The ASUS A8R-MX/SI is an OEM packaged board for AMD processors. This capable board has AMD’s Socket 939 which supports the Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, and Sempron processors. The 4 DIMM slots support up to 4GB of DDR memory and the board architecture supports dual-channel memory access. The back panel has a complete set of connectors including: Parallel, Serial, FireWire, Coaxial S/PDIF Output, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, audio, RJ45, and 4 USB 2.0.
An ATi Radeon Xpress 200 chipset with X300 based GPU and Realtek AC880 audio processor are built in. Should you decide that you need to add on, there are 2 PCI slots, 1 PCI-E x1 and 1 PCI-E x16 slot.
- Introducing Radeon Xpress 200 for AMD ProcessorsBuilt for the PCI Express architecture, ATI’s Radeon Xpress 200 chipset for AMD processors delivers leading graphics performance, bandwidth and advanced functionality. The integrated Radeon X300-based graphics processor completely supports Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition and pumps out high-performance graphics for value-oriented desktop PCs.
- Integrated Radeon X300-based Graphics CoreThe integrated ATI's Radeon X300-based graphics core incorporates SmartShader and SmoothVision support for compatibility with the latest game titles. The Radeon Xpress 200 is ideal for media-intensive applications and digital content creation, viewing and editing.
- PCI Express x16 Graphics InterfaceThe latest PCI Express x16 graphics interface delivers over 3.5 times the bandwidth of AGP 8X to support the latest high-performance graphics cards.
- Serial ATA with RAIDThe revolutionary Serial ATA interface provides scalable performance for storage devices. SATA technology enables easy-to-install, high-performance and low-power hard drives. Four SATA ports support RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD array for better performance, enhanced data security, and flexible capacity upgrades.