Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 Motherboard

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

• Rear Panel I/O Ports:
  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  • 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  • 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  • 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
  • 1 x RJ-45 port
  • 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

• Internal I/O Interface:
  • 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1 x 8-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
  • 1 x front panel audio header
  • 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  • 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  • 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
  • 1 x serial port header
  • 1 x clearing CMOS jumper

• Hardware Monitoring:
  • System voltage detection
  • CPU/System temperature detection
  • CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
  • CPU overheating warning
  • CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
  • CPU/System fan speed control (Note 4)

• I/O Controller:
  • ITE IT8720 chip

• Bundle Software:
  • Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

• Operating System:
  • Support for Microsoft Windows 8/ 7/ Vista/ XP

Motherboard Specifications

• Model:
  • Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 Motherboard

• CPU:
  • AM3+ Socket:
  • Support for AMD AM3+ FX processors
  • Support for AMD AM3 Phenom II processors / AMD Athlon II processors
    (Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)
• Chipset:
  • North Bridge: AMD 970
  • South Bridge: AMD SB950

• Hyper Transport Bus:
  • 4800 MT/s

• Memory:
  • 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory (Note 1)
  • Dual channel memory architecture
  • Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (Note 2)
    (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

• Expansion Slots:
  • 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 3)
  • 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
  • 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
    (All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
  • 2 x PCI slots
• On-Board Audio:
  • VIA 2021 codec
  • High Definition Audio
  • 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  • Support for S/PDIF Out

• On-Board LAN:
  • 1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

• BIOS:
  • 2 x 32 Mbit flash
  • Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
  • Support for DualBIOS
  • PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

• Special Features:
  • Support for @BIOS
  • Support for Q-Flash
  • Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
  • Support for Download Center
  • Support for Xpress Install
  • Support for Xpress Recovery2
  • Support for EasyTune (Note 5)
  • Support for Easy Energy Saver
  • Support for Smart Recovery
  • Support for Auto Green
  • Support for ON/OFF Charge
  • Support for Cloud OC
  • Support for 3TB+ Unlock
  • Support for Q-Share
• Form Factor:
  • ATX Form Factor
  • 30.5cm x 22.4cm (12 Inch x 8.8 Inch)