Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus P5MT-MX C User Manual

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel
and the Intel
1066/800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). See page 2-6 for details.
Intel E7230/Intel
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The Intel E7230 and the Intel
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vital interfaces for the motherboard.
The uniprocessor server chipset integrates EM64T support and four Serial
ATA ports enabled through the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s RAID controller to ensure
data security and enable powerful multi-task processing.
Intel EM64T
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The motherboard supports the Intel
incorporates the Extended Memory 64-bit Technology (EM64T). The Intel
EM64T feature allows your system to run on 64-bit operating systems and
access larger amounts of system memory for faster and more efficient
computing.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory, which features data transfer
rates of 667 MHz or 533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements
of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The
dual-channel DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system
memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak
bandwidths of up to 10.7 GB/s. See page 2-13 for details.
Serial ATA II technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA II technology through the Serial
ATA II interfaces controlled by the Intel
allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced
voltage requirement, and up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate.
See page 2-27 for details.
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Pentium D processor in the 775-land package, with
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ICH7R chipset
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Pentium Processor Extreme Edition
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ICH7R I/O controller hub (ICH) provide the
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Hyper-Threading technology and
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ICH7R. The SATA II specification
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Chapter 1: Product introduction
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