Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Manual - Page 10

Product Specifications - socket am3 990fx

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1-2 Product Specifications CPU ŠŠ AM3+ Socket: - AMD AM3+ FX processors - AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processors/ AMD Athlon™ II processors (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) Hyper Transport Bus ŠŠ 5200 MT/s Chipset ŠŠ North Bridge: AMD 990FX ŠŠ South Bridge: AMD SB950 Memory ŠŠ 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory * Due to 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 4 GB. ŠŠ Dual channel memory architecture ŠŠ 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 AMD AM3+ CPU first. (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Audio ŠŠ Realtek ALC889 codec ŠŠ High Definition Audio ŠŠ 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel ŠŠ Support for Dolby® Home Theater ŠŠ Support for S/PDIF Out LAN ŠŠ 1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) Expansion Slots ŠŠ 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics cards, be sure to install them in the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots. ŠŠ 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2) ŠŠ 2 x PCI Express x1 slots (All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.) ŠŠ 1 x PCI slot Multi-Graphics Technology ŠŠ Support for 2-Way AMD CrossFireX™ technology (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2) Storage Interface ŠŠ South Bridge: - 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices - Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD ŠŠ Marvell 88SE9172 chip: - 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices - Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1 Hardware Installation - 10 -

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Hardware Installation
- 10 -
1-2
Product Specifications
CPU
AM3+ Socket:
±
-
AMD AM3+ FX processors
-
AMD AM3 Phenom
II processors/ AMD Athlon
II processors
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
Hyper Transport
Bus
5200 MT/s
±
Chipset
North Bridge: AMD 990FX
±
South Bridge: AMD SB950
±
Memory
4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
±
*
Due to 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 4 GB.
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 AMD AM3+
CPU first.
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory
modules.)
Audio
Realtek ALC889 codec
±
High Definition Audio
±
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
±
Support for Dolby
±
®
Home Theater
Support for S/PDIF Out
±
LAN
1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
±
Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
±
*
For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be
sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics
cards, be sure to install them in the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots.
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)
±
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
±
(All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
1 x PCI slot
±
Multi-Graphics
Technology
Support for 2-Way AMD CrossFireX
±
technology (
PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
Storage Interface
South Bridge:
±
-
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) supporting up to 6 SATA
6Gb/s devices
-
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD
Marvell 88SE9172 chip:
±
-
2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA
6Gb/s devices
-
Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1