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Gigabyte GA-990FX-Gaming

Gigabyte GA-990FX-Gaming Revision 1.1

Specifications

CPU support

Supported sockets:
  • AM3
  • AM3+
Supported architectures:
  • AMD Athlon II Sargas
  • AMD Athlon II X2 Regor
  • AMD Athlon II X3 Rana
  • AMD Athlon II X4 Propus
  • AMD FX Vishera
  • AMD FX Zambezi
  • AMD Phenom II X2 Callisto
  • AMD Phenom II X3 Heka
  • AMD Phenom II X4 Deneb
  • AMD Phenom II X4 Propus
  • AMD Phenom II X4 Zosma
  • AMD Phenom II X6 Thuban
  • AMD Sempron Sargas
  • AMD Sempron X2 Regor
Note! Some steppings might require updated BIOS/microcode to work properly.
Supports up to 220W TDP CPUs.

System memory

  • Type: DDR3 1066/1333/1600 MHz
    2 memory channels on 4x 240-pin DIMM
    ECC memory is optional
Max supported: 32.00 GB

Platform

Northbridge/MCH: AMD 990FX
Southbridge/ICH/PCH/MCP: AMD SB950
SuperIO: ITE IT8620
Realtek ALC1150 audio IC over HD Audio bus
Killer E2400 for 1G operation
32 Mbit SPI BIOS ROM

Power supply

Main board power: 24-pin ATX
CPU power: 8-pin EPS
2 3-pin DC fan headers
2 4-pin PWM fan headers

Expansion slots

3 PCIe x16 slots
3-way nVidia SLI support
3-way ATi/AMD CrossFire support
3 PCIe x1 slots

Rear I/O ports

PS/2 mouse+keyboard combo
4x USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)
2x USB 3.0 (5 Gb/s)
1x USB 3.1 (10 Gb/s)
1x USB Type-C
1x RJ-45
Audio connectors: Line out, Line in, Microphone in

Internal I/O headers

6x USB 2.0 (480 Mb/s)
1x USB 3.x (5+ Gb/s)
1x RS232 serial
Audio headers: S/PDIF
Header for front HD Audio
TPM header

Storage

6 SATA-III (6 Gb/s) ports
SATA RAID supported

Circuit board

ATX form factor
PCB manufactured in the year 2016

Notes

2280 M.2 slot with NVMe support. The bottom PCIe 16x slot is wired as 4x.

Gallery

Board picture

Attachments

Documentation

BIOS image

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