Product Comparison: ASRock 970A-G/3.1 vs Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

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ASRock 970A-G/3.1 ATX Motherboard

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Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX Motherboard

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General Specifications

Brand

ASRock

Gigabyte

Model

970A-G/3.1

Origin

China

About the Product

ASRock does not ignore even seemingly insignificant details. The Sapphire Black PCB is a true deep black, which symbolizes the highest quality workmanship and gives a special mood to the design of the board. Protects critical components near the rear panel from static electricity.

GIGABYTE Ultra Durable debuts on Gigabyte motherboards, featuring a feature set and component selection that delivers record-breaking performance, efficiency, reliable cooling and extended board life. GIGABYTE also uses Anti-Surge ICs to protect the motherboard from power surges.

Key Specs

Form Factor

ATX

Socket

AM3+

Chipset

AMD 970 / SB950

Supported Processors

Supports AMD Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron processors

FX / Phenom II / Athlon II

Memory Slot Type

240 pin

What customers say about "Key Specs"

ASRock 970A-G/3.1 ATX Motherboard

It can support 220W processors and I actually paired it with an FX-9590 I got cheap second hand.
This is an excellent 970 motherboard - especially given the price. Great socket.
Very nice motherboard! Installation was easy.
Works perfectly with FX 9590 on standard clock speeds.
This one has plenty of power for the CPU socket.

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX Motherboard

Good motherboard for AM3+ connectors.
I recommend this motherboard for AMD processors!
I'm very impressed with this board and especially for the money. Amazing socket for processors.
Motherboard of very good quality, great form factor.
Really great motherboard to which I installed an amd FX 8320 processor that holds up without any problem.

Size & Weight

Height

12 in.

Width

9.6 in.

Depth

1 in.

Weight

3 lbs.

2.64 lbs.

ASRock 970A-G/3.1

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

ASRock 970A-G/3.1

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

ASRock 970A-G/3.1

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

ASRock 970A-G/3.1

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Memory

Memory Type

DDR3

Maximum Speed

2400 MHz

2000 MHz

Number Of Memory Slots

Max. Memory Supported

64 GB

ASRock 970A-G/3.1

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

ASRock 970A-G/3.1

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

ASRock 970A-G/3.1

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

What customers say about "Memory"

ASRock 970A-G/3.1 ATX Motherboard

Just upgraded my RAM from DDR3 1600 to DDR3 2133. Choose the XMP setting, rebooted and everything is working perfectly.
This MB supports 64GB total memory.
Capable of large enough and fast enough memory.
I have 1800 memory and all runs smooth.
The memory was easy to set up and ran at excellent speed.

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX Motherboard

The memory runs good at lower speed.
Works great with memory at 2000 MHz speed.
Perfectly supports up to 64GB of storage.
Great number of memory slots and DDR3 support seems great.
The memory runs at a lower speed than stated.

Connectivity

PCI

PCI-E

2x PCIe 2.0 x16, 2x PCIe 2.0 x1

2x PCIe 2.0 x16, 3x PCIe 2.0 x1

HDMI

USB

8x USB 2.0, 4x USB 3.1 Gen1, USB 3.1 Gen2, USB Type-C

12x USB 2.0/1.1, 4x USB 3.0/2.0

SATA

Other Interfaces

2x PS/2, Optical S/PDIF out, RJ-45, 6x audio jacks, M.2

2x PS/2, RJ-45, 3x audio jacks

ASRock 970A-G/3.1

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

What customers say about "Connectivity"

ASRock 970A-G/3.1 ATX Motherboard

4 fan headers and 2 CPU fan headers.
All connection points are solid, plenty of fan connections.
I love this board. An excellent number of USB ports.
The fan control is very limited, the rear sound connections are very poor.
The front panel USB 3.0 connector is indeed in a dumb place on the board.

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX Motherboard

Lots of USB ports, great sound, stable, overclocking friendly.
Very well made, BIOS is a breeze, lots of USB ports and 4 USB 3.0 ports on board.
USB 3 is a bonus, the transfer speed to an external drive is a great time saver.
It has all the most common slots, including USB 3.0 ports.
So many audio and usb issues with this motherboard.

Features

Native Audio

Realtek ALC1150

Realtek ALC887

Additional Accessories Included

I/O Shield, Driver disk, 2x SATA cables, M.2 Screw

2x SATA cables, I/O Shield, Driver disk

Extras

ASRock Super Alloy, Sapphire Black PCB, ASRock Full Spike Protection, ASRock Live Update & APP Shop, DTS Connect

DualBIOS, 2-way CrossFire, Ultra Durable Technology, Electrostatic Protection, Multi-display support, Q-Flash, ON/OFF Charge, Smart Switch

What customers say about "Features"

ASRock 970A-G/3.1 ATX Motherboard

The UEFI BIOS is awesome and very easy to use.
The BIOS is a very lovely, graphical interface. It's simplistic and by god - lots of features.
The BIOS is easy to use, everything works marvelously.
Excellent heat sinks for the VRM and was easy to install.
The BIOS has never been updated since the board came out in 2016, which I find strange.

Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX Motherboard