Gigabyte 6Gbps SATA, USB 3.0 AMD mobos

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/25/2009 11:27 AM | source: | 0 comment(s)

Both ASUS and Gigabyte have announced Intel P55 motherboards with 6Gbps Serial ATA and USB 3.0 but now there's good news for team AMD as well.

Gigabyte will initially release three AMD Socket AM3 boards with SATA3 and JUSB 3.0..

These new boards are the GA-790FXTA-UD5, GA-790XTA-UD4, and GA-770TA-UD3, and Gigabyte based them on AMD's 790FX, 790X, and 770 chipsets, respectively. Along with the new I/O, Gigabyte says it also increased the amount of power available through USB ports, just like on the P55 boards. (The firm advertises this new wave of mobos with the "333" label, which stands for third-gen SATA, USB 3.0, and tripled USB power.)

All three AMD boards also feature an "8+2 CPU VRM power phase design," which allows compatibility with 140W Phenom II processors. The Phenom II X4 965, in other words, which is now available with a 125W power envelope

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