CPU Socket:
Support Socket-939 based AMD Athlon-64/ Athlon-64 FX 2.0GTs Hyper Transport processors with up to 4000+
System Memory:
Four 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
Support single-sided or double-sided 2.5v DDR-333/400 DIMMs with dual channel architecture in 128/256/512Mb technologies
Support Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB and DIMM
Support up to 4 GB system memory
Chipset:
nVidia nForce4 Ultra AGPset
Expansion Slots:
Three PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.2
Three PCI Express (x1) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a
One PCI Express (x16) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a
USB:
Ten USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (4 connectors at rear panel).
P-ATA IDE:
Two IDE ports (up to 4 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-66/100/133 support from embedded IDE controller.
S-ATA II RAID:
Four S-ATA II ports from nForce4 Ultra with up to 300MBps bandwidth.
1394a:
Two 1394a ports with up to 400Mbps bandwidth from onboard VT6307 1394a controller
LAN:
1Gb Ethernet from onboard VITESSE VSC8201RX Gigabit Ethernet PHY.
This is a great motherboard. It was cheap, and it has a good chipset/sata capabilities. My only qualm is that it lacks firewire support, but I can live without.
All the components worked right out of the box, no drivers or anything. Perfect!
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