Gigabyte GA-990X gaming SLI, AMD 990X Motherboard - Socket AM3 +

This combines GA-990X gaming SLI Gigabyte for directly up to two AMD or NVIDIA graphics cards, including two PCIe x16 slots are available, which are even with 16 and once connected with 8 lanes and together with 8 lanes in SLI run / CF composite. Also still waiting two PCIe x1 and two classic PCI slots. In addition, the 990X has optimum compatibility and is fully applicable to AM3 and AM3 + CPUs to 125 watts TDP.

AMD AM3 + platform with USB 3.1 & M.2 with NVMe support for PCIe SSDs

Up to 64 GB of DDR3 RAM refer to the four RAM banks, where appropriate memory can run at a maximum of 2,000 overclocked megahertz. A little highlight on Gigabyte GA-990X gaming SLI is also that there are on the I / O shield on the back of the motherboard two brand new USB 3.1 ports with type A sockets provided by the ASMedia ASM1142 additives Chip. USB 3.1 is commonly associated with the maximum attainable speed of 10 Gbit / s twice as fast as USB 3.0.

The GA-990X gaming SLI has a black and red design and also supports M.2 SSDs 42-110 mm in length, which are connected via a horizontal M-Key slot with four PCIe 2.0 lanes, delivering up to can achieve 20 Gbit / s. In addition, the high-end motherboard still supports the new NVM Express protocol for modern PCI Express SSDs, short NVMe. Thus the old AHCI protocol is replaced, which dates back to the period prior to the widespread use of SSDs and is practically hardly optimized for highly parallelized disk accesses. NVMe ensures much lower latencies and more and deeper command queue, which is reflected in significantly improved performance in non-linear transfers as 4K read / write.

When connectivity and -Total the extensive equipment list continues. This ranges from the modern internal and external USB 3.0 Several SATA 6G ports (incl. RAID support) to 7.1 HD sound, and of course includes many more USB 2.0 ports and Gigabit LAN and a optical S / PDIF output. Finally, four fans can be connected to the board, including two 3-pin and two 4-pin PWM connector.

Notes: To support new CPUs, a UEFI / BIOS update may be necessary. Through overclocking, and operate the components outside the specifications, the warranty may be voided if necessary.

Technical details:

    Format: ATX (305 x 244 mm)
    Color: Black / Red
    Chipset: AMD 990X / SB950
    Socket: AM3 + / AM3 (for FX, Phenom II, Athlon II CPUs)
    RAM: 4x DDR3 (max 2,000 MHz, a maximum of 64 GB.)
    Dual-Channel
    slots:
    1x PCIe 2.0 x16
    1x PCIe 2.0 x16 (electrical x8)
    Compatible Multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way CrossFire, 2-Way SLI, each x8 / x8 lanes)
    2x PCIe 2.0 x1
    2x PCI
    Internal connections:
    1x M.2 NGFF (PCIe 2.0 x4, M-Key, max. 20 Gbit / s, horizontal, sizes 2242-22110, NVMe & SATA)
    6x SATA 6G (RAID 0/1/5/10)
    1x USB 3.0 header (2 ports by VIA VL805)
    3x USB 2.0 header (6 ports)
    2x 4-Pin fan (PWM)
    2x 3-pin fans
    1x Serial Port Header (COM)
    1x TPM
    1x S / PDIF out
    Power / Reset / LED / Front-Audio
    External connections:
    2x USB 3.1 (Type A, by ASMedia ASM1142)
    2x USB 3.0 (by VIA VL805)
    6x USB 2.0
    1x Gigabit LAN RJ45
    5x audio (7.1, ALC 1150)
    1x S / PDIF out optical
    1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
    Power supply:
    1x 24-pin ATX12V
    1x 8-pin EPS12V