Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3 Rev: 3.1 AMD 880G Socket AM3+ Micro ATX Motherboard. The 880GM-USB3 motherboard is designed to offer a stable, high-speed platform for delivering amazingly fast data transfer via revolutionary GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 Classic technology with featuring 2 oz copper PCB, and further the latest GIGABYTE USB 3.0 / 3X USB power technologies. Based on AMD 880G chipset, the 880GM-USB3 supports the latest 45nm AMD AM3 Phenom II/ Athlon II processors, integrated DDR3 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0 technology links and PCI Express 2.0 graphics interfaces for ATI Hybrid CrossFireX support. With the innovative GIGABYTE Easy Energy Saver technology, the 880GM-USB3 is able to provide user friendly computing, reach the maximum system performance easily while still able to save the power and environment in real life at the same time.


Please note, plastic clip on PCI-Express slot is broken off, but the board is fully operational and functions as intended! Does not include a backplate or any other accessories.









Features:

- Supports USB 3.0 with superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps
- 3X USB power delivery for greater compatibility and extra power for USB devices
- Unique On/Off Charge delivers the best recharging capability to iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
- Ultra Durable 3 Classic Technology with copper cooled quality for lower working temperature
- Revolution energy saving design with Easy Energy Saver technology
- Supports AMD AM3+ & AM3 Phenom II/ Athlon II processors
- Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 graphics (DirectX10.1)
- Innovative Turbo 3D technology to unleash extra levels of 2D/3D graphics performance
- PCI-E 2.0 x16 interface with ATI Hybrid CrossFireX support for ultimate graphics performance
- Hi-def 108dB Signal-to-noise ratio Blu-ray DVD audio playback
- Hybrid EFI technology with DualBIOS for 3TB HDD support
- Integrated HDMI/ DVI interface for Full HD 1080 Blu-ray playback with HDCP
- Supports Dolby Home Theater audio to enjoy a rich surround sound experience







Specifications:

CPU
AM3+ Socket:
1. Support for AMD AM3+ processor
2. Support for AMD AM3 Phenom II processor / AMD Athlon™ II processor
Hyper Transport Bus
- 5200 MT/s
Chipset
1. North Bridge: AMD 880G
2. South Bridge: AMD SB710
Memory
1. 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory (Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 1800(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (Note 2)
Onboard Graphics
North Bridge:
1. 1 x D-Sub port
2. 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 (Note 3)
3. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 (Note 4)
Audio
1. Realtek ALC887 codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for Dolby Home Theater
5. Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN
- 1 x Realtek 8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
(All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
3. 2 x PCI slot
Storage Interface
South Bridge:
1. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors on the back panel supporting up to 1 SATA 3Gb/s device
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and JBOD
Multi-Graphics Technology
- Support for ATI Hybrid CrossFireX technology
USB
South Bridge:
- Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 6 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
2 x Etron EJ168 chips:
- Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel
IEEE 1394
T.I. TSB43AB23 chip:
- Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 2 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)
Internal I/O Connectors
1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
4. 1 x CPU fan header
5. 1 x system fan header
6. 1 x front panel header
7. 1 x front panel audio header
8. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
9. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
10. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
11. 1 x serial port header
12. 1 x clearing CMOS jumper
Back Panel Connectors
1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
2. 1 x D-Sub port
3. 1 x DVI-D port
4. 1 x HDMI port
5. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
6. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port
7. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
8. 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
9. 1 x RJ-45 port
10. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
I/O Controller
- ITE IT8720 Chip
H/W Monitoring
1. System voltage detection
2. CPU/System temperature detection
3. CPU/System fan speed detection
4. CPU overheating warning
5. CPU/System fan fail warning
6. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 5)
BIOS
1. 2 x 16 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
Unique Features
1. Support for @BIOS
2. Support for Q-Flash
3. Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
4. Support for Download Center
5. Support for Xpress Install
6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
7. Support for EasyTune (Note 6)
8. Support for Easy Energy Saver
9. Support for Smart Recovery
10. Support for Auto Green
11. Support for On/Off Charge
12. Support for Cloud OC
13. Support for Q-Share
Operating System
- Support for Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/ XP
Form Factor
- Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm
Note
- (Note 1) Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
- (Note 2) To reach DDR3 1800MHz or above, you must install two memory modules and install them in the DDR3_3 and DDR3_4 memory sockets.
- (Note 3) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connector by adapter.
- (Note 4) Simultaneous output for DVI-D and HDMI is not supported.
- (Note 5) Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.
- (Note 6) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.







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