User`s manual

Hardware Installation - 10 -
1-2 Product Specications
CPU

Support for AM3 processors:
AMD Phenom
™
II processor/ AMD Athlon
™
II processor
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
Hyper Transport Bus

5200 MT/s
Chipset

 North Bridge: AMD 890FX
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 South Bridge: AMD SB850
Memory

4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
(Note 1)

Dual channel memory architecture

Support for DDR3 1866 (O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
(Note 2)


 (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and
memory modules.)
Audio
   
Realtek ALC889 codec

High Denition Audio

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

Support for Dolby
®
Home Theater
    
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
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Support for CD In
LAN

2 x Realtek RTL8111D chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Support for Teaming

Support for Smart Dual LAN
Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
(Note 3)

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2)
(Note 3)

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)
(Note 4)
(All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

1 x PCI slot
Multi-Graphics

Support for 2-Way/3-Way/4-Way ATI CrossFireX
™
technology
Technology
Storage Interface

South Bridge:
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) supporting up to 6 SATA
6Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD

GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
- 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_6, GSATA2_7) supporting up to
2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices

JMicron JMB362 chip:
- 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors (eSATA/USB Combo) on the back panel sup-
porting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

iTE IT8720 chip:
- 1 x oppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 oppy disk drive