GiGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 Revisions

[Kane1414]

I want to get the GA-990FXA-UD3 but there is a rev 1.0, rev 1.1, rev 1.2, rev 3.0, and a rev 4.0 but I don't know that the Rev is or even means so I don't know what to look for.

 

[laviniuc]

on the box of the motherboard, look for a sticker with barcodes. it should have also the revision of the motherboard. it's versions of the same motherboard model each one slightly different.

it should be written somewhere around the motherboard name logo on the motherboard itself - around the cpu or pci ex connector

 

[laviniuc]

sorry, reread your post, before you buy it you can't really tell - except by looking at the box as i said. most of the time it will be the latest revision (4.0) but not always. good news the specs of the don't change a lot between revisions, they do small tweaks around the motherboad, preload a certain bios, etc.

 

[Kane1414]

So what would change between between the 1.1 and the 4.0?

 

[laviniuc]

http://www.techpowerup.com/186972/gigabyte-rolls-out-990fxa-ud3-rev-4.html

Gigabyte rolled out the fifth revision to its 990FXA-UD3 socket AM3+ motherboard, which possibly heralds a series of upgrades to the company's existing socket AM3+ motherboard SKUs. The 990FXA-UD3 Rev. 4 features a host of changes over its UEFI-equipped predecessor, beginning with a refreshed 10-phase CPU VRM (Digital Power Engine), a different selection of chokes, capacitors, and MOSFETs, newer VRM and chipset heatsinks capable of handling higher thermal loads, and Gigabyte's newest UEFI setup program. The board is otherwise identical to the 990FXA-UD3 Rev 3.

so same pcb, slightly better components on it. it does however mean that bioses for the 3.0 revision DO NOT work on 4.0 and the other way around.

looks like it was launched on 2013 so if you're buying it now, you'll most likely get the latest revision (4.0)

 

[Kane1414]

I wanna buy this http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-990FXA-UD3-990FX-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B0055QYKQO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892610&sr=8-1&keywords=990FXA-UD3&pebp=1422892613679&peasin=B0055QYKQO but it says its rev 1.1 so would I get 4.0 or the 1.1? Other websites don't even say the revision.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Revision 4 is the best.

 

[laviniuc]

I wanna buy this http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-990FXA-UD3-990FX-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B0055QYKQO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892610&sr=8-1&keywords=990FXA-UD3&pebp=1422892613679&peasin=B0055QYKQO but it says its rev 1.1 so would I get 4.0 or the 1.1? Other websites don't even say the revision.

where did you find it says 1.1 gets shipped? i would assume you get the 4.0

 

[Kane1414]

Under the cpu socket listing. And I know 4.0 is the best but I dont know where to buy it for a good price. After relooking at it the cpu thing says 1.1 but the picture says 4.0. what would it be?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

By now they should be in the later revisions.

 

[Kane1414]

Ok. Thanks! I just ordered it!

 

[laviniuc]

actually if you look at the top left corner next to designed in taipei it says rev 4.0

 

[laviniuc]

the 1.1 you see is actually pciex1_1 that's how they label that pci ex slot

 

[Kane1414]

Oh ok. Thanks!