Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H Socket FM1 Motherboard Pictured

[btarunr]

Like most others, Gigabyte is ready with some of its first motherboards to launch with AMD's new Fusion Llano A-Series APU platform, based the new FM1 socket and AMD A75 chipset. Gigabyte's top socket FM1 motherboard is called GA-A75-UD4H. It's a return to the company's signature blue Ultra Durable 3 PCB. The FM1 socket is powered by a 10-phase VRM, it is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots supporting dual-channel DDR3-1866 MHz memory. Expansion slots include two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (x8/x8 when both are populated), supporting AMD CrossFireX and NVIDIA 2-way SLI; three PCI-Express x1, and two PCI.

The A75 single-chip chipset handles all the storage connectivity on this board, with five SATA 6 Gb/s internal ports, and one eSATA 6 Gb/s. Display connectivity includes DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI. Other connectivity includes eight USB 3.0 ports driven by three controllers, including four ports by header, gigabit Ethernet, 8+2 channel HD audio driven by Realtek ALC889 CODEC, and FireWire. Expect this board to be out in mid-June.



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[jalex3]

So far that asrock looks to be much better, i hope this is not really the best they have.

 

[TheLostSwede]

I hope you do realise that these are mid-range to entry-level boards for processors in the same range... there won't be any really high-end boards, as it makes no sense for the board makers to sell a board that costs as much as the CPU, sorry, APU.

 

[jalex3]

I hope you do realise that these are mid-range to entry-level boards for processors in the same range... there won't be any really high-end boards.

Just look at this feature and layout wise to the asrock. You do realise that the next bunch of aps will use the same socket? some will want a "future proof" board.