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AMD AM3+ Motherboard Thread

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http://www.guru3d.com/news/gigabyte-ga990fxaud7-socket-am3-motherboard-photos/ .


I'll have to put it on my short list for my next upgrade.

The board has a 10-phase VRM, comes with four DDR3 DIMM slots supporting DDR3 allowing to be clocked to 1866 MHz. You'll spot seven card slots of which are six PCI-Express 2.0 x16 supportinf NVIDIA 4-way SLI and AMD 4-way CrossFireX.

Two of these slots are x4, the rest would be x8 when you use four of them. Also a legacy PCI slot can be found.

Storage is eight internal SATA 6 Gb/s ports, six from the SB850 southbridge, and two from a third-party controller. There are two eSATA ports, other then that, that is a great looking motherboard.
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Btw if you see any new AM3+ 990 chipset based motherboard pics ,feel free to post them here.


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Is that a new mobo coming out soon or something... looks good but feature wise, i really do not find anything standing out. maybe a faster and better chipset?
 
My next board to install my 1090T before getting Zambezi, but i really hope that BD is faster than Sandy bridge.
 
DesiPower said:
Is that a new mobo coming out soon or something... looks good but feature wise, i really do not find anything standing out. maybe a faster and better chipset?
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All the top brands ie Asus,MSi etc have some pics of their 990 chipset boards ,just hope Bulldozer performance is decent and release date not delayed.

Asus Sabertooth 990fx pics here,
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http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/hardware/38192/asus-sabertooth-990fx-am3-motherboard-gets-early-photo-shoot

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Seen below, the new board makes use of the AMD 990FX / SB950 chipset combo, it supports AM3+ processors, and features an 8+2 DIGI+ VRM, TPU and EPU processors, TUF components (Alloy Choke, military-grade Capacitors and MOSFET), the MemOK! function that ensures memory boot compatibility, ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection, plus the Thermal Radar which monitors temperatures in real-time and adjusts fan speed accordingly.

The Sabertooth 990FX also packs four DDR3-2000 memory slots, eight SATA ports (six of them are 'confirmed' 6.0 Gbps), four PCI-Express x16 slots (for SLI or CrossFireX setups), four USB 3.0 connectors (two on the backplate, two via a header), one FireWire and two eSATA ports, 7.1 channel audio, and Gigabit Ethernet. Also equipped with a two-piece CeraM!X (ceramics-coated) cooling system.
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ASUS M5A99X EVO looks nice too,

Here is the first picture of the M5A99X EVO, an upcoming socket AM3+ motherboard by ASUS based on the AMD 990X + SB950 chipset designed AMD's FX-Series "Zambezi" 8-core, 6-core, and 4-core procesors. The AMD 990X is designed for discrete graphics with up to two graphics cards in CrossFireX. It is likely that the final iteration has NVIDIA SLI support out of the box. The AM3+ Black socket is powered by 8-phase Digi+ VRM, cooled by a large heatsink that sits next to the northbridge heatsink. ASUS came up with a new heatsink design theme. While the P8P67 series uses heatsinks with curvy/wavy fins, the M5A series uses sharp edges.

The AMD 990X northbridge gives out 16 PCI-Express 2.1 lanes split between two x16 slots. When both slots are populated, the graphics cards run on x8 bandwidth. The third black x16 slot is wired to the SB950 southbridge, and is likely x4. Other slots include two PCI-Express x1 and a PCI. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s ports from the SB950 southbridge that support RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, 10 modes; a third-party controller drives two additional SATA 6 Gb/s internal ports. We don't know if there's another such controller handling eSATA.


Other connectivity features include at least two USB 3.0 controllers made by ASMedia (ASUS subsidiary), two internal USB 3.0 ports by header (for front-panel or bracket), and probably two more ports on the rear panel. There's Realtek-made 8-channel HD audio, a gigabit Ethernet connection, and VIA-made FireWire controller.
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http://www.techpowerup.com/145190/ASUS-M5A99X-EVO-Motherboard-Pictured.html
 
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MSI 990FXA-GD80 pics and info http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=30495 ,


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The manufacturer's Military Class II concept is the cornerstone of the 990FXA-GD80, and this theme continues with a 10-phase VRM for power delivery, plus support for CPUs racking up a TDP of up to 140W. There's 3-way SLI and 4-way CrossFireX support on the multi-GPU side of the equation, and functionality such as OC Genie II for ease of overclocking.

Aesthetically, MSI goes for its black, blue (and gunmetal grey) colour palette, and you've got the usual boatload of connectivity options - including USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps support.
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Here's pic and info on Asus Crosshair V Formula


http://www.techpowerup.com/146340/ASUS-ROG-Crosshair-V-Formula-Press-Shots-Leaked.html .

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Here are some of the first proper pictures of ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula motherboard, a set of press-shots leaked to the Czech press, which has since been retracted. The ROG Crosshair V Formula comes in two packages, with and without ASUS Thunderbolt card (an addon card by ASUS that provides Bigfoot Killer NIC and Sound Blaster X-Fi hardware-accelerated audio). The Crosshair V made its first appearance with a box-shot disclosure by NVIDIA announcing SLI on AMD chipset motherboards; later a table listing out specifications of some of ASUS' fist socket AM3+ motherboard was published.

The Crosshair V Formula is a socket AM3+ motherboard based on AMD 990FX + SB950 chipset, supporting AMD's upcoming FX-series processors based on the Bulldozer architecture. It combines the best features ASUS has to offer, targeting both gamers and overclockers. The AM3+ socket is powered by a strong 10-phase Digi+ Extreme Engine VRM, it supports dual-channel DDR3 memory with speeds of over DDR3-2133 MHz. Expansion slots include four PCI-Express 2.0 x16, which configure as x16/x16/NC or x16/x8/x8, with the fourth slot being electrical x4, wired to the southbridge. NVIDIA 3-way SLI and AMD CrossFireX are supported.




Storage connectivity includes 7 internal SATA 6 Gb/s ports, and 1 power-eSATA. In case you opted for the non-Thunderbolt card variant or don't have room left to install it, there's onboard 8-channel SupremeFX X-Fi MB audio. There's one gigabit Ethernet port, controlled by Intel-made GbE controller. There are six USB 3.0 ports in all, of which two are by header. A plethora of ASUS ROG-exclusive features like ROG UEFI, ROG Connect with GPU Tweakit, CPU ExtremeTweaker, CPU LevelUp, MemOK, GameFirst, TurboV EVO, and component overheat protection can be found.
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ECS Black Series A990FXM,

And yet another AMD 990FX motherboard surfaces, check out the ECS Black Series A990FXM-A.

Again we spot four DDR3 DIMM slots supporting dual-channel DDR3-1866, DDR3-2133 MHz by overclocking.

Card slots include three PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (x16/NC/x16 or x16/x8/x8), supporting NVIDIA 3-way SLI and AMD CrossFireX. Other expansion slots include two PCI-E x1 and a PCI. We spot six internal SATA 6 Gb/s from the southbridge, and a third-party SATA/IDE controller that gives out an internal IDE connector and two eSATA 3 Gb/s ports.

Much like all other 990FX motherboards we see 8+2 channel HD audio, dual gigabit Ethernet, four USB 3.0 ports. Check the photo.
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http://www.guru3d.com/news/ecs-black-series-a990fxma-motherboard-photo/
 
So this begs the question, why were there manufacturers releaseing 800-series AM3+ boards if the 900-series is going to be ready? My theory used to be that 900-series was going to be late, so they needed a stopgap solution for the BD CPU launch. But apperantly that's at least in part not true.
 
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So this begs the question, why were there manufacturers releaseing 800-series AM3+ boards if the 900-series is going to be ready? My theory used to be that 900-series was going to be late, so they needed a stopgap solution for the BD CPU launch. But apperantly that's at least in part not true.
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Only thing I can think of is probably 800 series AM3+ will be cheaper so maybe they are catering for a wider market?
 
Performance-wise, it will be a thrill to see benchmark between the BD and SB. It will be a classic. Can't wait for that time.
 
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Performance-wise, it will be a thrill to see benchmark between the BD and SB. It will be a classic. Can't wait for that time.
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Hopefully AM3+ boards(900 series) will also be a lot cheaper then SandyBridge boards too 🙂.
 
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