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ASUS "Republic of Gamers" Commando – P965 to the limits

Author: Cameron Johnson

SUMMARY: Commando, our third ASUS "Republic of Gamers" Intel P965 motherboard, is under the spotlight today – is it any good?

Editor: Cameron Wilmot

Category: Motherboards

Published: 31st January 2007

Manufacturer: ASUS

Our Rating: 9.0 out of 10

Specifications of the ASUS Commando

CPU
Supports All Intel Core 2 Series CPU
Supports All Intel Pentium D Series CPU
Supports All Pentium 4 500 and 600 Series CPU
Supports All Celeron D LGA775 Series CPU
Does Not Support Pentium Extreme Edition 800 or 900 Series

Chipset
Intel P965 Express Chipset
P965Northbridge
i82801HR Southbridge
DMI @ 2GB/s

System Memory
4 DDR2 SDRAM 240pin DIMM Sockets
Supports DDR2-533/667/800
64/128Bit Dual Channel
Supports up to 4GB Total Memory (4x 1GB)

Bus Frequency
100/133/200/266MHz Internal
400/533/800/1066MHz External

Expansion Slots
2 PCI Express x16
4 PCI
1 Audio

Connectivity
1 Parallel ATA port supporting 2 IDE Drives
6 Serial ATA ports
2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports

Expansion Ports
1 PS2 Keyboard Port
1 PS2 Mouse Port
10 USB 2.0 Ports (4 rear accessible, 6 via expansion bracket)
6 Stereo Audio Ports
1 RCA SPDIF Port
1 Toslink SPDIF Port
1 Firewire Port (via expansion bracket)

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