Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 AM3+ Motherboard 4x DDR3-2000 CrossFireX SATA-3

970 AM3+ DDR3-2000 2xPCI-E GbE SATA3

CPU Support List

CPU
AM3+ Socket:
1. Support for AMD AM3+ FX processors
2. Support for AMD AM3 Phenom II processors / AMD Athlon II processors
(Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

Hyper Transport Bus
1. 4800 MT/s

Chipset
1. North Bridge: AMD 970
2. South Bridge: AMD SB950

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 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (Note 2)
(Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Audio
1. Realtek ALC889 codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN
1. 1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 3)
2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
3. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
4. (All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 2 x PCI slots

Multi-Graphics Technology
1. Support for AMD CrossFireX technology (PCIEX16 and PCIEX4)

Storage Interface
South Bridge:
1. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD

USB
South Bridge:
1. Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)
1 x Etron EJ168 chips:
1. Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel

Internal I/O Connectors
1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
4. 1 x CPU fan header
5. 2 x system fan headers
6. 1 x power fan header
7. 1 x front panel header
8. 1 x front panel audio header
9. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
10. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
11. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
12. 1 x serial port header
13. 1 x clearing CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors
1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
2. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
3. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
4. 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
5. 1 x RJ-45 port
6. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller
1. ITE IT8720 chip

H/W Monitoring
1. System voltage detection
2. CPU/System temperature detection
3. CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
4. CPU overheating warning
5. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
6. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 4)

BIOS
1. 2 x 32 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 5)
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 3TB+ Unlock