The GA-A55M-DS2 was designed for budget multimedia computing. The GA-A55M-DS2 features the A55 FCH which is the little brother to the A75. This means that there is no USB 3.0 or SATA 3.0 support. However, there are 8 USB 2.0/1.1 and 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports inside. This supports up to 32GB of 1.5V DDR3 memory with speeds up to 1866MHz. Sound is controlled with a Realtek/VIA HD codec and there is a Atheros GbE LAN chip onboard. AMD Dual graphics is supported with the A55 FCH. This means the APU can be paired with a discreet GPU in Crossfire for boosted graphics performance. Gigabyte also features their "Ultra Durable 4" technology which offers humidity, electrostatic, heat, and power failure protection.