Testseek.com have collected 66 expert reviews of the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7.
August 2011
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82 Phase Power Design
Ultra Durable 3
Four USB 3.0 Ports via EtronTech EJ168
Firewire ports (one in rear I/O and one onboard) via VIA 6T308P
Gigabyte LAN via Realtek 8111E
Onboard power
Reset and Clear CMOS buttons
Extra pair of SATA6G ports via Ma
Loaded with PCI Express x16 slots
Supports CrossFireX and SLI
Supports up to 10 SATA 6Gbps drives
Superb Power Management
Solid Overclocking
Easy to use
Easy Troubleshooting
Very Good I/O Performance Overall
Beautiful Color Scheme
Good Builtin Audio Performance
USB charging while PC is off
Backward compatible with AM3 processors
Heat pipe cooling
Plenty of ports
USB 3.0
ESATA
SATA-III
Six PCIE x16 slots for 4 mult-GPU support
Onboard Debug error code
Power on/off
Reset buttons
Excellent board layout
The editors didn't like
Lack of builtin WiFi
No more that I can think of since there is now LLC support in v1.1
BIOS is still text-based
Primary PCIe Slot can cause difficulty when removing cards
Gigabyte seemingly has put the 990FXA-UD7 motherboard on the market that has a lot of issues. You really need to read through the review to understand why. As it stands, there is no way we can suggest you purchase this motherboard. AMD needs to worried...
USB charging while PC is off, Backward compatible with AM3 processors, Heat pipe cooling, Plenty of ports: USB 3.0, eSATA, SATA-III, Six PCIE x16 slots for 4 mult-GPU support, Onboard Debug error code, Power on/off, reset buttons, Excellent board layout
Lack UEFI BIOS
As expected the latest AMD 990FX/SB950 shows no significant performance gain over the last generation chipset from AMD (890FX/SB850). The new chipset is essentially identical except it offers native support for Bulldozer and NVIDIA SLI. While we are d...
Finals Words and conclusionIt is nearly getting a little repetitive to review the 990FX chipset once again with a Phenom II processor.So just like the ASUS review allow me to split up this conclusion into two segments, the AMD chipset and the ASUS motherb...
Abstract: This is a really exciting time to be an AMD fan. We have their new AM3+ platform motherboards. These boards feature their new SB950 chipset. This chipset is geared for the enthusiast market. It features both USB 3.0 support and SATA 3 sup...
Abstract: This is a really exciting time to be an AMD fan. We have their new AM3+ platform motherboards. These boards feature their new SB950 chipset. This chipset is geared for the enthusiast market. It features both USB 3.0 support and SATA 3 support. This new ch...
Great connectivity, Six double spaced PCIe, Good looks, Great overclocker, Load Line Control, Several ways to set RAID, Great onboard sound, 82 Power Phase design...
Only four fan headers, No UEFI BIOS...
I have had the advantage of owning this board for months now and as your classic "enthusiast," I have really loaded it up and put it through its paces. I have ran triple and quad Crossfire, heavily overclocked it, and used it for gaming as well as mas...
Abstract: With the launch of the AMD FX processor and its extremely overclockable nature, it's easy to overlook that many people won't be running their chips at extreme speeds. GIGABYTE's 990FXA-UD7 is as good as any in the overclocking stakes (and better than m...
