ASUS Unveils New 890FX-Based Motherboards
By
Cássio Lima
on April 29, 2010 - 9:54 PM
Along with Phenom II X6, AMD launched 890FX chipset and ASUS didn’t lose time and brought out to the market two motherboards based on this new AMD chipset. On the table below we listed their main specs. No word on pricing and availability.
Model | ||
Processor | AM3 | AM3 |
Chipset | AMD 890FX (SB850 south bridge) | AMD 890FX (SB850 south bridge) |
Memory | 4 DDR3-2000 sockets (16 GB max) | 4 DDR3-2000 sockets (16 GB max) |
PCI Express x16 slots | Three | Two |
PCI Express x4 slots | One | One |
PCI Express x1 slots | - | One |
PCI slots | Two | Two |
SATA-600 | Six ports (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10) | Six ports (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10) |
eSATA | One eSATA-300 port | One eSATA-300 port |
USB 3.0 | Two ports | Two ports |
FireWire | Two ports | Two ports |
Audio codec | Built-in SupremeFX X-Fi card | ALC 892 |
LAN | One Gigabit Ethernet port (Marvell 8059) | One Gigabit Ethernet port (Realtek 8111E) |
Voltage Regulator | 8+2 | 6+2 |
Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/ASUS-Unveils-New-890FX-Based-Motherboards/4712
