System Memory; Overview - Asus MAXIMUS EXTREME User Manual

2.4

System memory

2.4.1

Overview

The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory
Modules (DIMM) sockets.
A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR3 DIMM but is
notched differently. DDR3 modules are developed for better performance with less
power consumption.
The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:
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240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets
Channel
Channel A
Channel B
The motherboard supports upto 1333MHz and provides more ratio setting items.
Refer to the table below for details.
FSB
DDR3
2-16
®
Sockets
DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2
DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2
1600
1600 1333 1200 1000
1333
800 1333 1111 1000
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