Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Motherboard

Posted By Rafael Coelho on Jun 17, 2013 in Motherboard

Introduction

Let’s take a look at the Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3, a mid-range socket AM3+ motherboard for AMD FX processors, based on the 990FX chipset. Let’s see what this motherboard has to offer.

The AMD 990FX chipset is basically an AMD 890FX chipset with a new name and supports the higher HyperTransport 3.0 speeds (up to 10.4 GB/s a.k.a. 5.2 GT/s) that weren’t used before and are supported by the FX processors from AMD.

So far, Gigabyte has launched four different motherboard models based on the AMD 990FX chipset; we list the differences between them in the table below. Prices were researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this article.

You can see the Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 motherboard in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 motherboard

• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Slots
• 3. Memory Support
• 4. On Board Peripherals
• 5. Other Features
• 6. Voltage Regulator
• 7. Overclocking Options
• 8. Main Specifications
• 9. Conclusions