Gigabyte 790FXTA-UD5 brings USB 3/SATA 6 to AMD

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited November 2009 in Science & Tech
Gigabyte 790FXTA-UD5 brings USB 3/SATA 6 to AMD

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  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    That's pretty slick but how long until more devices hit the market that will support USB3 and SATA6?

    I think I've seen one advertised product on the egg last week that claimed USB3 specs but that's about it.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Probably nothing in volume until 2H10.
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Nice stuff, but I am going to wait until AMD does a chipset update.
  • photodudephotodude Salt Lake, Utah Member
    edited November 2009
    I think the 333 was meant to be USB3 / SATA3 /PCIe3 But since PCIe3 was pushed back to 2H10 I guess marketing filled in the other 3

    Cliff_Forster wrote:
    Nice stuff, but I am going to wait until AMD does a chipset update.

    What chipsets might get an update?

    If this was an AM2/AM2+/AM3 board with DDR2 I would have been mad that I just upgraded my board. Maybe I'll consider it after I get a 965, But I think I'll hold out for PCIe3.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    You're going to be waiting quite a while for a board with PCI Express 3.0. Nobody has the technology on their roadmap for all of 2009 and 2010. You might see PCIe3 boards in 2Q11.
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Photodude, AMD has 8xx series chipsets in the pipe. AM3, all about Spring 2010. I'll wait until then to do a motherboard upgrade.
  • photodudephotodude Salt Lake, Utah Member
    edited November 2009
    Cliff_Forster wrote:
    Photodude, AMD has 8xx series chipsets in the pipe. AM3, all about Spring 2010. I'll wait until then to do a motherboard upgrade.

    So best to wait a little for some better features.

    come spring I will be thinking about the i9 vs considering holding out for the 8-core xeon; rather then anymore upgrades to my AMD platform, I'm thinking I'll pick up a 965 soon and consider that system as reaching the end of it's upgrades. well I might consider one last motherboard upgrade to get USB3, will hold out for the 8xx chipsets
    Thrax wrote:
    You're going to be waiting quite a while for a board with PCI Express 3.0. Nobody has the technology on their roadmap for all of 2009 and 2010. You might see PCIe3 boards in 2Q11.

    I was under the impression that video card manufactures wouldn't have products with PCIe3 until 4Q10 or 2H11 but that we would likely start seeing mobos in 2H10 about 3-4 months after PCIe3 is finalized and released.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    'Fraid not. :( Neither Intel nor AMD has PCIe3 in the cards for 2010 at all.
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