ASUS M5A97 / 2.0 / motherboard / ATX / Socket AM3+ / AMD 970 / USB 3.0 / Gigabit LAN / HD Audio (8-channel) | 90-MIBJK0-G0EAY0MZ

Description

ASUS continues to put innovation at its forefront, launching the world's first Dual Intelligent Processors technology. This exclusive design consists of the EPU (Energy Processing Unit), which automatically monitors power consumption system-wide to ensure efficiency, and the TPU (TurboV Processing Unit) - guaranteeing superior performance for every task, bringing users an unbeatable experience.

Special Features

• The ultimate Turbo processor
• Energy efficiency all around
• Auto system level up
• Flexible and easy BIOS interface
• One-stop access to innovative ASUS features
• SATA 6 Gb/s support
• USB 3.0 support
• Flexible multi-GPU solutions, your weapon of choice

Product features

• The ultimate Turbo processor
  Unleash your performance with ASUS' simple onboard switch or AI Suite II utility. The TPU chip offers precise voltage control and advanced monitoring through auto tuning and TurboV functions. Auto tuning offers a user friendly way to automatically optimize the system for fast, yet stable clock speeds, while TurboV enables unlimited freedom to adjust CPU frequencies and ratios for optimized performance in diverse situations.
• Energy efficiency all around
  Tap into the world's first real-time PC power saving chip through a simple onboard switch or AI Suite II utility. Get total system-wide energy optimization by automatically detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power consumption. This also reduces fan noise and extends component longevity!
• Auto system level up
  Achieve extreme yet stable overclocking results automatically with auto tuning! With built-in stability testing, auto tuning allows beginners to easily upgrade their CPU performance at no extra cost.
• Flexible and easy BIOS interface
  Exclusive to ASUS motherboards, its UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is the first ever mouse-controlled graphical BIOS interface designed with dual selectable modes. It delivers a user-friendly interface that goes beyond traditional keyboard-only BIOS controls to enable more flexible and convenient input with quick scrolling. Users can easily navigate the UEFI BIOS with the smoothness of their operating system. Quick and simple overclocking and setup sharing is facilitated by the F12 hotkey BIOS snapshot feature. The exclusive EZ mode displays frequently-accessed setup info, while the advanced mode is for experienced performance enthusiasts that demand far more intricate system control, including detailed DRAM information.
• One-stop access to innovative ASUS features
  With its user-friendly interface, ASUS AI Suite II consolidates all exclusive ASUS features into one simple-to-use package. It allows users to supervise overclocking, energy management, fan speed, voltage, and sensor readings. This all-in-one software offers diverse and easy to use functions, with no need to switch back and forth between different utilities.
• SATA 6 Gb/s support
  AMD Southbridge natively supports Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rates. Additionally, get enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems.
• USB 3.0 support
  Experience ultra-fast data transfers at 4.8 Gb/s with USB 3.0. Built to connect easily with next-generation components and peripherals, USB 3.0 transfers data 10x faster and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 components.
• Flexible multi-GPU solutions, your weapon of choice
  ATI's CrossFireX boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to scale down screen resolution to get high quality images. CrossFireX allows higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading and texture settings. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with the 3D settings, and check the effects with a real-time 3D-rendered previews within ATI Catalyst Control Center.