Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 FX Socket AM2 NNVIDIA nForce 560 ATX Gigabit LAN |
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GA-M56S-S3
£37.51ex £44.07inc
Expected Delivery: 5-10 Days
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GIGABYTE Technology latest S series motherboards for AMD socket AM2 platform, featuring with three innovative features- Safe, Smart, and Speed Technologies. The new S series motherboards GA-M56S-S3; supporting AMD new generation AM2 processor with dual channel DDR2 800MHz high frequency memories, providing reliable and user friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance easily via personalized software settings. GIGABYTE S series motherboards, the champions choice for AMD Socket AM2 platform! The Speed compliant motherboards of GIGABYTE S series provide intelligent over-clocking and over-voltage software settings through the well known EasyTune5, R.G.B. and M.I.T. utilities! The Smart featured motherboards of GIGABYTE S series provide GIGABYTE proprietary innovative software such as Download Center, @BIOS, Q-Flash, Xpress Install, Boot menu, and Smart Fan. BIOS and driver management now becomes much easier and user friendly through GIGABYTE Smart features! Safe is the key feature of GIGABYTE S series motherboards with the following elements: Excellent hardware design, reinforced BIOS protection through GIGABYTE Virtual Dual BIOS Technology and GIGABYTE BIOS Setting Recovery Technology. Unique system software such as Xpress Recovery 2, PC Health Monitor, HDD S.M.A.R.T., and C.O.M. further strengthen the stability and reliability of your PC! The leading-edge performance and unparallel technology of AMD AthlonTM64 socket AM2 series processor has built its strength on the well-known AMD64 framework which consisted of 64-bit computing platform, HyperTransport Technology, and integrated memory controller. The latest AthlonTM64 socket AM2 processor brings the power and multitasking performance on the desktop platform and ensures superior performance on mission critical business applications. |
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| CPU |
| Supported Processors |
AMD Athlon 64 FX AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Athlon 64 Sempron |
| Socket |
Socket AM2 |
| Motherboard |
| Chipset |
NVIDIA nForce 560 |
| Input/Output Controller |
Super I/O: ITE IT8716 chip |
| SATA Supported |
Yes |
| IDE/EIDE Supported |
Yes |
| Firewire Controller |
TI IEEE 1394 controller |
| Firewire Supported |
Yes |
| Rear Panel I/O Ports |
| S/PDIF Port |
1 x Optical S/PDIF Output 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output |
| Audio Line In Ports |
1 |
| Audio Line Out Ports |
1 x Line Out 1 x Centre/Subwoofer 1 x Rear Surround 1 x Side Surround |
| Microphone In Port |
1 |
| Keyboard Port |
1 |
| Mouse Port |
1 |
| RJ-45 Ports |
1 x RJ-45 |
| Firewire Ports |
1 x IEEE 1394 |
| Parallel Ports |
1 |
| Serial Ports |
1 x COM A |
| USB Ports |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| Internal I/O Connectors |
| Floppy Channels |
1 x Floppy Disk Drive Connector |
| SATA Connectors |
4 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors |
| IDE Connectors |
1 x IDE connector |
| S/PDIF Connectors |
1 x S/PDIF-in/out |
| USB Connectors |
3 x USB 2.0 Connectors (for 6 additional USB 2.0 ports by cables) |
| Firewire Connectors |
2 x IEEE 1394a Connectors (for additional 2 Port by cable) |
| Cooling Fan Support |
1 x CPU Fan 1 x System Fan |
| Auxiliary Audio Support |
1 x CD |
| Front Panel Connectors |
1 x Front panel 1 x Front audio header 1 x Power LED |
| Chassis Intrusion Connector |
1 |
| Expansion |
| PCI 32 bit |
4 x PCI Slots |
| PCI Express Slot |
1 x PCI Express x16 1 x PCI Express x1 Slots |
| Memory |
| Maximum RAM |
16384 MB |
| Memory Bus Speed |
800 MHz |
| Memory Type |
DDR2 |
| Memory Expansion Options |
Supports 1.8V DDR 2 DIMM |
| Memory Bus Speed Range |
400 to 800 MHz |
| System |
| BIOS |
1 4Mbit flash ROM, Award BIOS |
| Special Features |
Supports @BIOS Supports Download Center Supports Q-Flash Supports EasyTune (Note 3) Supports Xpress Install Supports Xpress Recovery2 Supports Virtual Dual BIOS |
| Electrical |
| Power Connector |
1 x 24-pin ATX 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V |
| Physical |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Width |
30.5 cm |
| Length |
21.4 cm |
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- AMD Athlon64 X2 / Athlon64 Socket AM2 platform
- Supports high performance Dual Channel DDR2 800 memory
- Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
- Optimized Gigabit LAN connection
- Integrated T.I. IEEE 1394 FireWire interface
- Feature 8-channel Intel High Definition Audio
- RoHS compliant motherboard for green computing
- Supports Windows Vista Premium
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