GA-890XA-UD3 (rev. 1.0)
AMD 790X + SB850 Chipset

1. Supports new generation of AMD Phenom®II X6 processors
2. Ultra Durable 3 Classic Technology with copper cooled quality for lower working temperature
3. Revolution energy saving design with Easy Energy Saver technology
4. Supports newest NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0 with superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps
5. 3X USB power delivery for greater compatibility and extra power for USB devices
6. AMD SB850 provides native SATA3 storage interface with superfast 6Gbps link speed
7. Supports AMD AM3 Phenom II/ Athlon II processors
8. Dual Channel DDR3 1866+ for remarkable system performance
9. Built-in a 128MB DDR3 Sideport Memory for accelerating graphics performance
10. Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4290 graphics (DirectX10.1)
11. 2 PCI-E 2.0 x16 interface with ATI CrossFireX/ Hybrid CrossFireX technology support
12. Supports Dolby Home Theater audio to enjoy a rich surround sound experience
13. Integrated HDMI/ DVI interface for Full HD 1080 Blu-ray playback with HDCP
14. Compatible with Window 7 to deliver the best operation experience
15. Meet European Union ErP(Energy-related Products) requirement



Specifications

CPU

1. Support for AM3 processors: AMD Phenom® II processor / AMD Athlon® II processor

Hyper Transport Bus

1. 5200 MT/s

Chipset

1. North Bridge: AMD 790X
2. South Bridge: AMD SB850

Memory

1. 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory (Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 1866(OC)(Note 2)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

Audio

1. Realtek ALC892 codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for Dolby Home Theater
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In

LAN

1. 1 x Realtek 8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 3)
2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) (Note 3)
(All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
3. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
4. 2 x PCI slots

Multi-Graphics Technology

1. Support for ATI CrossFireX® technology

Storage Interface South Bridge:

1. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD

GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip:

1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

JMicron JMB362 chip:

1. 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

iTE IT8720 chip:

1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive

USB South Bridge:

1. Up to 16 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (10 on the back panel (Note 4), 6 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)

NEC D720200F1chip:

1. Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel

IEEE 1394 T.I. TSB43AB23 chip:

1. Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 2 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)

Internal I/O Connectors

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
4. 1 x IDE connector
5. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
6. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
7. 1 x CPU fan header
8. 2 x system fan header
9. 1 x power fan header
10. 1 x front panel header
11. 1 x front panel audio header
12. 1 x CD In connector
13. 1 x S/PDIF In header
14. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
15. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
16. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
17. 1 x serial port header
18. 1 x clearing CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors

1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port or PS/2 mouse port
2. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
3. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF out connector
4. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
5. 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
6. 2 x IEEE 1394a port
7. 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s ports
8. 1 x RJ-45 port
9. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller

1. ITE IT8720 chip

H/W Monitoring

1. System voltage detection
2. CPU/System temperature detection
3. CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
4. CPU overheating warning
5. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
6. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 5)

BIOS

1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS®
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Unique Features

1. Support for @BIOS
2. Support for Q-Flash
3. Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
4. Support for Download Center
5. Support for Xpress Install
6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
7. Support for EasyTune (Note 6)
8. Support for Easy Energy Saver
9. Support for Time Repair
10. Support for Q-Share

Bundle Software

1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System

1. Support for Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/ XP

Form Factor

1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm



Note
(Note 1) Due to 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 4 GB.
(Note 2) To reach DDR3 1866 MHz or above, you must install two memory modules and install them in the DDR3_3 and DDR3_4 memory sockets.
(Note 3) For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When PCIEX8 is populated with a PCI Express graphics card, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
(Note 4) Two share the same ports with USB 3.0
(Note 5) Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.
(Note 6) Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.

Remark
1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
2. Most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.

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* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.