Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7: Motherboard AMD 990FX Socket AM3+ Kelas Atas

Chipset 990FX merupakan kelas high-end terbaru dari AMD. Chipset ini direncanakan sebagai pasangan prosesor AMD yang akan datang, yaitu Bulldozer. Walau begitu, soket yang digunakan Bulldozer, socket AM3+, juga kompatibel dengan prosesor AMD yang menggunakan soket AM3. Backward compatibility ini cukup menguntungkan para pengguna yang ingin menggunakan Bulldozer di kemudian hari tetapi masih ingin menggunakan prosesor lamanya. Selain itu, AMD akhirnya kembali mengusung kemampuan konfigurasi multi graphic card untuk NVIDIA (SLI) di chipset ini. Ini tentunya berita gembira bagi pencinta AMD yang juga menggunakan graphic card NVIDIA.

Kali ini, kami hadirkan perwakilan dari Gigabyte dalam bentuk Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7. Bagaimana performa chipset baru AMD ini ketika digabungkan dengan platform high end Gigabyte? Mari kita lihat bersama.



Spesifikasinya :

CPU AM3+ Socket:
Support for AMD AM3+ FX processors
Support for AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processors / AMD Athlon™ II processors
(Please refer “CPU Support List” for more information.)

Hyper Transport Bus
5200 MT/s
Chipset
North Bridge: AMD 990FX
South Bridge: AMD SB950
Memory
4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory (Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules (Note 2)
(Please refer “Memory Support List” for more information.)

Audio
Realtek ALC889 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for Dolby Home Theater
Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN
1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2) (Note 3)
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2) (Note 4)
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)(All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
1 x PCI slot
Multi-Graphics Technology
Support for 2-Way/3-Way/4-Way AMD CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA SLI™ technology
Storage Interface South Bridge:
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3_0~SATA3_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD
2 x Marvell 88SE9172 chips:

2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors (including 1 eSATA/USB Combo connector) on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1
USB South Bridge:
Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports on the back panel, including 1 eSATA/USB Combo connector, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)
2 x Etron EJ168 chips:

Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
IEEE 1394 VIA VT6308 chip:
Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 port on the back panel, 1 port available through the internal IEEE 1394a header)
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x PCIe power connector
8 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
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
1 x IEEE 1394a header
1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
1 x clearing CMOS jumper
1 x clearing CMOS button
1 x power button
1 x reset button
Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
1 x IEEE 1394a port
7 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
1 x eSATA/USB Combo connector
1 x eSATA 6Gb/s connector
1 x RJ-45 port
6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
I/O Controller
ITE IT8720 chip
H/W Monitoring
System voltage detection
CPU/System temperature detection
CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
CPU overheating warning
CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
CPU/System fan speed control (Note 5)
BIOS
2 x 32 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
Support for DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
Unique Features
Support for @BIOS
Support for Q-Flash
Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue
Support for Download Center
Support for Xpress Install
Support for Xpress Recovery2
Support for EasyTune (Note 6)
Support for Easy Energy Saver
Support for Smart Recovery
Support for Auto Green
Support for ON/OFF Charge
Support for Cloud OC
Support for 3TB+ Unlock
Support for Q-Share
Bundle Software
Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
Operating System
Support for Microsoft Windows 7/ Vista/ XP
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 26.3cm




berdasarkan hasil test di laboratorium jagatreview, secara keseluruhan untuk motherboard ini tampil tidak mengecewakan, baik dari segi performa dan fiturnya. Performa yang disajikan masih kurang maksimal karena masih diuji dengan prosesor lama. Tentunya, hasil yang optimal akan didapatkan apabila digabungkan dengan prosesor AMD berikutnya, Bulldozer.

Fitur yang disajikan motherboard ini bisa dibilang melimpah. Motherboard ini pun banyak mengusung fitur yang telah teruji di motherboard Gigabyte lainnya seperti penggunaan SATA power sebagai power PCI-Express dan penggunaan color scheme hitam. Fitur-fitur inilah yang menjadi kekuatan dari motherboard ini.



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