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Model	AOD790GX/128M	A780GXH/128M

Form Factor	- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)	- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.4-in, 30.5 cm x 21.3 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU Power
Unique Feature	- ASRock OC Tuner - Intelligent Energy Saver (Support with Phenom CPU) - Instant Boot - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control< / font> - ASRock U-COP< / font> - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)< / font> - ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5%< / font>	- ASRock OC Tuner - Intelligent Energy Saver (Support with Phenom CPU) - Instant Boot - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control< / font> - ASRock U-COP< / font> - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)< / font> - ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5%< / font>
CPU	- Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor - 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 - AM3 CPU Ready	- Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor - Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II X4 / X3 and Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 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 780G - Southbridge: AMD SB710
Memory	- Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology - 4 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Supports DDR2 1066* / 800 / 667 / 533 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB** Support with AM3 / AM2+ CPU. *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 DDR2 memory technology - 4 x DDR2 DIMM slots - Supports DDR2 1066* / 800 / 667 / 533 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB** Support with AM3 / AM2+ CPU. *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	- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 3 x PCI slots - Supports ATI™ CrossFire™ and Hybrid CrossFireX™	- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, orange @ x4 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 2 x PCI slots - Supports ATI™ CrossFireX™ and Hybrid CrossFireX™
Graphics	- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 3300 graphics - DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0 - Max. shared memory 512MB - Integrated 128MB side port memory for iGPU - Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI with DVI-to-HDMI Converter - 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 3200 graphics - DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0 - Max. shared memory 512MB - Integrated 128MB side port memory for iGPU - 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
Audio	- 7.1 CH Windows Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection - DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec)	- 7.1 CH Windows Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (VIA VT1708S Audio Codec)
Lan	- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb / s - Realtek RTL8111C-VCO-GR - 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 Mouse Port - 1 x PS / 2 Keyboard Port - 1 x VGA / D-Sub Port - 1 x VGA / DVI-D Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA2 Port - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT / LINK LED and SPEED LED) - 1 x IEEE 1394 Port - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone	I / O Panel - 1 x PS / 2 Mouse Port - 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 - 4 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 HDMI_SPDIF header - 1 x IEEE 1394 header - CPU / Chassis FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - SLI / XFire power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) - 1 x USB / WiFi header	- 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 ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - CPU / Chassis / NB / Power FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V 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, DRAM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports Smart BIOS
Support CD	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDrive™ Utility	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDrive™ Utility, AMD Live! Explorer
Software and UEFI
Hardware Monitor	- CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU Fan Tachometer - Chassis 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
Accessories	- 1 x ASRock SLI / XFire 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 DVI-to-HDMI Converter	- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield - Floppy / ATA 133 Cables - 2 x SATA Data Cables (optional) - 1 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cable (optional)