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I would like to introduce you to the Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 that is used for high end gaming. The GA-AB350 is made for most AMD CPU’s with an AM4 socket that is compatible with Ryzen and 7th Generation A-Series/Athlon processors. This motherboard costs $109.99 On newegg (Prices change) and is overall a good price for the performance and architecture of the board. Its sleek yet simple design could fool anybody in believing its quality and cost effectiveness. The low failure rate make it the perfect motherboard for all around Gamers.
The GA-AB350 comes in an ATX form factor and is 30.5cm x 23.0cm allowing it to fit in most medium sized cases. Its produced by the Taiwanese company Gigabyte who are located in Taipei Taiwan and are known for their high quality motherboards with over 30 Million motherboards sold and having a failure rate of only 2.5% versus ASUS who has a 3.1% fail rate. Gigabyte is worth more than 1.7 billion dollars since it was found in 1986 and has made many other performance worthy motherboards for home desktops and gaming rigs.
Specifications:
- Chipset AMD B350
- Form factor ATX
- Motherboard Speed: 2933MHz
- CPU support AMD Socket AM4 (Ryzen)
- Memory support Dual-channel, 4 x 288 Pin, DDR4max 64GB
- Sound 8-channel Realtek ALC1220 Codec
- Networking Realtek Gigabit Ethernet
- Ports 1 x M.2 PCI-E 3.0 x4 32Gbps/SATA 6Gbps (up to 22110), 6 x SATA 6Gbps, 2 x USB 3.1 Type-A, 6 x USB 3.0), 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x LAN, audio out, line in, mic, HDMI 1.4, DVI-D
- Dimensions (cm) 30.5 x 23
- Extras: RGB LED extension cable, isolated audio circuitry, steel-plated PCI-E slots
- PCI Slots: 2 x PCI Express x1 slots, 1 x PCI Express 16x 3.0 Slot, 1 x PCI Express 16x 2.0 Slot, 1 x PCIe4x Slot
The GA-AB350 has a ranking of 4 eggs on newegg and has almost over 160 reviews. Many other hardware websites like bit-tech and even earning a 9/10 on Kit-Guru. Its one of the first chipsets in its class and has been proven to handle stability issues with the new Ryzen CPU’s since its release. There has been many chipset updates since then that can further improve the GA-AB350 and it its been built with high quality components that it will last. (Bit-tech) The only real con of the motherboard is the M.2 slot is somewhat close to the PCI slots so plan ahead when inserting a graphics card.
The GA-AB350 is overall a good motherboard between its high performance, quality stability with AMD CPU’s and best of all its price for all of these features. It’s RGB and dual BIOS offer anybody great custom ability and its a good motherboard. It doesn’t come without its cons but there a very few that outweigh the many good things about this motherboard.
Note: This review is part of a classroom project.
https://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/gigabyte-ab350-gaming-3-review/1/
http://www.gigabyte.us/Motherboard/GA-AB350-Gaming-3-rev-10#kf
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128991
https://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/gigabyte_ga_ab350_gaming_3_review,2.html]]>