Computer Hardware User Manual
ASUS P5KPL-VM 1-3
Intel® Core™2 Processor Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Core™2 processor in the LGA775
package. With the new Intel
®
Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1333 / 1066
/ 800 MHz FSB, the Intel
®
Core™2 processor is designed to provide powerful and
energy efcient performance.
Intel
®
G31 chipset
The Intel
®
G31 Express Chipset boosts your gaming and multimedia experience
with integrated graphic engine Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 3100. It supports
1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz front side bus (FSB), and delivers breakthrough advances
in 3D and 2D graphics, and video capabilities. This integrated chipset contains
one 16-lane PCI Express port intended for an external PCI Express graphics card
and provides the interface for processor in the 775-land package, dual channel
DDR2 at speeds up to 800 MHz.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of
667/800 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics,
multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture
doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance,
eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 12.8 GB/s. Without
restriction to the memory size across the two channels, the motherboard allows
you to install DIMMs with different memory size and enjoy dual-channel feature at
the same time. See page 1-16 for details.
Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology
This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial
ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specication, delivering enhanced scalability and
doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. Easily backup
photos, videos and other entertainment contents to external devices. See page
1-31 for details.