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M5A78L-M LX specications summary
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CPU AMD
®
Socket AM3+ for AMD
®
FX™ / Phenom™ II /
Athlon™ II / Sempron™ 100 series processors
AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ 2.0 Technology (depending on CPU type)
Supports CPU up to 95W
* 32nm AM3+ CPU is supported by BIOS version 0401 and later.
** Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD
®
CPU support list
Chipset AMD
®
760G (780L)/ SB710
Front side bus Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface
Memory Dual-channel memory architecture
2 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 8GB unbuffered
ECC and non-ECC DDR3 1866(O.C.) / 1600(O.C.) / 1333 /
1066MHz memory modules
* AMD
®
FX™ Series CPU on this motherboard supports up to
DDR3 1866MHz as its standard memory frequency.
** Due to CPU spec., AMD
®
100 and 200 series CPUs support
up to DDR3 1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard
can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.
*** When overclocking, some AMD CPU models may not
support DDR3 1600 MHz or higher frequency DIMMs.
**** Refer to
www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualied
Vendors List).
***** Use a 64-bit Windows
®
OS if you want to install 4GB or
more memory on the motherboard.
Graphics Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 GPU
Supports max. shared memory of 1GB
Supports RGB with max. resolution of 2048 x 1536 (@85Hz)
Supports Microsoft
®
DirectX 10
Supports Hybrid CrossFireX™ (for Windows
®
Vista or later
version)
* Refer to www.amd.com for the discrete GPUs that support
Hybrid CrossFireX™.
Expansion slots 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
2 x PCIe x1 slots
1 x PCI slot
Storage / RAID 6 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 10, and JBOD congurations
LAN Realtek Gigabit LAN
Audio ALC887 supports 8-channel* High Denition Audio
Supports Single SPDIF Out and Anti-pop function
* Use the chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to
support 8-channel audio output.
USB Supports up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at mid-board,
4 ports at the back panel)
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