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SABERTOOTH 990FX specifications summary, Refer to for slot configurations. - specs

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SABERTOOTH 990FX specifications summary CPU AMD® socket AM3+ for AMD® FX Series CPU up to 8-core Compatible with AMD® socket AM3 for AMD® Phenom™ II/ Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors Supports 32nm CPU AMD® Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology AMD® 140W CPU Support Chipset AMD® 990FX/SB950 System Bus Up to 5.2 GT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 Memory *4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz, ECC, NonECC and un-buffered memory Dual channel memory architecture *Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists) of AM3+ / AM3 CPU **D ue to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended. ***D ue to CPU spec, AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz. With ASUS design, this mptherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz. Expansion Slots 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (single @ x16, dual @ x16 / x16, triple @ x16 / x8 / x8 mode)* 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (Black @ x4) 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot 1 x PCI slot *In dual VGA card mode, ensure to install the VGA cards to PCIex16_1 and PCIex16_3 for better performance. Refer to "2.5 Expansion slots" for details. Multi-GPU Technology Support NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology Storage AMD® SB950 Chipset: - 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support 2 x JMicron® JMB362 SATA controllers: - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s ports - 1 x Power eSATA 3Gb/s port (green) - 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port (red) LAN Realtek® 8111E Gigabit LAN controller High Definition Audio Realtek® ALC892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Absolute Pitch 192KHz/24bit True BD Lossless Sound - BD Audio Layer Content Protection - Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking - Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O IEEE 1394 VIA® VT6308P controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (1 port at midboard; 1 port at back panel) *Refer to Chapter 2 for slot configurations. (continued on the next page) 

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SABERTOOTH 990FX specifications summary
CPU
AMD
®
socket AM3+ for AMD
®
FX Series CPU up to 8-core
Compatible with AMD
®
socket AM3 for AMD
®
Phenom™ II/
Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
Supports 32nm CPU
AMD
®
Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
AMD
®
140W CPU Support
Chipset
AMD
®
990FX/SB950
System Bus
Up to 5.2 GT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0
Memory
*4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz, ECC, Non-
ECC and un-buffered memory
Dual channel memory architecture
*Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified
Vendors Lists) of AM3+ / AM3 CPU
**Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity
or more, Windows
®
32-bit operation system may only recognize
less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is
recommended.
***Due to CPU spec, AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to DDR3
1066MHz. With ASUS design, this mptherboard can support up to
DDR3 1333MHz.
Expansion Slots
3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (single @ x16, dual @ x16 / x16, triple @
x16 / x8 / x8 mode)*
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (Black @ x4)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
1 x PCI slot
*In dual VGA card mode, ensure to install the VGA cards to PCIex16_1
and PCIex16_3 for better performance. Refer to “2.5 Expansion slots”
for details.
Multi-GPU Technology
Support NVIDIA
®
Quad-GPU SLI™ and ATI
®
Quad-GPU CrossFireX™
Technology
Storage
AMD
®
SB950 Chipset:
-
6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support
2 x JMicron
®
JMB362 SATA controllers:
-
2 x SATA 3Gb/s ports
-
1 x Power eSATA 3Gb/s port (green)
-
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port (red)
LAN
Realtek
®
8111E Gigabit LAN controller
High Definition Audio
Realtek
®
ALC892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
-
Absolute Pitch 192KHz/24bit True BD Lossless Sound
-
BD Audio Layer Content Protection
-
Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-streaming, Front
Panel Jack-Retasking
-
Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O
IEEE 1394
VIA
®
VT6308P controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (1 port at mid-
board; 1 port at back panel)
(continued on the next page)
*Refer to Chapter 2 for slot configurations.