GIGABYTE GA-870A-USB3 AM3 AMD 870 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
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Reviews(29)
The motherboard works, the last 2 order from foxconn were DOA (very cheap and I was hopeful but gave up). Went back to Gigabyte because they are superb. MB = 5 star as always from my experience with Gigabyte.
NEWEGG HAD THE WRONG DESCRIPTION. They had this labeled as AM3+ Capable and had the description for the rev 3.1 and after I ordered it and it arrived not as described I was upset.
This works but am for the very first time unhappy with Newegg, but I guess things like that could happen easily. I did not receive any email notice or anything about the mix up they just updated the description to correctly show the rev 3.0 information.
This board works great. Plenty of PCI slots for people like me who still have the need for them. I am running this board with an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T. It handles the processor quite well.
The BIOS in this board is GARBAGE! It doesn't detect the DEL key half of the time, you just have to keep pounding on it. If you do get it to go into BIOS, it locks up on the AHCI detection page most of the time. You just have to get lucky to get past that. I use the BIOS a lot because I often change operating systems and boot from different drives. This problem will stop me from ever buying a Gigabyte board again.
I keep looking for an updated BIOS, but never see one.
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Manufacturer Contact Info
Website: https://www.gigabyte.com/
Support Phone: 1-626-854-9338
Features & Details
- AMD 870
- Phenom II / Athlon II Series
- DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1333/1066
Specifications
| Brand | GIGABYTE |
|---|---|
| Model | GA-870A-USB3 |
| CPU Socket Type | AM3 |
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| CPU Type | Phenom II / Athlon II Series |
| FSB | 2600 MHz |
| Chipset | AMD 870 |
|---|---|
| South Bridge | AMD SB850 |
| Number of Memory Slots | 4x240pin |
|---|---|
| Memory Standard | DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1333/1066 |
| Maximum Memory Supported | 16GB |
| Channel Supported | Dual Channel |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 | 2 (x16, x4) |
|---|---|
| PCI Express x1 | 2 x PCI Express x1 |
| PCI Slots | 3 x PCI Slots |
| Serial ATA (SATA) | 6 x SATA 6Gb/s |
|---|---|
| SATA RAID | 0/1/5/10/JBOD |
| Onboard Video Chipset | None |
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| Audio Chipset | Realtek ALC889 |
|---|---|
| Audio Channels | 8 Channels |
| LAN Chipset | Realtek 8111E |
|---|---|
| Max LAN Speed | 1Gbps |
| Back I/O Ports | 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out / 1 x PS/2 / 1 x S/PDIF Coaxial Out / 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 / 6 x Audio Jacks / 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 |
|---|---|
| PS/2 | 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port |
| USB 3.0 | 2 x USB 3.0 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 | 8 x USB 2.0 |
| S/PDIF Out | 1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial |
| Audio Ports | 6 Ports |
| Onboard USB | 4 x USB 2.0 |
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| Form Factor | ATX |
|---|---|
| Dimensions (W x L) | 12" x 8.66" |
| Power Pin | 24 Pin |
| Features | On/Off Charge Technology 108dB Signal-to-Noise ratio playback DualBIOS 3TB+ HDD Support (Hybrid EFI Technology) Turbo XHD- Full Automatic RAID 0/Stripe AMD OverDrive Support |
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| First Listed on Newegg | March 23, 2011 |
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