATA On-the-Go)
* Due to the Windows XP/ Vista limitation, the RAID array
with the total capacity over 2TB cannot be set as a boot
disk. A RAID array over 2TB can only be set as a data
disk only.
LAN Gigabit LAN controller, featuring AI NET 2
High Definition Audio SupremeFX X-Fi
� 8�channel High Definition Audio CODEC 8�channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- EAX® Advanced™ HD 4.0 EAX® Advanced™ HD 4.0
- X-Fi CMSS®-3D X-Fi CMSS®-3D
� ��Fi Crystalizer� ��Fi Crystalizer�
- Creative ALchemy Creative ALchemy
- Supports 1 x S/PDIF out header Supports 1 x S/PDIF out header
- Supports Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on rear Supports Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on rear
IEEE 1394 2 x 1394a ports (1 port at back I/O, 1 port onboard)
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