Tuesday, December 13th 2011
Sapphire Releases the Pure Black 990FX (AM3+) Motherboard
Well-known add-in board maker Sapphire Technology has today introduced the Pure Black 990FX, a high-end full ATX motherboard which is based on AMD's 990FX/SB950 chip combo and supports both AM3 and AM3+ processors.
Sapphire's new board comes with a black PCB and features a passive cooling solution, Diamond Black chokes, four DDR3 memory slots, nine SATA ports (six are SATA 6.0 Gbps, the rest are 3.0 Gbps) and six PCI-Express x16 slots for CrossFireX setups.
The Pure Black 990FX also has dual Gigabit Ethernet, one eSATA connector, four USB 3.0 ports (two on the back panel, two more via a header), Bluetooth, 7.1 channel audio, UEFI BIOS (and a Dual BIOS), a debug LED, and a MOLEX connector to supply graphics cards with more power. This motherboard has already started shipping and can be found listed with a price tag of 159.90 Euro.
Sapphire's new board comes with a black PCB and features a passive cooling solution, Diamond Black chokes, four DDR3 memory slots, nine SATA ports (six are SATA 6.0 Gbps, the rest are 3.0 Gbps) and six PCI-Express x16 slots for CrossFireX setups.
The Pure Black 990FX also has dual Gigabit Ethernet, one eSATA connector, four USB 3.0 ports (two on the back panel, two more via a header), Bluetooth, 7.1 channel audio, UEFI BIOS (and a Dual BIOS), a debug LED, and a MOLEX connector to supply graphics cards with more power. This motherboard has already started shipping and can be found listed with a price tag of 159.90 Euro.
12 Comments on Sapphire Releases the Pure Black 990FX (AM3+) Motherboard
Doesn't make sense.
Also, no sound card/regular expansion slots at all?
Cmon at-least chuck one in!
Although if all 6 pci-e slots are truely x16 that's quite impressive, could they all run at that speed?
Could be handy for a folder I guess In that case.
I too miss the white PCB, seems with all the white cases it should have made a resurgence by now!?!?
WTF is this?:wtf:
Anybody know anyone who can custom manufacture a motherboard? :p
Most sound cards/ etc are pci-e these days.
PCI-Ex1 offers 250MB/s of bandwidth.
By offering all PCI-E slots, a motherboard can support more current generation stuff. Why would you cause such a fuss buying a $60 PCI-Ex1 sound card when you're spending money on a 990FX board?