Basada en el chipset P45 de Intel, fabricado bajo un proceso de 65 nm, la nueva placa de Asus promete un rendimiento superior al que brindaba el antecesor del P45, el P965

Especificaciones

Processor support
Intel Socket 775:
Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, Pentium Extreme Edition, Pentium D, Pentium 4, Celeron
Chipset
Intel P45 / ICH10
System bus
1600/1333/1066/800 FSB
Memory
4x 240-pin DIMM
Dual DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 channels
Maximal 8GB
Expansion slots
3x PCI-Express x16 (1x16 or 2x8)
2x PCI-Express x1
2x PCI
Storage
1x Floppy drive
1x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 IDE
8x SATA 3G (RAID 0/1/0+1/5/JBOD) (one external)
Internal connections
4x USB
1x IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
1x COM port
1x FrontAudio
1st CD/AUX input
External connections
1x PS/2 Keyboard/mouse
2x S/PDIF Ut (Coax + optical)
1x IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
1x SATA
6x 2.5mm audio connectors (7.1)
2x RJ-45 (10/100/1000Mbit)
6x USB
Size
305 x 244mm
Other Wireless
LAN