Humidity can play havoc on a motherboard&s circuitry GIGABYTE&s new Glass Fabric PCB design helps protect against electrical shorts due to humidity by reducing the gaps in spacing between PCB filaments GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 Classic motherboards feature High Resistance ICs which help protect the motherboard against electrostatic discharge Permanent damage from power surge or failure during BIOS update can be avoided with GIGABYTE Daul BIOS which automatically enables a secondary back up BIOS GIGABYTE also uses Anti-Surge ICs to protect the motherboard against power surges GIGABYTE uses All Solid Caps (Capacitors) & Low RDS (on) MOSFETs which are rated to work at higher temperatures providing up to 50000 hour component lifespan The 970A-DS3 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 USB30 controller AMD 900 series motherboards allow users to take advantage of super fast USB (Universal Serial Bus) transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps delivering 10x faster data transfer compared to USB (Universal Serial Bus) 20 Utilizing the industry&s first Serial ATA Revision 30 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 & providing more stable & plentiful power delivery All USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports also benefit from a 3x power boost for better power delivery to power hungry USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices Supports AMD AM3 FX AM3 Phenom II Athlon II series Processors GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 Technology GIGABYTE Digital Power Engine 8 2 phase CPU VRM power design for AMD high-TDP CPU support GIGABYTE UEFI Dual BIOS 2-way Cross Fire Support VIA 2021 with High Quality 108d B SNR HD audio GIGABYTE On Off Charge for USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices 4 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 30 ports with GIGABYTE 3x USB (Universal Serial Bus) power 6 SATA3 ports with RAID support Gb E LAN with high ESD Protection CPU Installed Processors (Max) 0 (1) Supported Processor Manufacturer AMD Supported Processors AMD AM3 FX processors • AMD AM3 Phenom II processors • AMD Athlon II processors Socket AM3 Motherboard Chipset AMD 970 SB950 Input Output Controller i TE IT8728 RAID Supported Yes RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 JBOD SATA Supported Yes Rear Panel IO Ports Keyboard Port 1 x PS2 Mouse Port 1 x PS2 RJ-45 Ports 1 x RJ-45 USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports 6 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 20 • 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 30 Audio Line In Ports 1 x Line in Audio Line Out Ports 1 x Line Out Microphone In Port 1 x Microphone Port Internal IO Connectors Front Panel Connectors 1 x Front Audio Header • 1 x Front Panel Header Cooling Fan Support 1 x CPU Fan • 2 x System Fan • 1 Power Fan SATA Connectors 6 x SATA 6 Gbs SPDIF Connectors 1 x SPDIF out Header USB (Universal Serial Bus) Connectors 3 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 20 • 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 30 Power Connector Port 1 x 24-pin ATX • 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Expansion PCI Slots 2 slot (s)
- PCI PCI Express Slots 5 slot (s)
- 1 x PCI Express x 16 (running at x 16) • 1 x PCI Express x 16 (running at x 4) 3 x PCI Express x 1 Memory Maximum Memory 32 GB 10661333160018662000 (OC) MHz Dual Channel DDR3 Sound Integrated Sound Realtek HD audio codec • High Definition Audio • 245171-channel • Support for SPDIF Out Network Network Speeds Supported 101001000 Mbps System Requirements Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows XP78 System BIOS 2 x 32 Mbit flash • Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS • Support for Dual BIOS • Pn P 10a DMI 20 SM BIOS 26 ACPI 20a Special Features Support for BIOS • Support for Q-Flash • Support for Xpress Install • Support for Easy Tune • Support for Smart Recovery 2 • Support for Auto Green • Support for ONOFF Charge • Support for 3TB Unlock • Support for Q-Share Jumpers Clear CMOS jumper Physical Form Factor ATX
Dimensions 305 cm (W) x 215 cm (L)
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