A trecut ceva vreme de la ultima noastră incursiune în tabăra AMD, în special în zona de vârf, acolo unde se plasează chipset-urile AMD 890. Aşa că astăzi vom începe o mini-serie de 3 articole, în care vom studia o placă de bază echipată cu combo-ul AMD 890FX – SB850, un procesor AMD şi un kit de memorii DDR3 de la Kingston.
Articolul de astăzi va fi unul foarte scurt, şi va conţine doar o prezentare generală a modelului Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7, urmând să vedem comportamentul practic în viitoarele două articole din această mini-serie.
Aşadar, GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD7.
După cum probabil v-aţi dat seama, GA-890FXA-UD7 are ca motor principal chipset-ul AMD 890FX, alături de southbridge-ul SB850, iar acel „UD7” din coadă ne dă de înţeles că avem de-a face cu un model din gama superioară de performanţă şi dotări. De fapt, GA-890FXA-UD7 este chiar vârful de gamă din oferta de plăci de bază a GIGABYTE în momentul acesta, aşa că ne putem deja aştepta la o construcţie solidă şi la un număr mare de dotări. Să facem o mică listă cu specificaţiile, luate direct de pe site-ul GIGABYTE:
CPU | Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II processor / AMD Athlon™ II processor |
Chipset | North Bridge: AMD 890FX South Bridge: AMD SB850 |
Front Side Bus | 5200 MT/s |
Memory | 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR3 1866(OC)(Note 2)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules |
Audio | Realtek ALC889 codec High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support for Dolby Home Theater Support for S/PDIF In/Out Support for CD In |
LAN | 2 x Realtek 8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) Support for Teaming Support for Smart Dual LAN |
Expansion Slots | 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2) 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2) 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2) (All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 Standard.) 1 x PCI slot |
Multi-Graphics Technology | Support for 2-way/ 3-way/ 4-way ATI CrossFireX™ technology |
Storage | South Bridge: 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip: 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD JMicron JMB362 chip: 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors (eSATA/USB Comobo) on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD ITE 8720 chip: 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive |
USB | South Bridge: Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 on the back panel, including 2 eSATA/USB Combo, 6 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers) NEC D720200F1 Chip: Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel |
Unique Features | Support for @BIOS Support for Q-Flash Support for Xpress BIOS Rescue Support for Download Center Support for Xpress Install Support for Xpress Recovery2 Support for EasyTune (Note 6) Support for Easy Energy Saver Support for Smart Recovery Support for Auto Green Support for ON/OFF Charge Support for Q-Share |
Internal I/O Connectors | 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU fan header 2 x system fan header 1 x North Bridge fan header 1 x power fan header 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x CD In connector 1 x S/PDIF In header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x IEEE 1394a header 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x serial port header 1 x parallel port header 1 x clearing CMOS jumper 1 x clearing CMOS button 1 x power button 1 x reset button |
Back Panel I/O Ports | 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse port 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector 1 x coaxial S/PDIF out connector 2 x IEEE 1394a port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports 2 x eSATA/USB Combo connectors 2 x RJ-45 port 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone) |
H/W Monitoring | CPU/System temperature detection CPU/System fan speed detection CPU overheating warning CPU/System fan fail warning CPU/System fan speed control (Note 5) |
BIOS | 2 x 8 Mbit flash Use of licensed AWARD BIOS Support for DualBIOS™ PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b |
Form Factor | XL-ATX Form Factor; 32.5cm x 24.4cm |
Şi o privire scurtă asupra plăcii de bază:
Urmează galeria foto, unde vom analiza construcţia şi layout-ul plăcii.