Gigabyte 790FXTA-UD5 Premium AM3 Crossfire DDR3 Motherboard Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

This video provides a detailed unboxing and first look at the Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5 premium AM3 motherboard. The host walks through the box contents, pointing out the included accessories such as the IDE cable, SATA cables, I/O shield, driver DVD, and multilingual installation guide. He highlights key features advertised by Gigabyte, including USB 3.0, SATA 6 Gbps support, Ultra Durable 3 construction with a two ounce copper PCB, three way Crossfire support, and a DDR3 1866 plus 8+2 phase power design. The reviewer then removes the motherboard from its anti-tamper packaging, describes the backplate, and proceeds to a quick anatomy tour, noting the two PCI Express x16 slots, a PCIe x8 slot, multiple USB headers, and the mix of SATA and IDE connectors. He explains the color-coding and layout choices, mentions the unusual placement of power and reset switches on the board, and comments on practical aspects like the four memory slots and the AM3 socket. The narrative emphasizes usability and future-proofing with USB 3.0 and SATA 3, while detailing fan-out concerns and the physical build quality of the heatpipe cooling for the north/south bridges. In closing, the host signals that this is Gigabyte’s flagship AM3 board at the time and teases further testing and BIOS exploration to unlock the full feature set.

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