AMD 990FX(AM3+) Military-Grade Motherboard with Aerospace-Grade CeraM!X Cooling Techology.

• TUF CeraM!X Heatsink Coating Tech. – 50% Larger Area for Heat Dissipation with the Revolutionary Ceramics-coating Technology.
• TUF Thermal Radar – Real Time Temp. Detection and Heat Removal
• TUF Components [Alloy Choke, Cap. & MOSFET; Certified by Military-standard] – Certified for Tough Duty
• New DIGI+ Power Control – All-New Digital Power Control for both CPU and DRAM
• USB BIOS Flashback – Easy, Worry-free USB BIOS Flashback with Hardware-based Design
• Remote GO! – One-stop PC Remote Control and Home Entertainment

Specification

CPU

• AMD AM3+ FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
• Supports AM3+ 32 nm CPU
• Supports CPU up to 8 cores
• Supports CPU up to 220 W
• AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology

Chipset

• AMD 990FX/SB950

Memory

• 4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
• Dual Channel Memory Architecture

*Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
* Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Install a 64-bit Windows® OS when you want to install 4GB or more memory on the motherboard.
* Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 series CPUs support up to DDR3 1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can support up to DDR3 1333MHz.

System Bus

• Up to 5.2 GT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0

Multi-GPU Support

• Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology
• Supports AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

Expansion Slots

• 3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (dual x16 or x16/x8/x8) ^*1
• 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
• 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
• 1 x PCI

Storage

• AMD SB950 controller :
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), brown
  • Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10
• ASMedia® PCIe SATA controller :
  • 2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), gray
  • 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s port(s), red,

LAN

• Realtek® 8111F, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)

Audio

• Realtek® ALC892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
  • Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
• Audio Feature :
  • Absolute Pitch 192kHz/ 24-bit True BD Lossless Sound
  • Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection
  • ASUS Noise Filter
  • Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel

USB Ports

• ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller : 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 port(s) (2 at mid-board)
• ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller : 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 port(s) (4 at back panel, blue)
• AMD SB950 controller : 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 port(s) (8 at back panel, , 4 at mid-board)

Special Features

• TUF ENGINE! Power Design :
  • 8 +2 Digital Phase Power Design
  • TUF Components (Alloy choke, Cap. & MOSFET; certified by military-standard)
  • ASUS DIGI+ Power Control Utility
  • E.S.P. : Efficient Switching Power Design
• Ultimate COOL! Thermal Solution :
  • TUF CeraM!X Heatsink Coating Tech.
  • TUF Thermal Radar
• ASUS Exclusive Features :
  • Remote GO!
  • USB BIOS Flashback
  • MemOK!
  • AI Suite II
  • Ai Charger+
  • Anti-Surge
  • ESD Guards
  • Front Panel USB 3.0 Support
  • ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode featuring friendly graphics user interface
  • Network iControl
  • USB 3.0 Boost
• ASUS EZ DIY :
  • DirectKey
  • ASUS O.C. Profile
  • ASUS EZ Flash 2
  • ASUS MyLogo 2
  • Multi-language BIOS
• ASUS Q-Design :
  • ASUS Q-Shield
  • ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED)
  • ASUS Q-Slot
  • ASUS Q-DIMM
  • ASUS Q-Connector

Operating System Support

• Windows® 8.1
• Windows® 8
• Windows® 7
• Windows® Vista
• Windows® XP

Back I/O Ports

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port(s)
• 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s
• 1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s)
• 4 x USB 3.0 (blue)
• 8 x USB 2.0
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF out
• 6 x Audio jack(s)
• 1 x USB BIOS Flashback Button(s)

Internal I/O Ports

• 1 x USB 3.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.0 port(s) (19-pin, moss green)
• 2 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 4 USB 2.0 port(s)
• 1 x TPM connector(s)
• 1 x COM port(s) connector(s)
• 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s)
• 1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (1 x 4 -pin)
• 1 x CPU OPT Fan connector(s) (1 x 4 -pin)
• 4 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (4 x 4 -pin)
• 1 x S/PDIF out header(s)
• 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s)
• 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s)
• 1 x Front panel connector(s)
• 1 x System panel(s) (Q-Connector)
• 1 x DirectKey Button(s)
• 1 x DRCT header(s)
• 1 x MemOK! button(s)
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper(s)

Accessories

• User’s manual
• ASUS Q-Shield
• 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s)
• 1 x SLI bridge(s)
• 1 x Q-connector(s) (2 in 1)
• 1 x TUF Certification card(s)
• 1 x TUF 5 Year Warranty manual(s) (by region)

BIOS

• 64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, SLP2.1, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, F12 PrintScreen, F3 Shortcut Function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information

Manageability

• WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE

Support Disc

• Drivers
• Anti-virus software (OEM version)
• ASUS Update
• ASUS Utilities

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor
• 12 inch x 9.6 inch (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)

Note

• *1: When running dual graphics cards, be sure to insert the card in the first and third PCIex16 slot to get the best performance.