CPU

Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron
 - AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
 - AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing

Chipset

NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP (NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology, NVIDIA Tritium Technology certified)
  - North bridge: NVIDIA C51XE
  - South bridge: NVIDIA MCP55PXE
PCI-X bridge: NEC uPD720404

Front Side Bus

2000/1600 MT/s

Memory

Dual channel memory architecture
  - 4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support, at full x16, x16 speed
2 x PCI-X
2 x PCI-E x 1
1 x PCI 2.2

SLI

Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x16 mode)

Storage

NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP supports:
 - 6 x SATA 3 Gb/s
 - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100
 - NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID: RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
Marvell 88SE614x:
 - 4 x SATA 3 Gb/s  (3x SATA; 1x eSATA)
 - 1 x UltraDMA 100

Audio

ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
 - Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
 - Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port

TPM Module

Optional

LAN

2 x Marvell 88E1116 PHY
  - Firewall function
  - Support Teaming  functions

USB

10 USB 2.0 ports

IEEE 1394a

TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports

Advanced Thermal Design

8-Phase Power Design
Stack Cool 2
Q-Fan 2
ASUS Heat-pipe thermal solution

ASUS AI Lifestyle Features

Multi-language BIOS
SATA on the Go
AI Nap
AI Gear
My Logo 3

Special Features

ASUS AI NOS™
AI Overclocking
AI Clock Skew
ASUS PEG Link
Hyper Path 3
ASUS BIOS Profile
ASUS C.P.R.
ASUS AI Booster
Adjustable FSB/DDR2 ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies.
Precision Tweaker:
 - vDIMM: 25-step DRAM voltage control
 - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment
 - SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
 - PCIe x16 Frequency: allowing PCIe x16 frequency from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment

Other ASUS Special Features

ASUS AI NET2
CrashFree BIOS 3
EZ Flash 2
Q-Connector
ASUS AI Quiet

Back Panel I/O Ports

Parallel
8-channel Audio ports
1 x External SATA
2 x RJ45
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
1 x PS/2 Mouse port
1 x PS/2 Keyboard port

Internal I/O Connectors

6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
8-pin ATX 2.0/1.1
Chassis intrusion connector
System panel connector
2 x IDE connector
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
9 x Serial ATA connectors
1 x Parallel connector
CD audio in
2 x IEEE 1394a port
Front Panel Audio connector
1 x CPU / 4 x Chassis / 1 x Power Fan connectors

BIOS

8Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3

Manageability

WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE, AI NET2, Chassis Intrusion

Support CD

Drivers
BIOS flash utility under DOS
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS Update
Anti-Virus Software
Adobe Acrobat Reader ver 7.0
ASUS AI utility
Microsoft Direct X ver 9.0C

Form Factor

ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)