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Storage Interface:6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors,Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5,RAID 10 and JBOD, 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1
Expansion Slots: 2 x PCI Express x16 slot running at x16 ,1x PCI Express x4 slots, 2 x PCI Express x1 slot, 1x PCI slots
Memory: 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
CPU: AM3+/AM3/AMD Athlon II Chipsets: AMD 990FX/AMD SB950
Audio: Realtek ALC889 codec , High Definition Audio, Dolby Home Theater, 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel, LAN: 10/100/1000 Mbit

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Product Details

Product Dimensions: 13 x 11 x 3 inches ; 3.2 pounds
Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
ASIN: B0055QYKQO
Item model number: GA-990FXA-UD3

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
- #4 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Motherboards
Date first available at Amazon.com: May 11, 2011

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Product Description

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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.

Key Feature

Supports newest AMD AM3+ FX/AM3 Phenom II series processors
Advanced 8+2 phase CPU VRM power design for AMD high-TDP CPU support
4 PCI-E 2.0 interfaces for 2 way AMD CrossFireX and SLI multi-graphics support
AMD SB950 provides 6 native SATA3 ports with superfast 6Gbps link speed and RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support
Supports USB 3.0 with superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps
GIGABYTE 3x USB Power with On/Off Charge USB ports
Ultra Durable 3 Classic Technology with copper cooled quality for lower working temperature
Turbo XHD technology accelerating hard drive performance with ease
Revolution energy saving design with Easy Energy Saver technology
Hi-def 108dB Signal-to-noise ratio Blu-ray DVD audio playbackt
Patented DualBIOS with Hybrid EFI technology for 3TB HDD support
Supports Dolby Home Theater audio

Overview

Get Ready for New Generation of 32nm AMD AM3+ CPU

Get Ready for New Generation of 32nm AMD AM3+ CPU GIGABYTE's AMD motherboards are ready to support new generation of 32nm AMD AM3+ multi-core processors, delivering the very best platform for multitasking, multimedia and high performance gaming.

Multi-display Support with 2 way SLI^TM and 2 way CrossFireX

Flexible graphics capabilities - Up to 2 VGA cards are supported for either 2 way CrossFireX^TM or 2 way SLI^TM action (running at two x16 bandwidth), delivering the ultimate in graphics performance for gaming enthusiasts who demand the highest frame rates without compromising on resolution.

Note: Please update the latest version of BIOS from GIGABYTE website and VGA driver from vender's website.

Ultra Durable 3 – Classic

GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 Classic motherboards once again lead the motherboard industry for the highest quality and most innovative motherboard design. Featuring the industry’s first consumer desktop motherboard design to introduce 2 ounces of copper for both the Power and Ground layers, delivering a dramatically lower system temperature, improved energy efficiency and enhanced stability for overclocking.

GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 Classic motherboards are equipped with the GIGABYTE Ultra Durable signature features including Japanese Solid Capacitors boasting an operational life time of more than 50,000 hours, and GIGABYTE patented DualBIOS^TM technology (providing dual hardware BIOS protection). GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 Classic motherboards promise to provide the stability, reliability and longevity essential to meet the power needs of high-end processors and other components running today's most demanding applications and games.

DualBIOS^TM 3TB+ HDD Support (Hybrid EFI Technology)

Hybrid EFI Technology combines the benefits of GIGABYTE's mature BIOS platform including stability and compatibility with 3rd party products with 3TB+ HDD support from EFI technology, allowing GIGABYTE to offer the best of both worlds through a quick and easy BIOS update using GIGABYTE's @BIOS utility that is freely available from the GIGABYTE website.

GIGABYTE DualBIOS^TM is a patented technology that automatically recovers BIOS data when the main BIOS has crashed or failed. Featuring 2 physical BIOS ROMs integrated onboard, GIGABYTE DualBIOS^TM allows quick and seamless recovery from BIOS damage or failure due to viruses or improper BIOS updating. In addition, GIGABYTE DualBIOS? now supports 3TB+ (terabyte) hard drive booting without the need for partitioning, and enables more data storage on a single hard drive.

Specifications

Model:

GA-990FXA-UD3

CPU Support

AMD AM3+ FX/AM3 Phenom II CPU

CPU Socket

AMD Socket AM3+

FSB

5200MT/s(HT3.0)

Chipset

AMD990FX+SB950

Graphics Interface

4*PCI-E 2.0x16(2*x16,2*x4)

Memory Type

Dual Channel DDR3 2000+/1866/1333/1066 MHz

Memory DIMM

4*DDR3(Max 16GB)

Expansion Slots

2*PCI-E 2.0x1+1*PCI

ATA connector

6*SATA 6Gb/s+2*eSATA

SATA RAID

0,1,5,10(SB950)/0,1,JBOD(SE9172)

USB

4*USB3.0+14*USB2.0

Audio

8-channel HD

1394 / LAN

2*1394a / 1*GbE LAN

Features & Software

USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s, 3x USB power,8+2 phase, Ultra Durable 3- Classic, On/Off Charge, 2 way SLI+CrossFireX,DualBIOS 3TB+ HDD Support, 108dB SNR Blu-ray, Dolby, EES, ET6

Form Factor

ATX (305x244)

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Customer Reviews

28 Reviews

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

Average Customer Review

4.5 out of 5 stars (28 customer reviews)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, July 14, 2011

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Got this in anticipation of Bulldozer. Very nice look, everything works well. was able to overclock my Phenom II x4 955 to 4GHz effortlessly. Stealthy board that looks and performs very good.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great AM3+ Mobo for the price, September 8, 2011

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The mobo itself is quite good looking and performs very very well and there's nothing bad I can say about the performance of it.

My only thoughts are the color scheme (altho it looks really cool) for people who are quite new on building their own rigs would have problem identifying which slot is which, i.e. ram slots isnt color coded so those newer people would have to spend some time to identfy which DDR3-slot 1 or 2 is. they coulda made those slots gray/black alternating just to make it easier to identify. and the SATA cable slots is facing towards the right side, if it was facing to you it would be easier to mount the calbes, specially if people that would be using this got tight case space, they'd have to spend time and some flexing of the fingers to get the SATA cables in to the sockets xD

but overall performance wise its perfect for the money, cheapest AM3+ mobo that is capable of dual x16 crossfire set up (thats why I bought this xD) on the market. and a lot of great features like Dual bios (just in case you mess up flashing bios, as the manual suggest, if you don't get any problems w/ its stock bios, dont play with it! lol) and the Dolby Digital feature is amazing as well, pretty darn good.

I bought this for dual x16 set-up and in anticipation of the "Bulldozer" CPU's so currently my temporary setup is

Mobo - Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 (Of course =P)
CPU - AMD PhenomII 925 2.8Ghz (OC'd to 3.4, could go 3.6 and still be stable but kept it to 3.4 just to be safe. using this temporarily until bulldozers comes out)
GPU - Sapphire Flex HD6870 x2 (Crossfire)
PSU - Corsair TX950 (950watts)
RAM - Corsair Vengance 8GB (2 x 4GB)
CPU heatsink/fan - Hyper 212 (temporarily using this until new CPU's comes out then I will switch to water cooling)
Case - NZXT Lexa S mid-tower Case
case fans - 6 (2 intake/2exhaust/2custom fan inside for improving air flow)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent board for the price!, November 5, 2011

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I ordered this board along with a new AMD FX 4100 4-Core Processor, 3.6 4 Socket AM3 - FD4100WMGUSBX. I was a little worried that it might come with an older version of the BIOS that wouldn't support the new AM3+ processors. When I got it, the case had a sticker stating that the it had the AM3+ enabled BIOS already. Also Amazon shipped the Rev 1.1 board not the 1.0 revision.

A few things note, the Windows 7 did not have drivers for the LAN, so you'll need to install them from the CD before you can get on the internet. Also in order to get higher than 1333 for the memory, you'll have to mess with the BIOS settings.

Overall, I am very pleased with this board. For all the features you get, it's well worth the price and you'll be set for a while with the latest technology.

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