Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming SLI AMD AM3+ AM3 ATX

GIGABYTE motherboards feature LED lighting for the audio guard path, providing a cool, custom look to your rig. Not only does the Audio Noise Guard protect the board's sensitive analog audio components, but its LEDs can also be programed to beat at the rhythm of the music you are listening to, or pulse at a soothing pace to create a great atmosphere to enhance the environment of your game, movie or music.

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

CPU

• 1.AMD AM3+ FX processor, 2.AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor

Hyper Transport Bus

• 1.HyperTransport™ 3.0, 2.Support up to 5200MT/s

Chipset

• 1.North Bridge: AMD 970, 2.South Bridge: AMD SB950

Memory

• 4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 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. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

Multi - Graphic

• Support for NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technologies , Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ and 2-Way AMD CrossFire™ Technologies

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_1 slot. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) * The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.), 2 x PCI slots

Storage

• 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2/x1 SSD support), 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors, Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD

LAN

• Intel® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Audio

• Realtek® ALC1150 codec, High Definition Audio, 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel, Support for S/PDIF Out

USB Ports

• 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers), VIA® VL805 chip: 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header), ASMedia® USB 1 Controller: 1.2 x USB 3.1 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel

OS Support

• Support for Windows 10/8.1/7 32-bit/64-bit

Internal I/O Ports

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector, 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, 1 x M.2 Socket 3 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 serial port header, 1 x Clear CMOS jumper, 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header

Back I/O Ports

• 1.1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port, 2 x USB 3.1 Type-A port (red), 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports, 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports, 1 x RJ-45 port, 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector, 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

Special Features

• Support for APP Center * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications. @BIOS, Ambient LED, Cloud Station, EasyTune, Game Controller, Smart TimeLock, Smart Recovery 2, System Information Viewer, USB Blocker, Support for Q-Flash, Support for Smart Switch, Support for Xpress Install