GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3P Rev.1.0 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ DDR3 ATX Motherboard. The 970A-DS3P motherboard is designed to offer a stable, high-speed platform for delivering amazingly fast data transfer 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. USB ports also benefit from a 3x power boost for better power delivery to power hungry USB devices.
Features:
- GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS technology
- GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 Classic technology
- Supports AMD AM3+ FX/ AM3 Phenom II, Athlon II series processors
- 2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 interfaces with AMD CrossFire support
- 6 native SATA3 ports with up to 6Gbps link speed and RAID 0,1,5,10 support
- 4 USB 3.0 ports with transfer rates of up to 5Gbps
- GIGABYTE On/Off Charge technology
Specifications:
CPU
AM3+ Socket:
AMD AM3+ FX processors
AMD AM3 Phenom II processor/ AMD Athlon II processor
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
* Due to a 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 the size of the physical memory installed.
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
* To support a DDR3 1866 MHz (and above) memory, you must install an AM3+ CPU first.
Audio
Realtek ALC887 audio codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN
Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express slots conform to 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, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD
USB
South Bridge:
Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)
VIA® VL805 chip:
Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 4-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
1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x RJ-45 port
3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
I/O Controller
iTE® I/O Controller 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
* Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.
BIOS
2 x 32 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
Support for DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a
Unique Features
Support for BIOS
Support for Q-Flash
Support for Xpress Install
Support for EasyTune
* Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.
Support for Smart Recovery 2
Support for Auto Green
Support for ON/OFF Charge
Support for 3TB+ Unlock
Support for Q-Share
Operating System
Support for Windows 8/7/XP
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.5cm
CPU Support
Socket AM3+ |
Motherboard |
Vendor | CPU Model | Frequency | L2
Cache | L3
Cache | Core Name | Process | Wattage | System
Bus(MT/s) |
AMD | Opteron 3260 | 2700MHz | 1MBx4 | 4MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 45W | 5200 |
AMD | Opteron 3250 | 2500MHz | 1MBx4 | 4MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 45W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8370 | 4000MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8370E | 3300MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8350 | 4000MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8320 | 3500MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8320E | 3200MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8310 | 3400MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8300 | 3300MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8150 | 3600MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8140 | 3200MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8120 | 3100MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-8100 | 2800MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-6350 | 3900MHz | 1MBx6 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-6300 | 3500MHz | 1MBx6 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-6200 | 3800MHz | 1MBx6 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-6120 | 3500MHz | 1MBx6 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-6100 | 3300MHz | 1MBx6 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-4350 | 4200MHz | 1MBx4 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-4330 | 4000MHz | 1MBx4 | 8MB | Vishera | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-4320 | 4000MHz | 1MBx4 | 4MB | Vishera | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-4300 | 3800MHz | 1MBx4 | 4MB | Vishera | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-4200 | 3300MHz | 1MBx8 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-4170 | 4200MHz | 1MBx4 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-4150 | 3900MHz | 1MBx4 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-4130 | 3800MHz | 1MBx4 | 4MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 125W | 5200 |
AMD | FX-4100 | 3600MHz | 1MBx4 | 8MB | Bulldozer | 32nm | 95W | 5200 |
Socket AM3 |
Motherboard |
Vendor | CPU Model | Frequency | L2
Cache | L3
Cache | Core Name | Process | Wattage | System
Bus(MT/s) |
AMD | Phenom II X6 1100T | 3300MHz | 512KBx6 | 6MB | Thuban | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X6 1090T | 3200MHz | 512KBx6 | 6MB | Thuban | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X6 1075T | 3000MHz | 512KBx6 | 6MB | Thuban | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X6 1065T | 2900MHz | 512KBx6 | 6MB | Thuban | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X6 1055T | 2800MHz | 512KBx6 | 6MB | Thuban | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X6 1055T | 2800MHz | 512KBx6 | 6MB | Thuban | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X6 1045T | 2700MHz | 512KBx6 | 6MB | Thuban | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X6 1035T | 2600MHz | 512KBx6 | 6MB | Thuban | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 980 | 3700MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 975 | 3600MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 970 | 3500MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 965 | 3400MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 965 | 3400MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 140W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 960T | 3000MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Zosma | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 955 | 3200MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 955 | 3200MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 955 | 3200MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 945 | 3000MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 945 | 3000MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 125W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 945 | 3000MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 925 | 2800MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 925 | 2800MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 910 | 2600MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 910e | 2600MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 905e | 2500MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 900e | 2400MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 850 | 3300MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 840 | 3200MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 820 | 2800MHz | 512KBx4 | 6MB | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 810 | 2600MHz | 512KBx4 | 4MB | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X4 805 | 2500MHz | 512KBx4 | 4MB | Deneb | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X3 740 | 3000MHz | 512KBx3 | 6MB | Heka | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X3 720 | 2800MHz | 512KBx3 | 6MB | Heka | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X3 710 | 2600MHz | 512KBx3 | 6MB | Heka | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X3 705e | 2500MHz | 512KBx3 | 6MB | Heka | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X3 700e | 2400MHz | 512KBx3 | 6MB | Heka | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X2 570 | 3500MHz | 512KBx2 | 6MB | Callisto | 45nm | 80W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X2 565 | 3400MHz | 512KBx2 | 6MB | Callisto | 45nm | 80W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X2 560 | 3300MHz | 512KBx2 | 6MB | Callisto | 45nm | 80W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X2 555 | 3200MHz | 512KBx2 | 6MB | Callisto | 45nm | 80W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X2 550 | 3100MHz | 512KBx2 | 6MB | Callisto | 45nm | 80W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X2 550 | 3100MHz | 512KBx2 | 6MB | Callisto | 45nm | 80W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X2 545 | 3000MHz | 512KBx2 | 6MB | Callisto | 45nm | 80W | 4000 |
AMD | Phenom II X2 545 | 3000MHz | 512KBx2 | 6MB | Callisto | 45nm | 80W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 655 | 3300MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 650 | 3200MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 645 | 3100MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 640 | 3000MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 640 | 3000MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 635 | 2900MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 635 | 2900MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 630 | 2800MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 630 | 2800MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 620 | 2600MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 620e | 2600MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 615e | 2500MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 610e | 2400MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 605e | 2300MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 605e | 2300MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X4 600e | 2200MHz | 512KBx4 | N/A | Propus | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 460 | 3400MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 455 | 3300MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 450 | 3200MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 445 | 3100MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 440 | 3000MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 440 | 3000MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 435 | 2900MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 435 | 2900MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 425 | 2700MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 95W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 425e | 2700MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 420e | 2600MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 415e | 2500MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 405e | 2300MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 405e | 2300MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X3 400e | 2200MHz | 512KBx3 | N/A | Rena | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 280 | 3600MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 275 | 3500MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 270 | 3400MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 265 | 3300MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 260 | 3200MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 255 | 3100MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 255 | 3100MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 255e | 3000MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 250 | 3000MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 250 | 3000MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 250e | 3000MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 245 | 2900MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 245 | 2900MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 245e | 2900MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 240 | 2800MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 240e | 2800MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 240e | 2800MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 235e | 2700MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 225 | 2900MHz | 512KBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 220 | 2800MHz | 512KBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 215 | 2700MHz | 512KBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 215 | 2700MHz | 512KBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 65W | 4000 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 260u | 1800MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 25W | 3600 |
AMD | Athlon II X2 260u | 1800MHz | 1MBx2 | N/A | Regor | 45nm | 25W | 3600 |
AMD | Athlon II 170u | 1800MHz | 1MB | N/A | Sargas | 45nm | 20W | 3600 |
AMD | Athlon II 160u | 1800MHz | 1MB | N/A | Sargas | 45nm | 20W | 3600 |
AMD | Sempron 180 | 2400MHz | 512KBx2 | N/A | Sargas | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Sempron 145 | 2800MHz | 1MB | N/A | Sargas | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |
AMD | Sempron 140 | 2700MHz | 1MB | N/A | Sargas | 45nm | 45W | 4000 |