GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P Rev.2.0 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ DDR3 ATX Motherboard. The GIGABYTE AMD 900 series motherboard is designed to offer a stable, high-speed platform for delivering amazingly fast data transfer via the GIGABYTE Ultra Durble™ technologies. Featuring the USB3.0 controller, AMD 900 series motherboards allow users to take advantage of super fast USB transfer rates of up to 5Gbps, delivering 10x faster data transfer compared to USB 2.0. Utilizing the industry's first Serial ATA Revision 3.0 solution via AMD SB950 chipset, GIGABYTE AMD 900 series motherboards provide native 6 ports of next generation high speed data storage devices support with data transfer speeds of up to 6 Gbps. The AMD 900 series motherboards introduce a unique hardware design with lower resistance fuses for ensuring lower voltage drops and providing more stable and plentiful power delivery.

- Supports AMD AM3+ FX / AM3 series Processors
- GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ Technology
- GIGABYTE Digital Power Engine
- Audio Noise Guard with High Quality Audio Capacitors
- GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™
- 2-way CrossFire™ Support
- 4 USB 3.0 ports with transfer rates of up to 5Gbps
- GIGABYTE On/Off Charge™ for USB devices











CPU
AM3+ Socket:
AMD AM3+ FX processors
AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor
Hyper Transport Bus
HyperTransport™ 3.0
Support up to 5200MT/s
Chipset
North Bridge: AMD 970
South Bridge: AMD SB950
Memory
4 x 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)
Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
Audio
Realtek® 892 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN
Realtek® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 3)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express slots conform to the PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2 x PCI slots
Storage Interface
South Bridge:
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD
USB
South Bridge:
14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)
VIA® VL805 chip:
4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power 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 Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
1 x RJ-45 port
6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Side Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)
I/O Controller
iTE® I/O Controller 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 4)
BIOS
2 x 32 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
Support for DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
Unique 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
Cloud Station
EasyTune
Game Controller
Smart TimeLock
Smart Recovery 2
System Information Viewer
USB Blocker
V-Tuner
Support for Q-Flash
Support for ON/OFF Charge
Support for Smart Switch
Support for Xpress Install
Operating System
Support for Windows 10/8.1/7 32-bit/64-bit
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 22.4cm
Note
(Note 1) 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.
(Note 2) To support a DDR3 1866 MHz (and above) memory, you must install an AM3+ CPU first.
(Note 3) For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
(Note 4) Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.










CPU Support