2015 GIGABYTE 970A DS3P Motherboard Unboxing Overview & Review HD

The GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P has a number of features that make it a great mid range motherboard. It is priced around £70.00 new but can be found a lot cheaper on the internet used. Want to leave a comment? Feel free as I read them all. Want to see more? Hit that Like Button. As always Thanks for watching. Full Spec: GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS technology GIGABYTE Ultra Durable4 Classic technology Supports AMD AM3+ FX/ AM3 Phenom™ II, Athlon II series processors 2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 interfaces with AMD CrossFire support 6 native SATA3 ports with up to 6Gbps link speed and RAID 0,1,5,10 support 4 USB 3.0 ports with transfer rates of up to 5Gbps GIGABYTE On/Off Charge technology CPU AM3+ Socket: AMD AM3+ FX processors AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor (Please refer "CPU Support List" on gigbayte website for more information) Hyper Transport Bus 4800 MT/s Chipset North Bridge: AMD 970 South Bridge: AMD SB950 Memory 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed. Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules * To support a DDR3 1866 MHz (and above) memory, you must install an AM3+ CPU first. (Please refer "Memory Support List" on gigabyte website for more information.) Audio Realtek ALC887 audio codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support for S/PDIF Out LAN Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) 3 x PCI Express x1 slots (All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 2 x PCI slots Storage Interface South Bridge: 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD USB South Bridge: Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers) VIA VL805 chip: Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header) Internal I/O Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 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 USB 3.0/2.0 header 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Clear CMOS jumper Back Panel Connectors 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone) I/O Controller iTE I/O Controller Chip H/W Monitoring System voltage detection CPU/System temperature detection CPU/System/Po