| CPU - Support AMD Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron |
| Chipset - NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP (NVIDIA LinkBoost Technology, NVIDIA Tritium Technology certified) |
| North bridge - NVIDIA C51XE |
| South bridge - NVIDIA MCP55PXE |
| 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, 10, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 and 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output |
| 1 x PS/2 Mouses 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 |
| Accessories |
| Users manual , UltraDMA cable , FDD cable , 2-port USB module , 2-port 1394a module |
| I/O shield , SATA cable , SATA power cable , Media Launcher |
| ASUS Q-Connector Kit (USB, 1394, System panel) |
| Form Factor - ATX Form Factor, 12x 9.6 inches (30.5cm x 24.5cm) |
| Windows Vista compatible |