Back panel I/O ports
| USB 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity |
2 |
| eSATA ports quantity |
1 |
| S/PDIF out port |
Y |
| Microphone in |
Y |
| PS/2 ports quantity |
1 |
Expansion slots
| PCI Express slots version |
2.0 |
| PCI Express x4 slots |
2 |
| PCI Express x8 slots |
2 |
| PCI Express x16 slots |
2 |
Networking
| Networking features |
Gigabit Ethernet |
Memory
| Flash memory |
16 MB |
| Supported memory module capacities |
8GB, 4GB, 2GB, 1GB |
| Memory channels |
Dual |
| Supported memory types |
DDR3-SDRAM |
| Non-ECC |
Y |
| Number of memory slots |
2 |
| Maximum internal memory |
16 GB |
Performance
| Audio system |
Realtek ALC892 |
| Motherboard chipset family |
AMD |
| Motherboard southbridge |
AMD SB950 |
| Component for |
PC |
Internal I/O
| Front panel audio connector |
Y |
| Chassis intrusion connector |
Y |
| CPU fan connector |
Y |
| EPS power connector (8-pin) |
Y |
| Peripheral (Molex) power connectors (4-pin) |
1 |
| Number of SATA III connectors |
9 |
| USB 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors |
2 |
| Power fan connector |
Y |
| ATX Power connector (24-pin) |
Y |
| S/PDIF out connector |
Y |
| USB 2.0 connectors |
4 |
| Number of chassis fan connectors |
1 |
BIOS
| Clear CMOS button |
Y |
| BIOS type |
AMI |
Graphics
| On-board graphics adapter |
N |
Processor
| Maximum number of SMP processors |
1 |
Additionally
| Chipset |
AMD 990FX |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity |
2 |
ATX AMD 990FX - AM3+, AMD 990FX/SB950, 240-pin DDR3, ATX, 9x SATA III, GLAN, RAID 0,1,5,10
The SAPPHIRE Pure Black 990FX is a full ATX sized board making full use of the features of the AMD 990FX and SB850 chipsets. Four dual channel memory sockets are provided, supporting up to 16GB of DDR3 memory with current technology, and capable of supporting up to 32GB when suitable modules become available. There are four USB 3.0 ports (two at the rear and two on a header supported by a high quality front panel kit) as well as eight USB 2.0 ports on the rear panel plus four more on a header.
Advanced connectivity is provided by Dual Gigabit LAN sockets plus Bluetooth with EDR (enhanced data rate). The board has eight SATA 3GB ports, featuring AHCI and RAID support, conveniently mounted on the edge of the board with right angle connectors and an additional SATA 3GB port brought out to the rear panel on an eSATA connector. The back panel also carries optical and SPDIF outputs as well as the standard I/O configuration for the on board HD 7.1 Audio.
Extensive expansion support is provided by six PCI-Express Gen2 slots which allow up to six single slot cards or three dual slot cards such as high end graphics cards in CrossFireX to be used. A standard 4-pin molex connector on the edge of the board can be used to provide additional power when multiple cards are used.
