The GIGABYTE GA-970-Gaming is an AMD 970 chipset motherboard designed for Socket AM3+ processors, including AMD FX/ Phenom II/ Athlon II series CPUs. Featuring a durable Ultra Durable 4 Classic design with high-quality components, this ATX form factor board supports Dual Channel DDR3 memory with speeds up to 1866MHz (OC) across 4 DIMM slots, with a maximum capacity of 32GB. The motherboard provides 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot for graphics cards, plus 2 x PCIe x1 slots and 2 x PCI slots for expansion. Storage options include 6 x SATA 3Gb/s ports supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD configurations. Networking is handled by a high-speed Realtek Gigabit LAN controller (10/100/1000 Mbit). Audio features include the Realtek ALC1150 115dB SNR HD Audio with built-in rear audio amplifier, supporting 7.1-channel surround sound. Additional features include USB 3.0 support (2 rear ports + 2 via header), GIGABYTE's exclusive Gaming GbE LAN with bandwidth management, and an enhanced power design with 4+1 phase VRM for stable performance. The board also features GIGABYTE's unique On/Off Charge technology for quick charging of mobile devices.