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
| Motherboard | Chipset |
| 890FXA-UD5 (Rev 3.1) | 890FX+SB850 |
| 890GPA-UD3H (Rev 3.1) | 890GX+SB850 |
| 880GA-UD3H (Rev 3.1) | 880G+SB850 |
| 880GMA-USB3 (Rev 3.1) | |
| 880G-USB3 (Rev 3.1) | 880G+SB710 |
| 880GM-USB3 (Rev 3.1) | |
| 880GM-USB3L (Rev 3.1) ~Coming Soon | |
| 870A-UD3 (Rev 3.1) | 870+SB850 |
| 870-UD3P (Rev 3.1) | |
| 870A-USB3 (Rev 3.1) | |
| 870A-USB3L (Rev 3.1) | |
| MA770T-UD3P (Rev 3.1) | 770+SB710 |
| MA770T-UD3 (Rev 3.1) | |
| 770T-D3L (Rev 3.1) | |
| 780T-USB3 (Rev 3.1) ~Coming Soon | 760G+SB710 |
| 78LMT-S2P(Rev 3.1) ~Coming Soon |
To learn more about the GIGBYTE AM3+ ready “Black Socket” motherboards, please visit:
http://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/274/mb-am3plus.html