I am not experienced with mounting a heatsink on am3+ and my friend has this mobo and I want to know. can I mount a cooler master hyper 212 evo on this? please excuse my noobieness :P but I mostly use lga 1150

From Cooler Master web site: Versatile all-in-one mounting solution supporting the latest Intel® LGA 1366 / 1155 / 1150 and AMD FM2 / FM1 / AM3+. Now, big question, do you have all mounting hardware that came with it?

this came with my pc i need to upgrade my video card whats a card that fits with this?

Hey Kyle, Look for video cards that fit: Best choice: PCI Express 2.0 x16 Better choice: PCI Express x1 Okay choice: PCI

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GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

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AMD 970 + SB950
Athlon Series / FX Series / Phenom II / Sempron
DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066

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Model
Brand	GIGABYTE
Model	GA-970A-DS3

Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type	AM3+
CPU Type	Athlon Series / FX Series / Phenom II / Sempron
FSB	2400 MHz Hyper Transport (4800 MT/s)

Chipsets
Chipset	AMD 970 + SB950

Memory
Number of Memory Slots	4x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066
Maximum Memory Supported	32GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel

Expansion Slots
PCI Express 2.0 x16	2 (x16, x4)
PCI Express x1	3 x PCI Express x1
PCI Slots	2 x PCI Slots

Storage Devices
Serial ATA (SATA)	6 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA RAID	0/1/5/10/JBOD

Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset	None

Onboard Audio
Audio Channels	8 Channels

Onboard LAN
Max LAN Speed	1Gbps

Rear Panel Ports
Back I/O Ports	2 x PS/2 / 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 / 3 x Audio Jacks / 6 x USB 2.0/1.1
PS/2	2
USB 3.0	2 x USB 3.0
USB 1.1/2.0	6 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports	3 Ports

Internal I/O Connectors
Onboard USB	6 x USB 2.0
Other Connectors	1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 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 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Physical Spec
Form Factor	ATX
Dimensions (W x L)	12" x 8.86"
Power Pin	24 Pin

Features
Features	To enable AM3+ AMD FX-Series CPU support, please update your motherboard with the most current BIOS found in your motherboard's download section. GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 Classic Humidity Protection Electrostatic Protection Power Failure Protection High Temperature Protection On/Off Charge Technology Get Ready for New Generation of 32nm AMD AM3+ CPU AMD OverDrive Support GIGABYTE Touch BIOS DualBIOS 3TB+ HDD Support (Hybrid EFI Technology) Turbo XHD- Full Automatic RAID 0/Stripe Multi-display support with 2 way AMD CrossFireX

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First Listed on Newegg	April 09, 2026

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