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A55-C specifications summary
APU
FM2 socket for AMD
®
A-Series Accelerated Processor Unit (APU) with AMD
Radeon™ HD 7000 Series graphics, up to 4 CPU cores
Supports AMD
®
Turbo Core Technology 3.0
• The AMD
®
Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support depends on the APU types.
• Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD
®
APU support list.
Chipset
AMD
®
A55 FCH
Memory
2 x 240-pin DIMM slots support a maximum 32GB unbuffered non-ECC
DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
Dual-channel memory architecture
• The maximum 32GB memory capacity can be supported with 16GB or above
DIMMs. ASUS will update the memory QVL once the DIMMs are available in the
market.
• Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List).
• When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows
®
32-bit
operating system may only recognize less than 3GB. We recommend a
maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows
®
32-bit operating
system.
Graphics
Integrated AMD
®
Radeon™ HD 7000 series graphics in Trinity APU
VGA output support: D-Sub port
- Supports D-Sub with a maximum resolution of 1920x1600@60Hz
- Supports Microsoft
®
DirectX 11
- Maximum shared memory of 2GB
- Supports AMD
®
Dual Graphics technology
* Refer to www.amd.com for a list of discrete GPUs that support Dual
Graphics.
Expansion slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
3 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
3 x PCI slots
Storage / RAID
AMD
®
A55 FCH:
- 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s connectors with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and
JBOD support
LAN
Realtek
®
8111F PCIe Gigabit LAN controller
Audio
Realtek
®
ALC887 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
USB
AMD
®
A55 FCH:
- 10 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at the rear panel, 4 ports at the front panel)
