GIGABYTE INC., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today announced a new line of 16 “Black Socket” motherboards previously unveiled at CeBIT 2011 that offer support for AMD’s next generation , 32nm AM3+ CPUs and are based on current generation AMD 800/700 series chipset-based motherboards. This new crop of AMD 990FX boards enable Support for AMD Next Generation CPUs for Current AMD 800/700 Series Chipset Motherboards

Wanting to ensure users their motherboard is able to take advantage of all the performance enhancements that AMD’s upcoming AM3+ CPUs have to offer, GIGABYTE has equipped their entire line of AM3+ CPU ready motherboards with a new black colored socket, making it easy to spot for AM3+ support. In addition, GIGABYTE “Black Socket” series offer full backwards compatibility with AMD’s current generation AM3 socket CPUs, allowing for painless migration to the AM3+ CPUs when they become available. GIGABYTE AM3+ “Black Socket” Series:
890FXA-UD5 (Rev 3.1) 890FX+SB850
890GPA-UD3H (Rev 3.1) 890GX+SB850

880GA-UD3H (Rev 3.1) 880G+SB850 880GM-USB3 (Rev 3.1) 880G+SB710
880GM-USB3L (Rev 3.1) ~Coming Soon
870A-UD3 (Rev 3.1) 870+SB850
870A-USB3 (Rev 3.1)
MA770T-UD3 (Rev 3.1) 770+SB710
780T-USB3 (Rev 3.1) 760G+SB710 ~Coming Soon
78LMT-S2P (Rev 3.1)~Coming Soon

To learn more about the GIGBYTE AM3+ ready “Black Socket” motherboards, please visit: http://www.gigabyte.com/MicroSite/274/mb-am3plus.html

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