GIGABYTE GA-M52L-S3 motherboard Socket AM2 ATX

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Product Description

NVIDIA® nForce 520LE Chipset. - Supports AMD Phenom X3/ Athlon X2 processors. - Dual Channel DDR2 800 for outstanding system performance. - Ultimate graphics performance with PCI-E x16 interface. - Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function. - Features high speed 10/100 Ethernet connection. - Integrated 8-Channel High Definition audio. - Enhances security with NVIDIA® TCP/IP Acceleration technology. - RoHS compliant motherboard for green computing. - Supports Windows Vista Premium. Introduction. GIGABYTE Technology latest S series motherboards for AMD socket AM2 platform, featuring with two innovative features- Safe and Smart Technologies. The new S series motherboards GA-M52LS3; supporting AMD new generation AM2 processor with dual channel DDR2 800MHz high frequency memories, providing reliable and user friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance easily via personalized software settings. GIGABYTE S series motherboards, the champion's choice for AMD Socket AM2 platform! AMD Phenom™ Processors Support. The AMD Phenom™ processors are an ideal choice for multi-media enthusiasts and intensive multi-tasking environments to offer significant performance boosts and provides an overall more energy efficient platform. (Note) If you install AMD AM2+ CPU on AM2 motherbord, the system bus speed will downgrade from HT3.0(5200MHz) to HT1.0(2000 MT/s) spec; however, the frequency of AM2+ CPU will not be impacted. Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information. Speed. The Speed compliant motherboards of GIGABYTE S series provide intelligent over-clocking and over-voltage software settings through the well known EasyTune5, R.G.B. and & M.I.T. utilities! Smart. The Smart featured motherboards of GIGABYTE S series provide GIGABYTE proprietary innovative software such as Download Center, @BIOS, Q-Flash, Xpress Install, Boot menu, and Smart Fan. BIOS and driver management now becomes much easier and user friendly through GIGABYTE Smart features! Safe. Safe is the key feature of GIGABYTE S series motherboards with the following elements: Excellent hardware design, reinforced BIOS protection through GIGABYTE Virtual Dual BIOS Technology and GIGABYTE BIOS Setting Recovery Technology. Unique system software such as Xpress Recovery 2, PC Health Monitor, HDD S.M.A.R.T., and C.O.M. further strengthen the stability and reliability of your PC! Windows Vista Premium Logo Certified. Windows Vista Premium promises to deliver a streamlined computing experience designed to fundamentally change how users view, find and organize their digital information. With GIGABYTE new S series solutions all enabling support for Vista Premium, GIGABYTE offers a fresh and unique desktop experience that will be more informative, intuitive and completely new. AMD Live Ready. AMD Live Ready Requirement compliant. AMD Athlon™ 64 FX/ 64 X2 / 64 Processor. The leading-edge performance and unparallel technology of the 8th generation AMD Athlon™64 Socket AM2 series processor has built its strength on the well-known AMD64 framework which consisted of 64-bit computing platform, HyperTransport Technology, and integrated memory controller. The latest Athlon™64 X2 dual-core processor brings the power and multitasking performance on the desktop platform and ensures superior performance on mission critical business applications. NVIDIA® nForce 520LE. The NVIDIA nForce® MCP65 media and communications processor (MCP) is the latest generation of PCI Express core logic designed for entry and mainstream desktop markets. It builds on the award-winning single-chip, scalable architecture of the NVIDIA nForce MCP. PCI Express Interface. Revolutionary PCI Express interface provides scalable bandwidth for multi-purpose usage. PCI-E x16 interface doubles the bandwidth of graphics interface of previous generation thus delivering the utmost gaming experience. PCI-E x1interface provides twice the bandwidth of PCI interface up to 250MB/s for new generation I/O peripheral devices. Superior Dual channel DDR2 800 Architecture. AMD Athlon™64 series processor achieves the milestone for desktop computing with the CPU-integrated memory controller. This platform supports dual channel DDR2 800 memory architecture with high bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s and shorter memory accessing latency thus delivering the greatest memory performance. SATA 3Gb/s & RAID. This platform supports reliable storage solution for enhanced data protection and data accessing performance. Serial ATA 3Gb/s is firstly introduced in this platform to provide blazingly 3Gb/s bus bandwidth thus higher disk performance. The NVIDIA® RAID allows multi-disk designs to be set up as RAID 0, 1based on users' priority of protection/ performance. This NVIDIA® RAID function makes the RAID even more accessible by introducing the innovative windows-based facility. High Definition Audio. Experience home theater-quality sound with your PC using High Definition Audio for enhanced multi-channel audio, improved voice and

Key Features

GIGABYTE GA-M52L-S3. Processor manufacturer: AMD, Processor socket: Socket AM2, Compatible processor series: AMD Phenom, AMD Phenom FX. Maximum internal memory: 16 GB. LAN controller: Realtek RTL8201CL. Motherboard form factor: ATX, Audio chip: Realtek ALC883, Power source type: ATX. BIOS type: AWARD, BIOS memory size: 32 Mbit

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