Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD Socket AM3/AM3+ SATA/RAID USB3.0 ATX Motherboard

The 990FXA-UD3 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. All USB ports also benefit from a 3x power boost for better power delivery to power hungry USB devices.

Order Code:MBGIG-990FXA-UD3
 

Key features

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. 5200 MT/s

Chipset
1. North Bridge: AMD 990FX
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 Dolby Home Theater
5. Support for S/PDIF Out

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

Expansion Slots
1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2) (Note 3)
2. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)
3. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
4. (All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 1 x PCI slot

Multi-Graphics Technology
1. Support for 2-Way AMD CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA SLI™ technology (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)

Storage Interface
South Bridge:
1. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD
JMicron JMB363 chip:
1. 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors (eSATA/USB Combo) on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

USB
South Bridge:
1. Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports on the back panel, including 2 eSATA/USB Combo connectors, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)
2 x Etron EJ168 chips:
1. Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

IEEE 1394
VIA VT6308 chip:
1. 2 x IEEE 1394a 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 USB 3.0/2.0 header
12. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
13. 1 x serial port header
14. 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. 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
4. 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
5. 2 x IEEE 1394 ports
6. 2 x eSATA/USB Combo connectors
7. 1 x RJ-45 port
8. 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
14. Support for Q-Share

Bundle Software
1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System
1. Support for Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/ XP

Form Factor
1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

Manufacturer's Website:  www.gigabyte.com 

Warranty:  3 Years Return to Base Warranty, Reseller only. End User Warranty Claims email returns@gbt-tech.co.uk

CPU Support List 

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