Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 (rev.1.0.) Motherboard

Overview

• Supports New Generation AMD Ryzen Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• Fast 2 USB 3.1 Gen 2 with USB Type-A
• Ultra Durable Metal Shielding over PCIe Slots
• Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA interface
• ALC 1220 120dB SNR HD Audio with Smart Headphone Amp
• Realtek Gigabit LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
• RGB FUSION with Multi-Zone LED Light Show design
• Swappable Overlay for Accent LED
• Smart Fan 5 features 6 Temperature Sensors and 5 Hybrid Fan Headers
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS
• APP Center Including EasyTune and Cloud Station Utilities

GIGABYTE brings even more color and life to your system with an Accent LED Overlay. This overlay complements the RGB Fusion technology in GIGABYTE Motherboards adding more flare and style to your gaming machine. With the swappable overlay users can utilize different patterns and designs to make their system their own.

The below photos are for reference only.

With the all new RGB Fusion software, users have access to different preset LED lighting configurations with choice of colors. You can even set the LEDs to synchronize with your favorite music or have them change colors to indicate the CPU temperature.

For true lighting experts there is an Advanced Mode, which can be fully customized by individual area with its own effects and color transitions, along with specific duration and transition times.

Once done, its simple to save and share your lighting profile with others.

With Smart Fan 5 users can ensure that their gaming PC can maintain its performance while staying cool. Smart Fan 5 allows users to interchange their fan headers to reflect different thermal sensors at different locations on the motherboard. Not only that, with Smart Fan 5 more hybrid fan headers that support both PWM and Voltage mode fans have been introduced to make the motherboard more liquid cooling friendly.

The enhanced BIOS interface also has the advanced features seen in the Smart Fan 5 UI, such as: the ability to set triggers based on different temperature sensors on the board, fan curve definition and the temperature interval setting, which can prevent fan rotation noise caused by sudden temperature changeall without having to load Windows.

ALC 1220 120dB SNR HD Audio with Smart Headphone Amp

The ALC1220 is a high-performance multi-channel High Definition Audio Codec with up to 120dB SNR for crystal clear audio and features such as Smart Headphone Amp, 114dB SNR recording for precise voice chats and hardware decoding of DSD128, ensuring users get the best possible audio quality from their PC.

Smart Headphone Amp

Automatically detects impedance of your head-worn audio device, whether earbuds or high-end headphones to provide optimal audio dynamicspreventing issues such as low volume and distortion.

 

High-End Audio Capacitors

GIGABYTE Gaming motherboards use high-end Chemicon audio capacitors. These high quality capacitors help deliver high resolution and high fidelity audio to provide the most realistic sound effects for gamers.

USB DAC-UP 2

Adjustable Voltage USB Port with Dedicated Power Design

 

GIGABYTE improves upon USB DAC-UP technologies with USB DAC-UP 2.

 

USB DAC-UP 2 continues to provide clean, isolated and low-noise power while adding the ability to compensate for voltage drop.

 

Virtual reality pioneers and gamers alike can rest assured that their expensive accessories and peripherals will not encounter connectivity or power deficiency issues with the GIGABYTE USB DAC-UP 2. With Gaming Gear drawing large amounts of power and having firm specification requirements USB DAC-UP 2 is up for the challenge.

 

 

Immersive VR Gaming Experience

 

• VR requires more performance than Full HD graphics for a steady 90FPS or greater.
• Only Gaming PCs can provide the best VR experience.

Realtek GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Networking

RealtekGbE LAN features cFosSpeed, a network traffic management application which helps to improve network latency and maintain low ping times to deliver better responsiveness in crowded LAN environments.

 

 

Fast Onboard Storage with NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 110mm M.2 (Up to 32 Gb/s)

 

GIGABYTE's M.2 solution offers considerably faster storage performance and support for both PCIe and SATA interfaces for M.2 SSD devices.

 

 

Fast USB 3.1 Gen 2 Solution

 

The latest USB 3.1 Gen 2 offers staggering 10Gb/s transfer speeds. 2x faster than USB 3.1 Gen 1 along with backwards compatibility with existing USB devices.

 

Diagnostic LEDs

Hardware Troubleshooting at a Glance

 

Onboard LEDs controlled by the system BIOS indicate if a malfunction is occurring, allowing users to quickly diagnose which major component (CPU/DDR/VGA/HDD) is malfunctioning so they may take action promptly.

 

GIGABYTE Patented Double Locking Bracket

 

 

Anti-Sulfur Resistor Design

Sulfur compounds in the air can penetrate tiny onboard resistors creating chemical change and causing these resistors to open or short. If either of these occurs the motherboard will fail to function. By equipping resistors with an Anti-Sulfur Design GIGABYTE gives Ultra Durable Motherboards a whole new meaning.

Specifications

CPU

AM4 Socket:

1. AMD RYZEN processor

(Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

Chipset

1. AMD B350

Memory

1. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
   * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR4 3200(O.C.)/2933(O.C.)/2667/2400/2133 MHz memory modules
4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules

(Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics

Integrated Graphics Processor:

1. 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60 Hz
   * The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
2. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24 Hz
   * Support for HDMI 1.4 version.

Maximum shared memory of 2 GB

Audio

1. Realtek ALC1220 codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

1. Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
   * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
   * Actual support may vary by CPU.
   (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
   * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX1_2 and PCIEX1_3 slots. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when the PCIEX1_2/PCIEX1_3 slot is populated. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x4 mode when both of the PCIEX1_2 and PCIEX1_3 slots are empty.
   * Actual support may vary by CPU.
3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x1 (PCIEX1_3)
4. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
   (The PCIEX4 and PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

Storage Interface

1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4*/x2 SSD support)
   * Actual support may vary by CPU.
2. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
3. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10
   * Refer to "1-7 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.

USB

Chipset:

1. 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
2. 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (available through the internal USB header)
3. 5 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (1 port on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

CPU:

1. 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on the back panel

Internal I/O Connectors

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector
4. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
5. 1 x CPU fan header
6. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
7. 2 x system fan headers
8. 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header
9. 1 x front panel header
10. 1 x front panel audio header
11. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
12. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header
13. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
14. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
15. 1 x CPU cooler LED strip/RGB LED strip extension cable header
16. 1 x RGB (RGBW) LED strip extension cable header
17. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors

1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
2. 1 x DVI-D port
3. 1 x HDMI port
4. 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
5. 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)
6. 1 x USB 2.0/1.1 port
7. 1 x RJ-45 port
8. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
9. 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

I/O Controller

1. iTE I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring

1. Voltage detection
2. Temperature detection
3. Fan speed detection
4. Overheating warning
5. Fan fail warning
6. Fan speed control
   * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

BIOS

1. 2 x 128 Mbit flash
2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
3. Support for DualBIOS
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features

1. Support for APP Center
   * Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
   @BIOS
   3D OSD
   AutoGreen
   BIOS Setup
   Cloud Station
   Color Temperature
   EasyTune
   Fast Boot
   Game Boost
   ON/OFF Charge
   RGB Fusion
   Smart Backup
   Smart Keyboard
   Smart TimeLock
   System Information Viewer
   USB Blocker
   USB DAC UP 2
   V-Tuner
2. Support for Q-Flash
3. Support for Xpress Install

Bundle Software

1. Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
2. cFosSpeed

Operating System

1. Support for Windows 10 64-bit
2. Support for Windows 7 64-bit
   * Please download the "Windows USB Installation Tool" from GIGABYTE's website and install it before installing Windows 7.

Form Factor

1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 23.0cm

Remark

1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
2. Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.