GIGABYTE FM2+ series motherboards based on AMD A88X chipset and feature the new FM2+ APU socket‎,‎ and are designed to get the most from forthcoming Kaveri AMD APUs‎,‎ while preserving compatibility for current AMD FM2 APUs‎.‎ FM2+ AMD APUs offer native support for 8 GT/s PCI Express gen 3.0 as well as DX11.1 support integrating the high performance ‘Steamroller’ core‎.‎ AMD socket FM2+ APUs also offer native support for 4K resolution displays on HDMI port‎.‎

Technical Specifications‎:‎

APU

• FM2+ Socket‎:‎ AMD A series processors‎,‎ AMD Athlon™ series processors

Chipset

• AMD A88X

Memory

• 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Support for DDR3 2400‎(‎OC‎)‎/2133/1866/1600/1333 MHz memory modules
• Support for AMD Memory Profile ‎(‎AMP‎)‎/Extreme Memory Profile ‎(‎XMP‎)‎ memory modules

Onboard Graphics

• APU with integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 8000/7000 series graphics
• 1 x D‎-Sub port‎,‎ supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200
• 1 x DVI‎-D port‎,‎ supporting a maximum resolution of 2560x1600
• 1 x HDMI port‎,‎ supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160
• Maximum shared memory of 2 GB

Audio

• Realtek® ALC892 codec
• High Definition Audio
• 2/4/5.1/7.1‎-channel
• Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

• Realtek® GbE LAN chip ‎(‎10/100/1000 Mbit‎)‎

Expansion Slots

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot‎,‎ running at x16 ‎(‎PCIEX16‎)‎
• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot‎,‎ running at x4 ‎(‎PCIEX4‎)‎
• 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
• 2 x PCI slots

Multi‎-Graphics Technology

• Support for AMD CrossFire™ technology
• Support for AMD Dual Graphics technology

Storage Interface

• 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• Support for RAID 0‎,‎ RAID 1‎,‎ RAID 5‎,‎ RAID 10‎,‎ and JBOD

USB

• 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports ‎(‎2 ports on the back panel‎,‎ 2 ports available through the internal USB header‎)‎
• 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports ‎(‎4 ports on the back panel‎,‎ 4 ports available through the internal USB headers‎)‎

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1 x 24‎-pin ATX main power connector
• 1 x 8‎-pin ATX 12V power connector
• 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 1 x APU fan header
• 3 x system fan headers
• 1 x front panel header
• 1 x front panel audio header
• 1 x S/PDIF Out header
• 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
• 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
• 1 x serial port header
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
• 1 x Trusted Platform Module ‎(‎TPM‎)‎ header

Back Panel Connectors

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
• 1 x D‎-Sub port
• 1 x DVI‎-D port
• 1 x HDMI port
• 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 1 x RJ‎-45 port
• 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
• 5 x audio jacks ‎(‎Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out‎,‎ Rear Speaker Out‎,‎ Line In‎,‎ Line Out‎,‎ Mic In‎)‎

I/O Controller

• iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring

• System voltage detection
• APU/System temperature detection
• APU/System fan speed detection
• APU/System fan speed control

BIOS

• 2 x 64 Mbit flash
• Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
• Support for DualBIOS™
• PnP 1.0a‎,‎ DMI 2.7‎,‎ WfM 2.0‎,‎ SM BIOS 2.7‎,‎ ACPI 5.0

Unique Features

• Support for @BIOS
• Support for Q‎-Flash
• Support for Xpress Install
• Support for Smart Recovery 2
• Support for ON/OFF Charge

Bundle Software

• Norton® Internet Security ‎(‎OEM version‎)‎

Operating System

• Support for Windows 8.1/8/7 32‎-bit/64‎-bit
• Support for Windows XP 32‎-bit

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor‎,‎ 30.5cm x 22.5cm