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B85-A R2.0 specications summary
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Package contents
Check your motherboard package for the following items.
Motherboard ASUS B85-A R2.0 motherboard
Cables 2 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables
Accessories 1 x I/O Shield
Application DVD Support DVD
Documentation User Guide
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
CPU
LGA1150 socket for the 4th Generation and New 4th Generation Intel
®
Core™ i7 / i5 / i3, Pentium
®
, and Celeron
®
processors
Supports Intel
®
22nm CPU
Supports Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
* The Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the CPU types.
** Refer to www.asus.com for Intel
®
CPU support list.
Chipset Intel
®
B85 Express Chipset
Memory 4 x DIMMs, max. 32GB, DDR3 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered
memory
Dual-channel memory architecture
Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)
* Due to Intel
®
chipsest limitation, DDR3 1600MHz and higher memory modules on XMP
mode will run at the maximum transfer rate of DDR3 1600MHz.
** 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.
*** Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. Refer
to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualied Vendors List).
Graphics Integrated graphics processor - Intel
®
HD Graphics support
Multi-VGA output support: DVI and RGB ports
- Supports DVI with max.resolution of 1920 x 1200 @60Hz
- Supports RGB with max. resolution of 1920 x 1200 @60Hz
Supports Intel
®
InTru
TM
3D/Quick Sync Video/Clear Video HD Technology/Insider
TM
Maximum shared memory of 1024MB
Multi-GPU
Support
Supports AMD
®
CrossFireX
TM
technology
Expansion
slots
1 x PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot (@ x16)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (@ x4, compatible with PCIe x4, x1 devices)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
3 x PCI slots