CPU

1. Support for AMD AM3+ FX processors
2. Support for AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processors / AMD Athlon™ II processors

Hyper Transport Bus

1. 5200 MT/s

Chipset

1. North Bridge: AMD 990FX
2. South Bridge: AMD SB950

Memory

1. 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

Audio

1. Realtek ALC889 codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for Dolby Home Theater
5. Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

1. 1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2) (Note 3)
2. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2)
3. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2) 
   (All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
4. 1 x PCI slot

Multi-Graphics Technology

1. Support for 2-Way/3-Way/4-Way AMD CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA SLI™ technology

Storage Interface

South Bridge: 

1. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD

2 x Marvell 88SE9172 chips:

1. 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2. 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors (including 1 eSATA/USB Combo connector) on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
3. Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1

USB

South Bridge:

1. Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports on the back panel, including 1 eSATA/USB Combo connector, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)

2 x Etron EJ168 chips:

1. Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

IEEE 1394

VIA VT6308 chip:

1. Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal IEEE 1394a header)

Internal I/O Connectors

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x PCIe power connector
4. 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
5. 1 x CPU fan header
6. 2 x system fan headers
7. 1 x power fan header
8. 1 x front panel header
9. 1 x front panel audio header
10. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
11. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
12. 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
13. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
14. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
15. 1 x clearing CMOS jumper
16. 1 x clearing CMOS button
17. 1 x power button
18. 1 x reset button

Back Panel Connectors

1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
2. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
3. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
4. 1 x IEEE 1394a port
5. 7 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
6. 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
7. 1 x eSATA/USB Combo connector
8. 1 x eSATA 6Gb/s connector
9. 1 x RJ-45 port
10. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller

1. ITE IT8720 chip

H/W Monitoring

1. System voltage detection
2. CPU/System temperature detection
3. CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
4. CPU overheating warning
5. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
6. CPU/System fan speed control

BIOS

1. 2 x 32 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS™
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Bundle Software

1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System

1. Support for Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/ XP

Form Factor

1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 26.3cm