ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura, AMD 970 motherboard - Socket AM3 + [90MB0PU0-M0EAY0]

The ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura provides for two PCIe x16 slots of the second generation are available, of which a full 16 lanes and is tied with 8 lanes. The officially certified by NVIDIA for SLI operation AMD 970 motherboard works in 2-way SLI or Crossfire mode with 8 data lines for both graphics cards.

In addition, the motherboard provides two PCIe x1 slots and two more for classic PCI cards. Up to 32 GB of DDR3 RAM refer to the four RAM banks, where appropriate memory can run at a maximum of 2,133 overclocked megahertz. The main selling point is the built ASUS Aura RGB LED lighting that allows six customizable lighting effects in all colors of the rainbow at the chipset heatsink as well as a LED strip along the ATX power socket: monochrome-static, color change, strobe (monochrome) respiratory / breathing and pulsating music or - particularly handy - is changing depending on the CPU temperature.

Another highlight at the ASUS 970 Pro Gaming / Aura is also that there are on the I / O shield on the back of the motherboard two brand new USB 3.1 ports with type A connector, provided by the ASMedia ASM1142 additional chip , This new USB port with maximum attainable speed of 10 Gbit / s twice as fast as USB 3.0!

The remaining connection repertoire includes at the back of the board itself, among other things eight USB 2.0 ports, a PS / 2 port for keyboard or mouse, six 3.5mm audio ports and one optical S / PDIF output for 7.1 sound and one Gigabit LAN. Furthermore there are numerous internal interfaces, including 6x SATA 6G ports and a faster M.2 port (shared, M key, type 2242/2260/2280, x4 PCIe 2.0 & SATA 6G) for data carriers like SSDS, a header (max. 2 ports) for front USB 3.0 and three headers for USB 2.0 (max. 6 ports), equal to five 4-pin PWM fan connectors and a 4-pin water pump connection.

Notes: In order to support the latest CPUs, BIOS / UEFI update may be necessary. Operation outside of the manufacturer's specifications at your own risk and is accompanied by a loss of warranty.

Technical details:

    Format: ATX
    Color: Black, Red
    Chipset: AMD 970 / SB950
    Socket: AM3 + (for FX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron CPUs)
    RAM: 4x DDR3 (max 2.133 MHz [OC].)
    Dual-Channel
    Max. 32 GB
    slots:
    2x PCIe 2.0 x16 (connection: 1x 16 lanes, 1x 8 Lanes)
    Compatible Multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way CrossFireX, 2-Way SLI
    2x PCIe x1
    2x PCI
    Internal connections:
    6x SATA 6G
    1x M.2 NGFF (M key, type 2242/2260/2280, x4 PCIe 2.0 & SATA 6G)
    2x USB 3.0 (1x header by ASMedia ASM1042A)
    6x USB 2.0 (3x header)
    5x fan (5x 4-pin PWM)
    1x pump (4-pin)
    1x Serial Port Header (COM)
    1x TPM
    Power / Reset / LED / Front-Audio
    External connections:
    2x USB 3.1 (Type A, by ASMedia ASM1142) 8x USB 2.0
    1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
    1x Gigabit LAN
    1x S / PDIF optical
    6x audio (7.1, Realtek ALC1150 / ASUS SupremeFX)
    Power supply:
    1x 24-pin ATX
    1x 8-pin EPS12V
    Special features: integrated LED lighting (RGB)