More recently, it was a motherboard Gigabyte 990FX-Gaming, which is suitable when building a powerful computer for games based on the AMD FX processor. The range of products also appeared budget model dedicated to players - 970-Gaming.
The new board has at first sight is significantly different than the other models from the manufacturer, but beyond that it boasts good functionality. AM3 + holder is provided for the processor and 5 bands in the power section, and for RAM, Four banks with support for 2-channel DDR3-2000 kits.
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When it comes to expansion slots, manufacturer has released two PCI, two PCI-Express 2.0 x1 and two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 - two long slots were further strengthened, and they have two Radeon graphics cards can be combined in CrossFireX mode. It looks good as a set of connectors for hard disks and drives, because at the disposal of the user of six SATA ports 6 Gbit / s and a M. 2 with a capacity of 10 Gb / sec.
As befits a motherboard for gamers, не обошлось также без хорошей звуковой и сетевой карты– соответственно AMP UP! Audio-based 8-channel codec Realtek ALC1150 and game Killer E2201. On the rear panel removed two USB ports 3.1 (A + C).
The specification of the motherboard Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming:
- format: ATX;
- stand: AM3 +;
- chipset: AMD 970 + SB950;
- RAM: 4x DDR3, 8 GB, 2000 MHz;
- connectors for expansion cards: 2x PCI-Express 2.0 x16, 2x PCI-Express 2.0 x1, 2x PCI;
- connectors for hard disks and drives: 6 x SATA 6 Gb/s, M. 2 (10 Gbit / s);
- connectors on the rear panel:one PS / 2 port;
- six USB ports 2.0;
- two USB ports 3.0;
- two USB ports 3.1 (A + C);
- RJ45 connector for Gigabit network card;
- Connectors Audio 8-channel sound card (including an optical S / PDIF).
The manufacturer has not yet revealed the new motherboard prices. He promised to reveal it later. But since we are talking about the budget version, we can safely assume that the price will be lower than the top-end version.
