Gigabyte reveals support for AMD Socket AM3+ CPUs

Posted on Monday, April 04 2011 @ 20:39 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Gigabyte announced a new line of sixteen Black Socket motherboards with support for AMD's upcoming Socket AM3+ processors.
GIGABYTE INC., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today announced a new line of 16 “Black Socket” motherboards previously unveiled at CeBIT 2011 that offer support for AMD’s next generation , 32nm AM3+ CPUs and are based on current generation AMD 800/700 series chipset-based motherboards.

Wanting to ensure users their motherboard is able to take advantage of all the performance enhancements that AMD’s upcoming AM3+ CPUs have to offer, GIGABYTE has equipped their entire line of AM3+ CPU ready motherboards with a new black colored socket, making it easy to spot for AM3+ support. In addition, GIGABYTE “Black Socket” series offer full backwards compatibility with AMD’s current generation AM3 socket CPUs, allowing for painless migration to the AM3+ CPUs when they become available.

GIGABYTE AM3+ “Black Socket” Series

890FXA-UD5 (Rev 3.1)
890GPA-UD3H (Rev 3.1)
880GA-UD3H (Rev 3.1)
880GM-USB3 (Rev 3.1)
880GM-USB3L (Rev 3.1)
870A-UD3 (Rev 3.1)
870A-USB3 (Rev 3.1)
MA770T-UD3 (Rev 3.1)
780T-USB3 (Rev 3.1)
78LMT-S2P (Rev 3.1)


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