Asus P5E3 User Guide - Page 18

1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Ready This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processors in the LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor is one of the most powerful CPUs in the world. This motherboard also supports Intel® CPUs in the new 45 nm manufacturing process. Intel® Core™2 Duo/ Intel® Core™2 Extreme CPU support This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Core™2 processor in the LGA775 package. With the new Intel® Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB, the Intel® Core™2 is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world. Intel X38 Chipset The Intel® X38 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support 8GB of dual-channel DDR3 1333/1066/800 architecture, 1333/1066/800 FSB (Front Side Bus), dual PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPUs. It especially includes Intel® Fast Memory Access technology that significantly optimizes the use of available memory bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses. DDR3 memory support The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 1800(O.C.) / 1600(O.C.) /1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance. Furthermore, this motherboard does not restrict the memory size across two channels. Users may install different memory size DIMMs into the two channels and enjoy dual-channel and single-channel functions at the same time. This new feature optimizes the use of available memory size. See page 2-13 for details. 1- Chapter 1: Product Introduction