ASRock AMD 790 Features

No first tier, or even second tier motherboard manufacturer would introduce a product to the market without some differentiating features. Many times, the marketing hype outshines the real features and benefits provided, but if you need and/or want to take advantage of those features, it helps to see them prominently displayed, instead of buried in Chapter 7 of the User Manual. Most enthusiasts buying this type of product, do their research on sites like Benchmark Reviews, and know exactly what they are buying and why. ASRock includes a sizeable number of real and significant features in the AOD790GX/128M motherboard:

• Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom^TM FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor
• Supports CPU up to 140W
• ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
• AMD 790GX + SB750 Chipsets
• AM3 CPU Ready!
• FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s)
• Supports AMD OverDrive^TM with ACC feature (Advanced Clock Calibration)
• Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology
• Supports Dual Channel DDR2 1066 with AM2+ CPU, and DDR2 800/667/533 with AM2 CPU, with 4 DIMM slots, maximum capacity up to 16GB
• Integrated AMD Radeon HD 3300 graphics, DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0, Max. shared memory 512MB
• Integrated 128MB side port memory for iGPU
• Supports ATI^TM CrossFire^TM and Hybrid CrossFireX^TM
• 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode)
• 6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
• 1 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connector
• 2 x IEEE1394 ports (one port on back panel, one header on board)
• PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI with DVI-to-HDMI Converter
• Supports HDCP function
• Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback
• 1 x USB/Wi-Fi header
• Supports Instant Boot
• Supports Smart BIOS, ASRock OC Tuner, Intelligent Energy Saver, Extra ESD Protection
• 7.1 CH Windows Vista^TM Premium Level HD Audio,
• 110dB dynamic range DAC (ALC890 Audio Codec)

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