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GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 9 Series FX Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 970 Chipset, 2000MHz DDR3 (O.C.), SATA III (6Gb/s), RAID, 7.1-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX ReadyItem#: G452-2612  |  Model#: GA-970A-D3

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GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 9 Series AM3+ Motherboard Product Details

ATX 970 Chipset
DDR3 CrossfireX Ready
SATA 3 6Gbps Raid Capable

GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 9 Series FX Motherboard
The GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 9 Series FX Motherboard is designed to offer a high-speed platform for rendering amazingly fast data transfer via the GIGABYTE 333 onboard acceleration technologies. Featuring the USB 3.0 controller, delivering 10x faster data transfer compared to USB 2.0, the GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 9 Series FX Motherboard allow users to make use of the incredibly fast USB transfer rates of up to 5Gbps. Utilizing a unique, first of its kind, serial ATA Revision 3.0 solution via AMD SB950 chipset, the GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 9 Series FX Motherboard offers, native 6 ports of next generation high speed data storage devices, plenty of support. Data transfer speeds of up to 6 Gbps with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 is hence made possible. For ensuring lower voltage drops and providing power delivery that is more stable and plentiful the GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 9 Series FX Motherboard introduces a unique hardware design with lower resistance fuses. All USB ports benefit from a 3x power boost for better power delivery to USB devices that are power hungry. Get the GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AMD 9 Series FX Motherboard today.

What It Is And Why You Need It:

  • USB 3.0 controller; permits upto 5 Gbps data transfer rates, 10 times faster than USB 2.0
  • Native 6-port; with up to 6 Gbps data transfer speeds, provides high speed data storage devices support
  • Distinctive hardware design; guarantees lower voltage drops through its lower resistance fuses, providing a reliably stable delivery of power


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Specifications

Motherboard Specifications
Processor Socket AMD
Processor Interface Socket AM3+
Form Factor ATX
Processors Supported AMD Phenom II
  AMD Athlon II
  AMD AM3+ FX
Additional Technologies DualBIOS
  GIGABYTE Cloud OC (Overclocking App)
  GIGABYTE Touch BIOS
Multi-GPU Support CrossFireX Ready
HyperTransport Bus 4.8GT/s
Chipset
Northbridge AMD 970
Southbridge AMD SB950
Memory
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Supported DDR3 1333MHz
  DDR3 1066MHz
  DDR3 1600MHz
  DDR3 2000MHz (OC)
  DDR3 1866MHz
Number of Pins 240-Pin
Maximum Memory Supported 32GB - 64bit
Number of Slots 4
Max. Memory Supported Per Slot 8GB
Audio
Channels 7.1 Channels
Audio Chipset Realtek ALC889
Video
Video Chipset No Video Onboard
LAN
LAN Type 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit
I/O Ports
PS/2 Keyboard Connectors 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo port
Serial Communication Ports 1 header
Parallel Ports None
USB Ports (Total) 16
USB 3.0 Ports 2 (rear)
USB Rear Panel Ports 8
USB Onboard Headers 3 - (expandable to 6 USB ports)
LAN Ports 1
Audio Out Jacks 4
IDE Headers None
FDD Headers None
Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s Headers 6
ATX Power Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX Main Power Connector
PC Power Connectors 1 - 8 Pin
Fan Connectors 1 x Power
  1 x CPU
  2 x System
S/PDIF Connectors 1 - Optical
VGA Ports None
S-Video Connectors None
DVI Ports None
HDMI Ports None
DisplayPorts None
Expansion Slots
PCI Slots 2
PCI Express X1 Slots 3
PCI Express X16 Slots 2
RAID
RAID Support Yes
RAID Modes 0
  1
  10
  5
  JBOD
Dimensions
Length 30.5cm
Width 22.4

Customer Reviews

4.7 (28 customer reviews)

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Value
 4.8
Features
 4.6
Quality
 4.8
Performance
 4.7
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5.0
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 5.0
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 5.0
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Performance
 5.0
Reviewer:
scso1502
Date:
May 10, 2013
Gigabyte is the only game in town!

I've installed over 200 Gigabyte motherboards in systems I've built. I wish I owned stock in them.... Hahahaha! I've never had a Gigabyte product fail, EVER! In a market where a 5% failure rate is deemed acceptable and yet never having one fail, you simply can't go wrong. I've used MSI, Biostar, ASUS and Gigabyte motherboards and hands-down, Gigabyte makes the best motherboards in the world. I will NEVER buy a different brand and will use any opportunity to rate them so others will enjoy one too. Great job Gigabyte!

Overall
4.5
Value
 5.0
Features
 4.0
Quality
 4.0
Performance
 5.0
Reviewer:
,
Date:
May 01, 2013
Great Motherboard

I purchased this motherboard to upgrade my system from a Gigabyte 770 series board, so that I could run my new FX 6100 series cpu.

Overall
5.0
Value
 5.0
Features
 5.0
Quality
 5.0
Performance
 5.0
Reviewer:
Mike
Date:
Apr 16, 2013
Not happy

Installed the system board with an FX processor, everything ran fine until last Friday. Machine locked up, could not do a soft shutdown. Flipped the power switch to reboot, now it can't even P.O.S.T. aka dead. Was looking forward to filling it to 32G RAM, but looks like that idea is out the window.

Overall
5.0
Value
 5.0
Features
 5.0
Quality
 5.0
Performance
 5.0
Reviewer:
David
Date:
Apr 13, 2013
Pleasantly pleased!

I had never used Gigabyte brand before. I carefully read the box this motherboard came in. It states solid ALL Japanese capacitors (Many brands use partially solid capacitors) and a newly designed plastic board that's one of the sturdiest types I've ever seen. So far, it works like a dream! No problems, issues, hiccups or anything. You power it up, it just does what it's supposed to do. Very fast, very efficient. I almost bought an updated version of another brand, but glad I tried this new brand. A lot of new bells and whistles that I might not use, but still great to know it's there if I need it.

Overall
5.0
Value
 5.0
Features
 5.0
Quality
 5.0
Performance
 5.0
Reviewer:
shawn_k
Date:
Apr 08, 2013
GIGABYTE 970A-D3 (review)

Great motherboard, only thing I wish it had was pci-e 3.0 instead of 2.0, it has a lot of features in the bios setup. im using a phenom 2.70GHz with this and DDR3-1600 8gig's. can't wait to try an FX cpu with it. They sent me rev. 3.0 which is the latest one for this board. no problems just great.

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    Warranty provided by: GIGABYTE
    Limited Warranty: 36 months parts; 36 months labor
    Mfg Part No: GA-970A-D3
    UPC No: 818313012920
    Box Size: ( Length: 13, Width: 10, Depth: 2 )
    Shipping Weight: 2.9500 pound(s)
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