Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 rev.1.4 AMD Chipset 970 Socket AM3+ DDR3 ATX Motherboard. GIGABYTE's AMD motherboards are ready to support new generation of 32nm AMD AM3+ multi-core processors, delivering the very best platform for multitasking, multimedia and high performance gaming.


Features:

• Supports newest AMD AM3+ FX/AM3 Phenom II series processors
• 2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 interfaces for ultimate graphics performance
• AMD SB950 provides 6 native SATA3 ports 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
• GIGABYTE 3x USB Power with On/Off Charge USB ports
• Ultra Durable 2 Classic Technology with copper cooled quality for lower working temperature
• Turbo XHD technology accelerating hard drive performance with ease
• Revolution energy saving design with Easy Energy Saver technology
• Patented DualBIOS with Hybrid EFI technology for 3TB HDD support











Specifications:

CPU
AM3+ Socket:
Support for AMD AM3+ FX processors
Support for AMD AM3 Phenom  II processors / AMD Athlon  II processors
Hyper Transport Bus
HyperTransport  3.0
Support up to 5200MT/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 (Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (Note 2)
Audio
VIA VT2021 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN
1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 3)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
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
South Bridge:
Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)
Etron EJ168 chip:
Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel
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
2 x system fan headers
1 x power 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 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
1 x serial port header
1 x clearing CMOS jumper
Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
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 (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/Power fan speed detection
CPU overheating warning
CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
CPU/System fan speed control (Note 4)
BIOS
2 x 32 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 3TB+ Unlock
Support for Q-Share
Operating System
Support for Microsoft Windows 8/ 7/ Vista/ XP
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 22.4cm





CPU Support