Asus A85XMA Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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A85XM-A specications summary
APU AMD
®
FM2 socket for AMD
®
A-Series / Athlon™ processors
Supports CPU up to 4 cores
Microsoft
®
DirectX 11 support
AMD
®
Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support
The AMD
®
Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support depends on the APU types.
Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD
®
APU support list.
Chipset AMD
®
A85X FCH (Hudson D4)
Memory 2 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 32GB unbuffered non-ECC
DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066MHz memory modules
Dual-channel memory architecture
The maximum 32GB memory capacity can be supported with 16GB or above
DIMMs. ASUS will update the memory QVL once the DIMMs are available in the
market.
Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualied Vendors List).
When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows
®
32-bit
operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. We recommend a
maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows
®
32-bit operating
system.
Graphics Integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series Graphics in A-Series APU
Multi-VGA output support: HDMI, DVI, D-Sub ports
- Supports HDMI with max. resolution of 1920x1080@60Hz
- Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution of 2560x1600@60Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution of 1920x1600@60Hz
- Supports Microsoft
®
DirectX 11
- Maximum shared memory of 2G
- Supports AMD
®
Dual Graphics technology
Refer to http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/dual-graphics/Pages/
dual-graphics.aspx#3 for the discrete GPUs that support Dual Graphics
technology.
Expansion slots 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
1 x PCI slot
Storage AMD
®
A85X FCH:
- 8 x Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors with RAID 0, RAID 1,RAID 5,RAID
10 and JBOD support
LAN
Realtek
®
8111F PCIe Gigabit LAN controller
Audio Realtek
®
ALC887 8-Channel High Denition Audio CODEC
Use a chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to support an 8-channel
audio output.
USB AMD
®
A85X FCH:
- 4 x USB 3.0 ports* (2 ports at the back panel [blue], 2 ports at mid-
board)
- 6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports at the back panel, 4 ports at mid-board)
* Supports ASUS USB 3.0 Boost.