AM3+ boards have arrived??

[X@nder36]

Found this on the egg, pretty interesting: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128485

Only one like it so far...

Too bad it has no MOSFET cooling

 

[fntastiK]

Hmm, they're not supposed to be really until Bulldozer release...I don't know its an error or if its real (even thought it doesnt seems like an error)..

EDIT: just looked up and YES this gigabyte is the first AM3+ mobo on the market


http://ca.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3788#ov

 

[X@nder36]

Thank you fntastiK, I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one who cared haha. Hopefully with one board out, this will open the floodgates. I don't think other manufacturers would want GB to get ahead in the AM3+ market. Let the competition begin!

 

[fntastiK]

haha, its useless to release AM3+ board when bulldozer isn't even out

 

[X@nder36]

True. One can only hope its on the boards' heels. Maybe GB is trying to market to people who want to be able to upgrade to BD later, but want/need a phenom now.

 

[fntastiK]

I think that's just an opportunity for MSI and Asus to take Gigabyte's idea and make better. Just like when Microsft release their Xbox and Sony took advantage and release a year later a better product.

 

[Mehovoric]

Mystery and intrigue.
I just looked at the newegg link and it does not say AM3+ ... just AM3.
However Gigabytes website only lists on AM3+ mobo. And that is the MA770T, which when you look up on newegg only says AM3. So maybe I'm missing something? I don't know.

 

[HankB]

haha, its useless to release AM3+ board when bulldozer isn't even out

Isn't the AM3+ socket backward compatible with AM3 processors? If so, I would select an AM3+ board if I were buying today and plug an AM3 processor in it. At some later time I could upgrade to a Bulldozer. Of course that provides the opportunity to experience some of the growing pains of the AM3+ architecture without actually benefiting from having an AM3+ CPU.

 

[Pvt.Dancer]

The ASUS Crosshair IV formula has a bios update for AM3+ testing only just saw it.

 

[Bobnova]

The photos of that gigabyte board show an AM3 socket, AM3+ has one of the blanked out pin sections as only a single pin.

 

[X@nder36]

The photos of that gigabyte board show an AM3 socket, AM3+ has one of the blanked out pin sections as only a single pin.

I did notice that. However, on gigabyte's website they show the black sockets. They also took the boards down(?). Next time they pop back up, I'll shoot Newegg an email and see whats going on.