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Model	M3A790GXH/128M	M3A785GXH/128M

Form Factor	- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)	- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
Unique Feature	- ASRock OC Tuner - Intelligent Energy Saver - Instant Boot - ASRock OC DNA - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control< / font> - ASRock U-COP< / font> - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)< / font>	- ASRock OC Tuner - Intelligent Energy Saver - Instant Boot - ASRock Instant Flash - ASRock OC DNA - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control< / font> - ASRock U-COP< / font> - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)< / font>
CPU	- Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors - Supports CPU up to 140W - Supports AMD OverDrive™ with ACC feature (Advanced Clock Calibration) - AMD LIVE!™ Ready - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology - FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT / s) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology - Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology	- Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors - Supports CPU up to 140W - Supports AMD OverDrive™ with ACC feature (Advanced Clock Calibration) - AMD LIVE!™ Ready - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology - FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT / s) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology - Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology
Chipset	- Northbridge: AMD 790GX - Southbridge: AMD SB750	- Northbridge: AMD 785G - Southbridge: AMD SB710
Memory	- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology - 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Supports DDR3 1600(OC) / 1333 / 1066 / 800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB* *Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows 32-bit OS. For Windows 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.	- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology - 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Supports DDR3 1600(OC) / 1333 / 1066 / 800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB* *Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows 32-bit OS. For Windows 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
Slots	- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode, orange @ x4 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 2 x PCI slots - Supports ATI™ CrossFireX™, Hybrid CrossFireX™ and 3-Way CrossFireX™	- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode, orange @ x4 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 2 x PCI slots - Supports ATI™ CrossFireX™, Hybrid CrossFireX™ and 3-Way CrossFireX™
Graphics	- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 3300 graphics - DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0 - Max. shared memory 512MB - Built-in 128MB DDR3 1333(OC) / 1200MHz SidePort Memory - Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI - Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 (1080P) - Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @ 75Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz - Supports HDCP function - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback	- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 4200 graphics - DX10.1 class iGPU, Shader Model 4.1 - Max. shared memory 512MB - Built-in 128MB DDR3 1333(OC) / 1200MHz SidePort Memory - Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI - Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 (1080P) - Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @ 75Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz - Supports HDCP function - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback - 3DMARK 06 3499 marks by Integrated AMD Radeon HD 4200 graphics* *System Configuration< / u> AMD Athlon II X3 405e(OC), GPU@ 1100MHz(OC), DDR3-2133(OC) 2GB x 2, 128MB DDR3-1066 SP, Windows Vista™ 32, 3DMark 06 (1024x768)
Audio	- 7.1 CH Windows Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection - DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec) - DTS (Digital Theater Systems) support	- 7.1 CH Windows Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
Lan	- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb / s - Realtek RTL8111DL - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports PXE	- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb / s - Realtek RTL8111DL - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports PXE
WiFi	- n/a	- n/a
Rear Panel I/O	I / O Panel - 1 x PS / 2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA / D-Sub Port - 1 x VGA / DVI-D Port - 1 x HDMI Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 1 x IEEE 1394 Port - 1 x eSATA2 Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT / LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone	I / O Panel - 1 x PS / 2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA / D-Sub Port - 1 x VGA / DVI-D Port - 1 x HDMI Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 1 x IEEE 1394 Port - 1 x eSATA2 Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT / LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Storage
Connector	- 6 x SATA2 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 eSATA2 3.0 Gb / s connector (shared with 1 SATA2 port) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x IEEE 1394 header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - CPU / Chassis / NB / Power FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - SLI / XFire power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)	- 6 x SATA2 3.0 Gb / s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 1 x eSATA2 3.0 Gb / s connector (shared with 1 SATA2 port) - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x IEEE 1394 header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - CPU / Chassis / NB / Power FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - SLI / XFire power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
BIOS	- 8Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, DRAM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports Smart BIOS	- 8Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, NB, mGPU, Sideport, VCCM Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports Smart BIOS, EZ OC
Support CD	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDrive™ Utility, AMD Live! Explorer	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDrive™ Utility, AMD Live! Explorer
Software and UEFI
Hardware Monitor	- CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU, Chassis, NB, Power Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore	- CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU, Chassis, NB, Power Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
OS	- Microsoft Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit compliant	- Microsoft Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit compliant
Certifications	- FCC, CE	- FCC, CE - EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)
Accessories	- 1 x ASRock PCIE Switch Card - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield - Floppy / ATA 133 Cables - 4 x SATA Data Cables (optional) - 1 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cable (optional)	- 1 x ASRock SLI / XFire Switch Card - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield - Floppy / ATA 133 Cables - 2 x SATA Data Cables (optional)