Internal I/O
| Power fan connector |
Y |
| ATX Power connector (24-pin) |
Y |
| S/PDIF out connector |
Y |
| USB 2.0 connectors |
4 |
| Chassis intrusion connector |
Y |
| CPU fan connector |
Y |
| Number of SATA III connectors |
6 |
| Number of chassis fan connectors |
1 |
Back panel I/O ports
| Parallel ports quantity |
1 |
| COM ports quantity |
1 |
| Headphone outputs |
3 |
| PS/2 ports quantity |
1 |
BIOS
| BIOS memory size |
1 MB |
| BIOS type |
AMI |
| ACPI version |
2.0a |
Memory
| Non-ECC |
Y |
| ECC |
Y |
| Number of memory slots |
4 |
| Maximum internal memory |
16 GB |
Graphics
| On-board graphics adapter |
N |
Performance
| Motherboard southbridge |
AMD SB850 |
| Audio system |
ALC887 |
| Component for |
PC |
Networking
| Networking features |
Gigabit Ethernet |
Expansion slots
| PCI Express x16 slots |
1 |
| PCI slots |
3 |
| PCI Express x1 slots |
2 |
Additionally
| Chipset |
AMD 870 (RX881) |
| System bus data transfer rate |
5.2 GT/s |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity |
1 |
M4A87T, AM3, DDR3, AMD 870 / SB850, Gigabit Ethernet, ATX
This motherboard supports AMD® Socket AM3 multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR3 1333 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based system bus. This motherboard also supports AMD® CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing process.
AMD 870 Chipset is designed to support up to 5200MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and PCI Express™ 2.0 x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD®’s latest AM3 and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.
The AMD® SB850 Southbridge natively supports next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rates. Additionally, get enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems.
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2000(O.C.)/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3 architecture enlarges the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance.
