Back panel I/O ports
| Parallel ports quantity |
1 |
| COM ports quantity |
1 |
| VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity |
1 |
| Microphone in |
Y |
| Headphone outputs |
1 |
| PS/2 ports quantity |
2 |
BIOS
| BIOS memory size |
2 MB |
| ACPI version |
2.0a |
| BIOS type |
AMI |
Networking
| Networking features |
Gigabit Ethernet |
Performance
| Audio system |
Realtek ALC887 |
| Motherboard chipset family |
AMD |
| Motherboard southbridge |
AMD SB710 |
| Component for |
PC |
Memory
| Memory channels |
Dual |
| Supported memory types |
DDR3-SDRAM |
| ECC |
Y |
| Non-ECC |
Y |
| Number of memory slots |
2 |
| Maximum internal memory |
8 GB |
Internal I/O
| Front panel audio connector |
Y |
| CPU fan connector |
Y |
| Number of SATA II connectors |
6 |
| ATX Power connector (24-pin) |
Y |
| S/PDIF out connector |
Y |
| USB 2.0 connectors |
3 |
| Number of chassis fan connectors |
1 |
Graphics
| On-board graphics adapter |
Y |
Expansion slots
| PCI Express slots version |
2.0 |
| PCI Express x16 slots |
1 |
| PCI slots |
1 |
| PCI Express x1 slots |
2 |
Additionally
| Chipset |
AMD 760G |
| System bus data transfer rate |
5.2 GT/s |
| Graphics |
Radeon 3000 |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity |
1 |
M5A78L-M LX V2, AM3+, AMD 760G (780L)/SB710, DDR3, SATA2, USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, Micro ATX
This motherboard supports AMD® AM3+ multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR3 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 32nm manufacturing process.
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