Gigabyte A520M DS3H rev. 1.0

AMD A520 Motherboard with Pure Digital VRM Solution, High Quality Audio, GIGABYTE Gaming LAN with Bandwidth Management, PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2, RGB FUSION 2.0, Smart Fan 5, Q-Flash Plus

Supports 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors

Dual Channel ECC/ Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs 5+3 Phases Pure Digital VRM Solution with Low RDS(on) MOSFETs

Ultra-Fast NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 Connector

GIGABYTE Exclusive 8118 Gaming LAN with Bandwidth Management

HDMI, DVI-D, Display Ports for Multiple Display

RGB FUSION 2.0 Supports Addressable LED & RGB LED Strips

Smart Fan 5 Features Multiple Temperature Sensors, Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP

Q-Flash Plus Update BIOS without Installing the CPU, Memory and Graphics Card

CPU

AMD Socket AM4, support for: 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen™ processors/ 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics processors (Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

Chipset

AMD A520

Memory 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB (32 GB single DIMM capacity) of system memory 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ Processors:

Support for DDR4 4400(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3200 / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics processors:

Support for DDR4 4733(O.C.) / 4600(O.C.) / 4400(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3200 / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules

Dual channel memory architecture

Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules

Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules

Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics

Integrated in the 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics processors: 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. 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 5120x2880@60 Hz * Support for DisplayPort 1.4 version, HDCP 2.3, and HDR. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60 Hz * Support for HDMI 2.1 version, HDCP 2.3, and HDR.

Support for up to 3 displays at the same time

Maximum shared memory of 16 GB

Audio

Realtek® ALC887 codec

High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel * To configure 7.1-channel audio, you need to open the audio software and select Device advanced settings > Playback Device to change the default setting first. Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring the audio software.

LAN

Realtek® GbE LAN chip (1000 Mbit/100 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

CPU: 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 3.0 and running at x16

Chipset: 2 x PCI Express x1 slots, supporting PCIe 3.0 (PCIEX1_1, PCIEX1_2)

Storage Interface

CPU: 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support)

Chipset: 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10

USB

CPU: 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on the back panel

Chipset: 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB header 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

Internal I/O Connectors 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x CPU fan header 2 x system fan headers 1 x addressable LED strip header 1 x RGB LED strip header 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header 1 x USB 2.0/1.1 header 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2x6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only) 1 x serial port header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper 1 x Q-Flash Plus button

Back Panel Connectors 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port 1 x DVI-D port 1 x DisplayPort 1 x HDMI port 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 3 x audio jacks

I/O Controller iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring

Voltage detection

Temperature detection

Fan speed detection

Overheating warning

Fan fail warning

Fan speed control * Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

BIOS 1 x 128 Mbit flash

Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS

PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features

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

EasyTune

Fast Boot

Game Boost

ON/OFF Charge

RGB Fusion

Smart Backup

System Information Viewer

Support for Q-Flash Plus

Support for Q-Flash

Support for Xpress Install

Bundled Software

Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)

Realtek® 8118 Gaming LAN Bandwidth Control Utility

Operating System

Support for Windows 10 64-bit

Form Factor

Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm

Remark

Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.

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.