Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 rev 3.1 with AM3+ Socket spotted in Japan. With the new socket, it means that it supports the upcoming 8 Core processor from AMD. The CPU is expected to make it’s first appearance in June at Computex Taipei 2011.
The board shares the same model number as it’s previous model 890FXA-UD5 but this new board is REV 3.1 and comes with a black colour socket.
Below are pictures of the packaging and board.
| Model | GA-890FXA-UD5 3.1 |
| Tiptop Name | 9M890FXA5 |
| Chipset | AMD 890FX+SB850 |
| Form Factor | ATX (305×230) |
| Memory | 2 ch, 4 DIMM DDR3 (1866+)/1333/ 1066/ 800 |
| System Bus | 5200MHz |
| Graphics | PCI-E 2.0 |
| VGA share memory(Max) | – |
| Driect X support | |
| PCI-Ex16 | 3 slot(2×16 or 1×16+2×8) |
| PCI | 1 |
| PCI-Ex1 | 2 PCI-E*1+1 PCI-Ex4 |
| SATA | 6 SATA 6Gb/s +4 SATA 3Gb/s ( GIGABYTE SATA2 2S1P+ JM362 2S) |
| RAID | 0, 1,5, 0+1,JBOD |
| PATA | 1 |
| LAN | 2*GbE LAN (Realtek 8111E) |
| 1394 | 3 (TI 1394a, 1*F 2×5, 2*B 6pin+4pin, no cable) |
| USB | 14 USB2.0 (F6, B8, no cable)+ 2 rear USB 3.0 |
| Audio | 8ch ALC889/Dolby (F 2×5, B 6 jack/8ch; B RCA/ Optical S/PDIF out, S/PDIF in/out by pin header |
| BIOS | Dual BIOS |
| I/O | ITE8720 |
| Heat Pipe | For NB & MOS |
| Heatsink | for SB |
| TPM | control IC footprint |
| PCB Layer | 6 |
| Cable | 4*SATA II cables +1*IDE |
| COM Port | 1; by pin header |
| Remark | * support core boost * DualBIOS™ 3TB+ HDD Support * AM3+ support |