Gigabyte 890FXA-UD7 Motherboard

Main Specifications

The Gigabyte 890FXA-UD7 motherboard main features are:

• Socket: AM3
• Chipset: AMD 890FX + SB850
• Super I/O: ITE IT8720F
• Parallel ATA: One ATA-133 port controlled by a JMicron JMB363 chip
• Serial ATA: Six SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10) and two SATA-300 ports controlled by a JMicron JMB363 chip
• External SATA: Two eSATA-300 ports controlled by a JMicron JMB362 chip
• USB: 14 USB 2.0 ports, eight soldered on the motherboard (two shared with eSATA ports) and six available th
  rough three headers on the motherboard, along with two USB 3.0 ports ontrolled by a NEC μPD720200 chip
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): Three ports, two at the rear panel and one available through a header on the motherboard, controlled by a Texas Instrument TSB43AB23 chip
• On-board video: No
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC889 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 kHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 104 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 108 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs), along with on-board optical and coaxial SPDIF outputs
• On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports controlled by two Realtek RTL8111D chips
• Buzzer: No
• Infrared interface: No
• Power supply required: EPS12V
• Slots: Six PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (the first one working at x16 if the third one is free or x8 if it is used; the second one is always x4; the third one is x8; the fourth one is x1 but will work at x4 if the SATA/IDE chip is disabled; the fifth one works at x16 if the last one is free and x8 if it is used; the sixth one is always x8) and one standard PCI slot
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB, and up to DDR3-1866 through overclocking)
• Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU cooler, one four-pin connector for auxiliary fan and three, three-pin connectors for auxiliary fans
• Extra Features: POST diagnostics display, option for unlocking hidden CPU cores inside the motherboard setup, clear CMOS button, liquid cooling block on the chipset
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities
• More Information: https://www.gigabyte.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 241.00

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.