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AM3/AM3 Socket For Bulldozer and Existing Phenom II Compatibility, Three Way CrossFireX and SLI Capable, USB 3.0 With Header, Eight SATA III Channels With Excellent Read/Write Rates, DDR3 2000 Ready, Excellent Detail and Finish, Attractive Styling, Excellent Included Utilities and Drivers, Easy Tune 6 For Easy One Click OC,
OC Required More Voltage Than Comparable Boards, Gold
Straight out of the box, the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 lets you know that it is a serious motherboard design, and one that was executed well. The design is sleek and attractive, with great attention to detail. One may ask what looks matter in a motherboar...
Great motherboard styling, 6 Core AMD Support, Core Unlock Feature, USB Charge Option, 3-Way Crossfire, 3-Way SLI, Decent Motherboard Cooling, Support for 5 Video Cards
Found HT limitation approaching 300Mhz HT, No debug LED, No onboard pwr/rst/cmos buttons
It has been quite some time since we last reviewed an AMD enabled motherboard and much to our surprise not much has changed. Granted the processors have gotten more powerful and they overclock better however none of that can be realized if your mothe...
Gigabyte is known for making quality motherboards and there is no exception here. Our objective was to compare the 990FXA-UD5 and the 890FXA-UD5 to see the improvements with Bulldozer lurking around the corner. Unfortunately, AMD's setback with LLano's...
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Published: 2013-10-08, Author: Lewis , review by: play3r.net
Gigabyte has definitely brought out a very decent board for the AMD market. Its wealth of bios options does make overclocking a simple task indeed on the 990FXA-UD5 despite the vdroop issues. The touch bios isn't perfect though and I wish that every singl...
5ghz, yes 5ghz!, decent performance, good for 3D rendering, hand picked for maximum frequencies,
needs high end cooling, puts a lot of strain on the motherboard, runs hot, high power drain, struggles to compete, Kitguru says: An interesting release from AMD to target system builders, but we can't help but feel it is a little like bringing a knife to
After spending the last week with this system we can make an educated guess that AMD simply wanted to be first to release a 5ghz processor. There seems to be no logical reason why the release of the FX9590 processor makes any sense in today's market. AMD...
