AMD A8-3850 & Gigabyte A75M-UD2H Review
The Gigabyte A75M-UD2H
As you should have guessed, the new AMD A Series processors are only available on Socket FM1 – hence, even existing AMD users will need to purchase a new motherboard. At present most popular brands have an A75 based motherboard available to purchase between £70 and £120; today’s Gigabyte A75M-UD2H is priced towards the lower end of the spectrum. With this in mind, lets see what it has to offer us.
| Motherboard Model | Gigabyte A75M-UD2H |
| Form Factor | mATX |
| Processor Support |
AMD A Series (Socket FM1) Processors |
| Chipset | A75 |
| Overclocking Support |
Yes |
| Memory | 4 x DIMM, Max. 32 GB 1866/1600/1333 DDR3 |
| Expansion Slots |
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Multi-GPU Support | Yes – 16x/4x |
| Onboard Video | N/A |
| Storage | 5 x SATA 6.0Gb/s 1 x eSATA 6.0Gb/s |
| LAN | Gigabit LAN |
| Audio | Realtek ALC889 7.1 |
| USB | 4 x USB 2.0 (+4 additional PCI) 2 x USB 3.0 Rear (+2 additional PCI) |
| Firewire | 2 x 1394 (1 x back, 1 x internal) |
| Video I/O | DVI, HDMI, VGA, Display Port |
All in all a relatively well specified motherboard. Priced at around £85, it features everything that one would usually expect on a mid range Micro ATX board. Notable mentions include Crossfire support and all 4 video input options.
