GIGABYTE First to Market with AM3+ ''Black Socket'' Motherboards

[Karlos_the_n00b]

[font="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"]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.

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. To learn more about the GIGBYTE AM3+ ready "Black Socket" motherboards, please visit [/font]http://www.gigabyte....mb-am3plus.html

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[stevebarnes15]

Thats certainly reassuring for am3 cpu owners,knowing that it has full backwards compatability,especially for those looking for a board upgrade with modern features.

And there cant be no coincidence that the sockets named the "Black Socket",i'd of thought that has something to do with black edition cpu's.

 

[AMDFTW]

still running a phenom 2 waiting for these to be relesed along with bulldozer

can not wait to do a full upgrade

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

Will probably buy one

 

[dugdiamond]

i will wait until there is a FULL AM4 mobo (with the 9XX chipsets) before i do an overhaul.

 

[Tortuga]

i will wait until there is a FULL AM4 mobo (with the 9XX chipsets) before i do an overhaul.

I agree, I would wait untill bulldozer is actually released before I start buying parts and mobos. That way you know for sure that everything will go together smooth, and all the features will for sure be supported. The only way I see someone buying one of these is if they were planning on an AMD build right now anyway and looking just do a quick cpu swap, but then again, why wouldn't they just wait?

 

[dugdiamond]

exactly... these boards are 7XX/8XX chipsets.

if i want to utilise the full potential of the bulldozer chips, then a full upgrade is called for.

i went down a similar route when upgrade to AM3...

i had an atlon X2 6000+ on a K9N SLI mobo...

then, i put that chip on a M4N82 deluxe (AM2+). i had to also buy new DDR2 and a PCIE GPU (8800GTX)...

then, i bought the 1055T. it worked, but the mobo strangled the chip...

so, i bought my MSI power edition, with which i had to buy a new PSU, new GPU, new DDR3, new case and a new cooler.

EXPENSIVE... but an affordable (over a long term), and more cautious (not knowing what is aroung the next tech corner) way of upgrading.

i did not know much about building power-rigs when i started out. i am no longer a mere padowan.

PS: in the corner off the room i have enough spare PC parts (left overs from upgrading) to build several mid-range PCs - LOL

 

[Tortuga]

I am starting to get excited to see what AMD has in store for us though. I'm also digging these AMD builds Tom is working on. I really can't wait till he does that budget AMD gaming machine build, like the 600 pound rig. Good stuff

 

[realneil]

I would wait until bulldozer is actually released before I start buying parts and mobos.

I used to buy parts right when they came out, but the 'leading edge' can be the 'bleeding edge' when things don't go well.

Now I wait for a good long time to see how others are faring with those shiny new parts first.

It helps not to go through the possible problems.