GIGABYTE MB Sc AM3 MA770-ES3, AMD 770, DDR2

CPU

1. Support for Socket AM3 / AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX processor/ AMD Phenom™ X4 processor/ AMD Phenom™ X3 processor/ AMD Athlon™ X2 processor/ AMD Athlon™ processor/ AMD Sempron™ X2 processor/ AMD Sempron™ processor

Hyper Transport Bus

1. 5200 MT/s

Chipset

1. North Bridge: AMD 770
2. South Bridge: AMD SB710

Memory

1. 2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory (Note1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR2 1200(OC)/1066/800 MHz memory modules
4. Support ECC memory modules (Note 2)

Audio

1. Realtek ALC888 codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel (Note 3)
4. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
5. Support for CD In

LAN

1. Realtek 8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIE_16)
   (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2. 4 x PCI Express x1 slots
3. 2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface South Bridge:

1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1

iTE IT8720 chip:

1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive

USB Integrated in the South Bridge:

1. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)

Internal I/O Connectors

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
4. 1 x IDE connector
5. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
6. 1 x CPU fan header
7. 2 x system fan headers
8. 1 x power fan header
9. 1 x front panel header
10. 1 x front panel audio header
11. 1 x CD In connector
12. 1 x S/PDIF In header
13. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
14. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
15. 1 x clearing CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors

1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port or PS/2 mouse port
2. 1 x parallel port
3. 1 x serial port
4. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
5. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
6. 1 x RJ-45 port
7. 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller

1. iTE IT8720 chip

H/W Monitoring System voltage detection:

1. CPU/System temperature detection
2. CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
3. CPU overheating warning
4. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
5. CPU fan speed control (Note 4)

BIOS

1. 2 x 8 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Support DualBIOS™
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b

Unique Features

1. Support for @BIOS
2. Support for Download Center
3. Support for Q-Flash
4. Support for EasyTune (Note 5)
5. Support for Xpress Install
6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
7. Support for Virtual Dual BIOS
8. Support for Easy Energy Saver

Bundle Software

1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System

1. Support for Microsoft^Â Windows Vista/XP

Form Factor

1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 19.0cm