M5A88-V EVO

CPU

AMD AM3+ FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors 
Supports AM3+ 32 nm CPU
AMD 140W CPU Support
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
* Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list

Chipset

AMD 880G/SB850

Memory

4 x DIMM, Max. 16GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 Hz Memory
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
* Refer to www.asus.com or user manual 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.
* AMD FX Series CPU on this motherboard supports up to DDR3 1866MHz as its standard memory frequency.
* When overclocking, some AMD CPU models may not support DDR3 1600 MHz or higher frequency DIMMs
* Due to CPU spec., AMD 100 and 200 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

Graphic

Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 4250 GPU
Multi-VGA output support : HDMI/DVI/RGB ports 
- Supports HDMI with max. resolution 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz
- Supports DVI with max. resolution 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
- Supports RGB with max. resolution 2048 x 1536 @ 85 Hz
Maximum shared memory of 1024 MB
Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support *¹
SidePort Memory - onboard 128MB DDR3 1333 memory 
Hardware Decode Acceleration for H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2
Blu-ray playback support *²
Supports DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 2.0, Shader Model 4.1, Universal Video Decoder (UVD) 2.0

Expansion Slots

1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue) 
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black) 
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 
3 x PCI

Storage

AMD SB850 controller : 
5 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), white
Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD
AMD SB850 controller : 
1 x eSATA 6Gb/s port(s), red
VIA VT6330 controller : 
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices , blue

LAN

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

Audio

Realtek® ALC 892 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

IEEE 1394

VIA® VT6330 controller
2 x IEEE 1394a port(s)
(1 at mid-board, 1 at back panel)

USB Ports

AMD SB850 controller : 
12 x USB 2.0 port(s) (4 at back panel, black+red, 8 at mid-board)
ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller : 
2 x USB 3.0 port(s) (2 at back panel, blue)

Overclocking Features

Overclocking Protection :
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Special Features

ASUS Xtreme Design :
ASUS TPU :
- Turbo Unlocker
- Auto Tuning
- TurboV
- CPU Level Up
- GPU Boost 
ASUS EPU :
- EPU 
ASUS Hybrid Switch :
- Core Unlocker
ASUS Exclusive Features :
- MemOK!
- Anti-Surge
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution :
- Stylish Fanless Design Heat-sink solution
- ASUS Fan Xpert 
ASUS EZ DIY :
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 
- ASUS EZ Flash 2 
- ASUS MyLogo 2 
100% All High-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors

Back I/O Ports

1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port(s)
1 x DVI
1 x D-Sub
1 x HDMI
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s)
2 x USB 3.0 
4 x USB 2.0 
1 x Optical S/PDIF out
6 x Audio jack(s)

Internal I/O Ports

4 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 8 USB 2.0 port(s)
1 x IDE connector(s)
1 x COM port(s) connector(s)
5 x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s)
1 x IEEE 1394a connector(s)
1 x CPU Fan connector(s) 
1 x Chassis Fan connector(s) 
1 x Power Fan connector(s) 
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 audio connector(s) (AAFP)
1 x System panel(s) 
1 x MemOK! button(s)
1 x TPU switch(es)
1 x Core Unlocker switch(es)

Accessories

User's manual
I/O Shield
2 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s)
1 x Q-connector(s) (2 in 1) *³

BIOS

16Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, ACPI2.0a, SM BIOS 2.6, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

Manageability

WOL by PME, WOR by PME, WOR by Ring, PXE

Support Disc

Drivers
ASUS Update 
ASUS utilities
Anti-virus software (OEM version)

Form Factor

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

Note

1*: Refer to www.amd.com for the discrete GPUs which support Hybrid CrossFireX™.
2*: Please use Windows Vista or above OS for Blu-ray Playback.
3*: Retail version only