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Release Period	-	May-2011

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 Review

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Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 Technical Specifications

CPU Make

Chipset

Form Factor

CPU socket

Total RAM

Total USB

Motherboard Details

AMD

AMD 970 + SB950

ATX

Socket AM3+

32GB

10 USB slots

GPU Interface

GPU Onboard

SLI

Crossfire

Expansion Slots

Motherboard Graphics

PCIe v2.x

No the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherboard does not have an onboard graphics chip

1 Nvidia GPU

1 AMD/ATI GPU

1 x PCIe 2.0 x4
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16

Memory Type

Memory Type(ECC)

Memory Channel

Memory Capacity

Memory Total

Memory Slots

Memory Speed

Motherboard Memory

4xDDR3

Dual

32GB DDR3

32GB

4xDIMM

DDR3 1066Mhz, DDR3 1333Mhz, DDR3 1600Mhz, DDR3 1866Mhz,

SATA 1

SATA 2

SATA 3

SATA Speed

External SATA

HDD RAID

Motherboard SATA

No the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherboard does not have a SATA 1 connector

No the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherboard does not have a SATA 2 connector

6 x SATA 3

6Gb/s

1 x eSATA

Yes the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 motherboard is capable of SATA RAID

Internal USB

Internal I/O

Internal I/O Connectors

1 x 24 pin power connector
1 x 8 pin power connector
4 x fan header
1 x S/PDIF connector
TPM Chip

Back Panel USB

Back Panel I/O

Back Panel Connectors

8 x USB 2.0
2 x USB 3.0

1 x serial port
Line In connector
Mic In connector
7.1 Surround Sound
Audio Input Output
PS/2 keyboard connector
1 x eSATA

Avg. User Score

9.3

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zombieexploder

05:47 Apr-28-2013

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hey will this mother board work with my GFX and CPU?

mrjollol

19:55 Dec-12-2012

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FX-4100

GFX

Radeon HD 7770 Gigabyte OC Edition

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8GB DDR3 1600MHz

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Will this motherboard run two 7770's in crossfire?
Thanks in advance.

Raystlyn

20:12 Dec-12-2012

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Athlon II X2 250

GFX

Radeon HD 6670

RAM

3GB DDR2 667MHz

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Samsung GT-E2120

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The mobo has x16/x4 bandiwdth, so I'm not too keen on crossfiring. Have you already bought the two HD 7770? I would rather suggest one HD 7850, it's less hussle, and it's a lower burden for the PSU and Mobo. Do you know your PSU model?

markos9510

22:55 Nov-04-2012

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