Socket 775 Intel Core 2 Duo, Quad and Extreme processor support including 45nm CPUs, as well as Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D and Celeron CPUs from 800-1333MHz FSB including Hyperthreading.
Asus EPU (Energy Process Unit)
Intel P35 North bridge
Intel ICH9R South bridge
Four DDR2 memory slots supporting up to 8 GB of memory at 667-1066MHz
Realtek ALC883 chipset supporting up to 7.1 channel High-Definition surround sound
Marvell 88E8056 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet
Two PCI-Express x16 slots (one x16 and one x4 electrical) supporting ATI CrossFire
Six SATA 3Gbps ports – six from the ICH9R South bridge
One IDE port from a Marvell 88SE6102 PATA controller
Two PCI-Express x1 slots
Two PCI slots
Two IEEE1394a Firewire slots from a VIA VT6308P– one on the rear I/O, one from motherboard pin-outs