As the first motherboard manufacturer to use the SB700 southbridge across its entire AMD 7-Series chipset range, FOXCONN are leading the market in providing more connectivity options for mainstream desktop computing. The A78AX has been configured to provide 6 SATAII connectors with RAID functionality, and up to 10 USB2.0 ports.
The A78AX includes HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology and full support for AM2+ Phenom™ processors and socket AM2 Athlon™ and Sempron™ models.
Supporting the latest PCIe Gen2.0 graphics cards, the A78AX includes 1* PCIe x16 Gen2.0 and 2* PCIe x1 Gen2.0 ports, along with 3* PCI slots for older cardbus products. PCIe Gen2.0 technology doubles the available aggregate bandwidth between PCIe Generation 2 cards and the motherboard. This means a Gen2.0 16-lane (x16) link can provide up to 16GB/s of bandwidth; 8GB/s in each direction. PCIe Gen2.0 is backwards compatible, and so existing PCIe “Gen1” cards can be plugged into Gen2.0 slots.
Specification | ||
A78AX-S | A78AX-K | |
CPU Support |
Supports AMD Socket AM2+/AM2 processors (Phenom FX, Phenom, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron) |
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HyperTransport™ |
HT3.0 |
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Memory |
DDRII 1066**/800MHz, 4GB max. |
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Expansion |
1* PCIe Gen2.0 x16 slot |
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Connectivity |
6* SATAII, 10* USB2.0, 1* ATA |
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Audio |
7.1 Channel HD Audio |
5.1 Channel HD Audio |
Networking |
Gigabit LAN |
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Form Factor |
ATX |