Asus P5KPL CM User Guide - Page 15

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 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB, the Intel® Core™2 processor is designed to provide powerful and energy efficient 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 667/800/1066(O.C.) 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 (up to 17.0 GB/s when O.C. 1066MHz). 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 specification, 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. ASUS P5KPL-CM 1-