One of the standout features of the board are the four SATA ports. These come at the expense of other ports as there is only one IDE port that gets in the way of the SATA ports. A RAID controller is built in. The built in Ethernet connector is only 10/100Mbps as opposed to the more popular gigabit Ethernet found on more expensive boards.
Specifications:
| CPU |
Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 / Athlon 64X2 / Athlon FX / Sempron AMD Cool'n Quiet™ Technology AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing AMD Live!™ Ready |
| Chipset |
NVIDIA® nForce® 520 MCP (MCP65S) |
| Front Side Bus |
2000 / 1600 MT/s |
| Memory |
2 x 240-pin DIMM, support max. 4GB DDR2 800/667/533 ECC ,non-ECC and un-buffered memory |
| Expansion Slots |
1 x PCI Express x16 slot 2 x PCI Express x1 slots 3 x PCI slots |
| Storage |
1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33 4 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives |
| LAN |
10/100 PHY |
| Audio |
ALC883-GR 6-channel High Definition Audio Azalia CODEC S/PDIF out on back I/O port Enumeration,Multi-streaming |
| USB |
Max.10 USB2.0/1.1 ports (6 on board & 4 on back) |
| Overclocking Features |
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): HT LINK frequency tuning from 200MHz up to 300MHz at 1MHz increment Profile ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) |
| Special Features |
ASUS EZ DIY: - CrashFree BIOS2 - EZ Flash ASUS install ASUS MyLogo ASUS Fanless thermal solution (heatsink) |
| BIOS |
4 Mb Flash ROM,AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI, WfM2.0, ACPI2.0a, SM BIOS2.3,CPU Multiplier |
| Manageability |
WOR by Ring, WOL/WOR by PME, Chasis Intrusion(option), PXE |
| Internal I/O Connectors |
3 x USB 2.0 connectors support additional 6 USB 2.0 ports 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector for two devices 4 x SATA connectors 1 x CPU / 1 x Chassis Front Panel Audio connector 24-pin ATX Power connector 1x speaker connector 1x CD audio in connector System panel connector 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector |
| Back Panel I/O Ports |
1 x PS/2 Keyboard port(purple) 1 x PS/2 Mouse (green) 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out port 1 x LAN (RJ45) port 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x Parallel(Printer Port) 6-channel Audio ports 1xCOM port |
| O/S Compatibility |
Windows Vista/XP/2000 |
| Support CD |
Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID Anti-virus software (OEM version) |
| Accessories |
1 x Floppy disk drive cable 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable 1 x Serial ATA cables 1 x 2-port Serial ATA power cable 1 x I/O Shield User's manual |
| Form Factor |
ATX Form Factor, 12"x 7.6" (30.5cm x 19.3cm) |