Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Manual - Page 7

1-2 Product Specifications CPU ŠŠ AM3+ Socket: - AMD AM3+ FX processor - AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) Hyper Transport Bus ŠŠ 4800 MT/s Chipset ŠŠ North Bridge: AMD 970 ŠŠ South Bridge: AMD SB950 Memory ŠŠ 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory * Due to a 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 the size of the physical memory installed. 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 AM3+ CPU first. (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.) Audio ŠŠ Realtek® ALC887 audio codec ŠŠ High Definition Audio ŠŠ 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel ŠŠ Support for S/PDIF Out LAN ŠŠ Realtek® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) Expansion Slots ŠŠ ŠŠ ŠŠ ŠŠ Storage Interface ŠŠ USB ŠŠ ŠŠ Internal ŠŠ Connectors ŠŠ ŠŠ ŠŠ ŠŠ ŠŠ ŠŠ 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) 3 x PCI Express x1 slots (All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 2 x PCI slots South Bridge: - 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices - Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD South Bridge: - Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers) VIA® VL805 chip: - Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header) 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU fan header 2 x system fan headers 1 x power fan header 1 x front panel header - 7 -