ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 User Manual

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M5A97 EVO R2.0 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
AMD 140W CPU Support
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology
Supports AM3+ 32nm CPU

Chipset

AMD

970/SB950

System Bus

Up to 4800 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0

Memory

4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 2133(O.C)/1866/1600/1333/1066

MHz, ECC, Non-ECC, un-buffered Memory
Dual channel memory architecture

* Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 Series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz.

With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.

** 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.

*** Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL(Qualified

Vendors Lists) of AM3+/AM3 CPU.

Expansion slots

2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (Blue@x16 speed; Black@x4 speed)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
2 x PCI slots

Multi-GPU support

Supports AMD

Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

Storage

AMD

SB950 Chipset:

- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10 support (gray)

1 x ASMedia

PCIe SATA controller:

- 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s ports (red)

LAN

Realtek

8111F Gigabit LAN controller

Audio

Realtek

ALC 892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC

- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel

Jack-Retasking

- Supports 192khz/ 24bit True BD Lossless Sound

- Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection

- DTS UltraPC II

- DTS Connect

- Optical S/PDIF Out port at back I/O

- ASUS Noise Filter