Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H Review

AMD 785G based motherboards have been flooding the PCSTATS test bench lately, but most of the platforms have been the DDR3 variety. The Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H motherboard mixes things up a little and nicely illustrates the flexibility of AMD’s Phenom II and Athlon II processors – DDR3 and DDR2 memory compatibility. Instead of using the socket AM3 / DDR3 mix, the Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H is built with a versatile socket AM2+ CPU and DDR2 memory. You’ll recall that AM3 processors like the Phenom II are backwards compatible with AM2+, and AM2 processors like the Athlon 64/Phenom are right at home in it.

In other words, the Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H motherboard is a great upgrade platform for anyone with an existing socket AM2 AMD processor who wants to take advantage of the new HD decoding and on board HDMI options the AMD 785G chipset brings to the table. AMD’s excellent upgrade paths mean the GA-MA785G-UD3H motherboard will support AMD Sempron, Athlon, Athlon II, Phenom and Phenom II processors; in short socket AM2, AM2+ and AM3 CPUs. The board has four memory slots that accommodate up to 8GB of DDR2 800/1066/1333(OC) MHz memory.

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