The GIGABYTE A75-D3H is an entry level AMD A75 chipset based motherboard. If you aren't familiar with the AMD A75 chipset, it is used in conjunction with the first generation AMD APU in the FM1 package. The AMD A75 chipset was first launched in June of 2011 and we found it was a great system for the average user. We could do some light DirectX 11 gaming, run all of our typical day to day applications without and issue. Overall the AMD FM1 motherboards and processors were great for the typical user experience.

Now that the second generation of AMD APU's have launched, we wanted to take a look at the first generation Llano before we start delving too much into Trinity. One of the good things about the Trinity launch for consumers is that it has caused prices of the now 'old' Llano APU's to drop. When the AMD A8-3850 first launched we could grab one off of the shelves for $139 or so, now we can get our hands on the same processor for only $94.99, or we can grab the AMD A8-3870K for only $109.98.

While the combination of AMD Llano FM1 motherboards and processors are a bit of a budget system, there is nothing budget about the GIGABYTE A75-D3H that we have on our lab today, well aside from the price of $89.99 with Free shipping. The GIGABYTE A75-D3H is packed with features that we can traditionally find on high end motherboards. Many features are pretty standard on the current generation of motherboards, SATA III 6Gbps, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, DDR3 support, and of course PCIe x16 slots are all a given. In true GIGABYTE fashion though, they have loaded the GA-A75-D3H with some features specific to their motherboards. Among the GIGABYTE exclusive features is the GIGABYTE Super4. The GIGABYTE Super4 consists of four parts (kind of obvious I know).