Asus CROSSHAIR nForce 590 SLI AMD Socket AM2 ATX SupremeFX Audio Dual Gigabit SATA 3Gb/s RAID Firewire LCD Poster (SLI Ready)

M2-CROSSHAIR, NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Chipset, ATX, Socket AM2, up to 8GB Dual Ch DDR2-800/667/533, 2 PCIe x16 (SLI x16, x16), 1 PCIe x4, 3 PCI, onboard SupremeFX 8-ch Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, SATA 3Gb/s RAID, Firewire, USB 2.0, LCD Poster   Features:

• Item:
  Asus CROSSHAIR Socket AM2 motherboard
• 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
  AMD Live! Ready
• Chipset:
  NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI MCP
  NVIDIA LinkBoost Technology
• 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
• Expansion Slots:
  2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI technology support
  1 x PCI Express x4
  3 x PCI 2.2
• SLI:
  Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards
• Storage:
  NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI MCP supports
  1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33
  6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
  NVIDIA MediaShield RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD
  Silicon Image® 3132 SATA controller supports
  2 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA On-the-Go)
  Support RAID 0, 1, and JBOD
• LAN:
  Dual Gigabit LAN controllers support NVIDIA DualNet® technology
  NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI MCP built-in dual Gigabit MAC with external
  Marvell PHY
  Support Teaming and fail-over functions
  Support TCP/IP Acceleration
• Audio:
  SupremeFX Audio Card
  featuring ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
  Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
  8 channel audio ports
  Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
• IEEE 1394a:
  TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
• USB:
  max. 10 USB2.0/1.1 ports
• Overclocking Features:
  
  * ASUS AI NOS (Non-delay Overclocking System)
  * AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
  * AI Clock Skew
  * ASUS PEG Link - automatically performance tuning for graphics cards
• * ASUS O.C. Profile:
  overclocking configuration-sharing tool
  * ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
  * Extreme Tweaker
• Back Panel I/O Ports:
  
  1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
  1 x PS/2 Mouses
  1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
  2 x External SATA
  2 x LAN (RJ45) port
  4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  1 x IEEE 1394a port
  1 x onboard LED switch
  1 x LCD Poster
• Internal I/O Connectors:
  
  3 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
  1 x Floppy disk drive connector
  1 x IDE connector for two devices
  6 x SATA connectors
  1 x CPU / 7 x option Fan
  3 x thermal sensor connector
  1 x IEEE1394a connector
  1 x S/PDIF output connector
  Chassis Intrusion connector
  Front Panel Audio connector
  24-pin ATX Power connector
  8-pin ATX 12V Power connector
  System panel connector
  1 x EL I/O Shield Connector
• BIOS:
  8Mb AWARD BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
• Accessories:
  1 x SLI bridge
  1 x ASUS Array Mic
  1 x ASUS Optional Fan
  1 x ASUS Q-Connector Kit (system panel; Retail version only)
  3 x thermal sensor cables
  1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
  1 x Floppy disk drive cable
  6 x SATA cables
  7 x Cable Ties
  3 x SATA power cable for 6 devices
  1 x 2-port USB2.0 module
  1 x IEEE1394a module
  1 x EL I/O Shield
  InterVideo® Media Launcher (OEM version only)
  User's manual
• Form Factor:
  ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24.5cm)
• Windows Vista:
  This motherboard is one of the "ASUS Vista Certified Models." Other Windows Vista Certified components require to install Windows Vista. Please visit www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/ for more information.