970A SLI KRAIT EDITION Desktop Motherboard

  • Supports AMD FX / Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Sempron™ processors for AM3+ socket
  • Supports DDR3-2133(OC) Memory
  • USB 3.1: Delivering speeds up to 10Gb/s, USB 3.1 offers performance twice as fast as a regular USB 3.0 connection
  • USB 3.1 + SATA 6Gb/s
  • Military Class 4: Top Quality & Stability
  • OC Genie 4: Overclock in 1 Second
  • Click BIOS 4: Easily Fine-tune Your System
  • Multi-GPU: NVIDIA SLI & AMD CrossFire Support
  • Command Center: Control & Customize Your PC Settings
  • Fast Boot: Quickly Boot Up & Enter OS in A Few Seconds
  • M-Flash: Simply Update & Backup Your BIOS
  • Live Update 6: Easily Update The Latest BIOS & Drivers

Manufacturer Part Number
970A SLI KRAIT EDITION
Full Product Specifications

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CPU

  • Supports AMD® FX™/ Processors, and Intel® Phenom™ II/ Athlon™ II and Sempron™ processors for the AM3/ AM3+ socket Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset
  • AMD® 970 & SB950


Main Memory

  • 4x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB
    • Supports DDR3 1066/ 1333/ 1600/ 1866/ 2133(OC) MHz
    • Dual channel memory architecture

Slots
  • 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
    • PCI_E2 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x16 speed
    • PCI_E4 supports up to PCIe 2.0 x8 speed
  • 2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
  • 2x PCI slots


Multi-GPU Support

  • Supports 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology
  • Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology*

* Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8/ 8.1

On-Board SATA

  • AMD® SB950 Chipset
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
    • Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID 10


USB

  • AMD® SB950 Chipset
    • 12x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)

  • AsMedia ASM1042A
    • 2x USB 3.0 ports available through the internal USB 3.0 connector

  • AsMedia ASM1142
    • 2x USB 3.1 ports on the back panel


* These USB 3.0 / USB 3.1 ports do not support M-Flash recovery function.
 

Audio
  • Realtek® ALC887 Codec
    • 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio

 
LAN

  • 1 x Realtek® 8111E Gigabit LAN


Internal I/O Connectors

  • 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  • 3 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports)
  • 1 x USB 3.0 connector (supports additional 2 USB 3.0 ports)
  • 1 x 4-pin CPU fan connector
  • 1 x 4-pin system fan connector
  • 1 x 3-pin system fan connector
  • 1 x Front panel audio connector
  • 2 x System panel connectors
  • 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
  • 1 x TPM module connector
  • 1 x Serial port connector
  • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

 

Back Panel I/O Ports
  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
  • 1 x PS/2 mouse combo port
  • 6 x USB 2.0 ports
  • 2 x USB 3.1 ports
  • 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
  • 6 x OFC audio jacks


BIOS

  • The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
  • The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your motherboard specifications.


Dimension

  • 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.5 cm x 22.4 cm) ATX Form Factor


Mounting

  • 9 mounting holes