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A full featured motherboard with plenty of power, the Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 is great motherboard for anyone needing to replace or upgrade their system. Equipped with an AMD socket AM2, suitable for Athlon 64 processors, including the X2 and FX series, the GA-M57SLI-S4 is more than capable of handling anything you may want to run. Using the Nvidia nForce 570 SLI chipset, it supports SLI, letting you use 2 graphics cards together for even more processing power.
It also includes a gigabit Ethernet port, 7.1 channel onboard sound, and 6 SATA ports. Add multiple hard drives to the system through those two ports. The GA-M57SLI-S4 supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5. It also has multiple expansion slots to use, including two x16, and three x1 PCIe slots, plus an additional two PCI slots. For anyone building a strong, stable system, the Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 is a great foundation.
A full featured motherboard with plenty of power, the Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 is great motherboard for anyone needing to replace or upgrade their system. Equipped with an AMD socket AM2, suitable for Athlon 64 processors, including the X2 and FX series, the GA-M57SLI-S4 is more than capable of handling anything you may want to run. Using the Nvidia nForce 570 SLI chipset, it supports SLI, letting you use 2 graphics cards together for even more processing power.
It also includes a gigabit Ethernet port, 7.1 channel onboard sound, and 6 SATA ports. Add multiple hard drives to the system through those two ports. The GA-M57SLI-S4 supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5. It also has multiple expansion slots to use, including two x16, and three x1 PCIe slots, plus an additional two PCI slots. For anyone building a strong, stable system, the Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 is a great foundation.
AMD Socket AM2This motherboard supports AMD’s Socket AM2-based CPUs, including the Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 series. With a 2000MHz system bus using Hyper Transport Technology and support for dual-channel DDR2 RAM, AM2 motherboards form the basis for phenomenal system performance.
NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Chipset for High Performance GamersNVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCPs deliver outstanding gaming experiences. Enjoy scalable graphics performance with NVIDIA SLI technology and take advantage of NVIDIA FirstPacket technology to prioritize gaming traffic for reduced ping times. Other advanced features include SATA 3Gb/s RAID, dual Gigabit LAN and High Definition Audio.
Dual PCI Express x16 SlotsWith dual PCI Express x16 slots (SLI at both 8X), blaze graphic performance with NVIDIA SLI Multi-GPU function or extend your desktop with dual video out solutions on a single motherboard!
SATA II with RAID SupportThe second generation SATA interface delivers up to 300MB/sec transfer speed, doubling that of the first generation Serial ATA. Six 3Gb/s SATA II ports support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 0+1 for better performance and enhanced data security.
NVIDIA Native Gigabit EthernetThe industry’s fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency with FirstPacket technology for lower latency and TCP/IP acceleration for system performance optimization by offloading CPU-intensive packet filtering tasks to hardware.
S/PDIF In/Out InterfaceS/PDIF allows connections to today's hottest digital audio devices without signal loss. Connect S/PDIF out to an AC-3 decoder for full-on theater quality digital sound.
Learn more about the GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4
Model
Brand
GIGABYTE
Model
GA-M57SLI-S4
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type
AM2
CPU Type
Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64
FSB
1000 MHz
Chipsets
Chipset
NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP
Memory
Number of Memory Slots
4x240pin
Memory Standard
DDR2 800
Maximum Memory Supported
16GB
Channel Supported
Dual Channel
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x16
2 x PCI Express x16
PCI Express x1
3 x PCI Express x1
PCI Slots
2 x PCI Slots
Storage Devices
PATA
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max
SATA RAID
0/1/0+1/5
Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset
None
Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset
Realtek ALC883
Audio Channels
8 Channels
Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset
Marvell 88E1116
Max LAN Speed
1Gbps
Rear Panel Ports
Back I/O Ports
1 x COM (Serial Port) / 1 x LPT (Parallel Port) / 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out / 1 x S/PDIF Coaxial Out / 2 x PS/2 / 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 / 6 x Audio Jacks
PS/2
2
COM
1
LPT
1
USB 1.1/2.0
4 x USB 2.0
IEEE 1394
1 x IEEE 1394a
S/PDIF Out
1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial
Audio Ports
6 Ports
Internal I/O Connectors
Onboard USB
3 x Connectors for Additional 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
Onboard 1394
2 x 1394a
Physical Spec
Form Factor
ATX
Dimensions (W x L)
12.0" x 9.3"
Power Pin
24 Pin
Packaging
Package Contents
GA-M57SLI-S4 User Manual Driver Disk Rear I/O Panel Shield IDE/PATA Cable FDD Cable 4 x SATA Cable SLI Bridge SLI Retention Bracket