Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 ATX Motherboard

The 970A-UD3 motherboard is designed to offer a stable, high-speed platform for delivering amazingly fast data transfers via the GIGABYTE 333 onboard acceleration technologies. Featuring the USB3.0 controller, AMD 900 series motherboards allow users to take advantage of super-fast USB transfer rates of up to 5Gbps, delivering 10x faster data transfer compared to USB 2.0. Utilizing the industry's first Serial ATA Revision 3.0 solution via AMD SB950 chipset, GIGABYTE AMD 900 series motherboards offer native 6 ports of next generation high speed data storage devices support with data transfer speeds of up to 6 Gbps with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10. The AMD 900 series motherboards introduce a unique hardware design with lower resistance fuses for ensuring lower voltage drops and providing more stable and plentiful power delivery. All USB ports also benefit from a 3x power boost for better power delivery to power hungry USB devices.

Specifications

CPU: AM3+ Socket, Support for AMD AM3+ FX processors, Support for AMD AM3 Phenom II processors / AMD Athlon II processors

Hyper Transport Bus: 4800 MT/s

Chipset: North Bridge: AMD 970, South Bridge: AMD SB950

Memory: 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory, Dual channel memory architecture, Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

Audio: 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel High Definition Audio

LAN: 1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots: 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16), 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4), 3 x PCI Express x1 slots, 2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface: South Bridge: 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices, Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD

USB: Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers), Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

IEEE 1394: Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal IEEE 1394a header)

Jack Panel Connectors: 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port, 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector, 1 x IEEE 1394 port, 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports, 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports, 1 x RJ-45 port, 6 x audio jacks

Power Pin: 24-Pin

Form Factor: ATX

Dimensions: 12.0" x 9.6"