Gigabyte GA-880GMA-USB3 rev.3.1 AMD Chipset 880G Socket AM3+ DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard. The 880GMA-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 333 onboard acceleration technologies (USB 3.0 / SATA3 6Gbs / 3X USB power). Based on AMD 880G chipset, the 880GMA-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 880GMA-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.

Features:

• AMD SB850 provides 6 native SATA3 storage interfaces with superfast 6Gbps link speed and RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support
• 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:
Support for AMD AM3+ processor
Support for AMD AM3 Phenom II processor / AMD Athlon II processor
Hyper Transport Bus
5200 MT/s
Chipset
North Bridge: AMD 880G
South Bridge: AMD SB850
Memory
4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory (Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 1866(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
Onboard Graphics
North Bridge:
1 x D-Sub port
1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 (Note 2)
1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 (Note 3)
Audio
Realtek ALC889 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for Dolby Home Theater
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
LAN
1 x Realtek 8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
1 x PCI slot
Storage Interface
South Bridge:
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 6 supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, 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)
Etron EJ168 chip:
Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
1 x system fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x serial port header
1 x clearing CMOS jumper
Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
1 x D-Sub port
1 x DVI-D port
1 x HDMI port
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
1 x RJ-45 port
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
System voltage detection
CPU/System temperature detection
CPU/System fan speed detection
CPU overheating warning
CPU/System fan fail warning
CPU/System fan speed control (Note 4)
BIOS
2 x 16 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
Support for DualBIOS
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
Unique Features
Support for BIOS
Support for Q-Flash
Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
Support for Download Center
Support for Xpress Install
Support for Xpress Recovery2
Support for EasyTune (Note 5)
Support for Easy Energy Saver
Support for Smart Recovery
Support for Auto Green
Support for On/Off Charge
Support for Cloud OC
Support for Q-Share
Operating System
Support for Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/ XP
Form Factor
Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 23.4cm




CPU Support