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M5A97 LE R2.0 specications summary
CPU AMD
®
Socket AM3+ for AMD
®
FX Series CPU up to 8-core
Compatible with AMD
®
Socket AM3 for AMD
®
Phenon
TM
II/Athlon
TM
II/Sempron
TM
100 Series processors
AMD
®
140W CPU Support
AMD
®
Cool‘n’Quiet
TM
support
Support AM3+ 32nm CPU
Chipset AMD
®
970 / SB950
System Bus Up to 4800 MT/s; HyperTransport
TM
3.0
Memory 4 x DIMMs, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz,
ECC, Non-ECC, unbuffered 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.
• When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows
®
32-bit
operating system may only recognize less than 3GB. We recommend a
maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows
®
32-bit operating
system.
• Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualied Vendors List).
Expansion slots 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (Blue @x16 speed, Black @x4 speed)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Multi-GPU
support
Supports AMD
®
Quad-GPU CrossFireX
TM
Technology
Storage
AMD
®
SB950 Chipset:
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 support
LAN Realtek
®
8111F Gigabit LAN controller
Audio
Realtek
®
ALC887 8-channel High Denition Audio CODEC
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking
- Optical S/PDIF out header at mid-board
- ASUS Noise Filter
USB
1 x Asmedia
®
USB3.0 controller:
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue)
AMD
®
SB950 Chipset:
- 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at the mid-board, 6 ports at the back
panel)