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P5E3 WS Professional specications
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CPU LGA775 socket for Intel
®
Core
™
2 / Pentium
®
D / Pentium
®
4
/ Celeron
®
/ processor
Supports Intel
®
65nm, Core
™
2 Extreme / Core
™
2 Quad /
Core
™
2 Duo
Supports Intel
®
next generation 45nm multi-core CPUs
Intel
®
EM64T / EIST / Hyper-Threading Technology
* Refer to www.asus.com for Intel
®
CPU support list
Chipset Northbridge: Intel
®
MCH X38
Southbridge: Intel
®
ICH9R
PCI-X Bridge: NEC upd720404
System bus 1333/1066/800 MHz
Memory Dual-channel memory architecture
- 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support ECC and non-
ECC, unbuffered DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz memory
modules
- Supports up to 8 GB system memory
Expansion slots 2 x PCI Express
™
x16 slots
1 x PCI Express
™
x1 slot
2 x PCIX slots
1 x PCI 2.2 slot
Storage Intel
®
ICH9R Southbridge
- 6 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 10, and
5 conguration
- Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology
Marvell
®
88SE6145 SATA controller
- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100 for up to 2 PATA devices
- 2 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports and 2 x External SATA
3.0 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 10, and 5 conguration
LAN 2 x Marvell
®
88E8056 Gigabit LAN controllers
- Supports teaming function
High Denition audio ADI
®
1988B 8-channel High-Denition Audio CODEC
- Supports Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-
streaming, and Jack-Retasking Technology
- Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
IEEE 1394 VIA VT6308S controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
(one at midboard; one at back panel)
USB Supports up to 12 USB 2.0 / 1.1 ports (6 at mid-board, 6
at back panel)
