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Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Micro ATX DDR3 1600 Motherboards GA-B85M-DS3H-A

Name: Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Micro ATX DDR3 1600 Motherboards GA-B85M-DS3H-A
Brand: GIGABYTE
SKU: B00VX1GGWQ

Bottom line: The Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel: Four DDR3 DIMM slots handle up to 32GB, rare for a Micro ATX B85 board; main trade-off: LGA1150 only: no upgrade path past 4th-gen Intel Core chips.

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By Mike Perry, Founder & Editor-in-Chief · Listing data updated 2026-10-20

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Pros & Cons

Pros

✓ Four DDR3 DIMM slots handle up to 32GB, rare for a Micro ATX B85 board
✓ HDMI 1.4 pushes 4096x2160 at 24Hz without a discrete GPU
✓ Triple video out: HDMI, DVI-D, and D-Sub for legacy monitors
✓ Four SATA 6Gb/s plus two SATA 3Gb/s ports for six drives total
✓ Dual BIOS and solid capacitors per Gigabyte Ultra Durable 4 Plus

Cons

✗ LGA1150 only: no upgrade path past 4th-gen Intel Core chips
✗ B85 chipset blocks CPU overclocking and multi-GPU setups
✗ Single PCIe x16 slot limits expansion to one graphics card
✗ DDR3 1600 memory ceiling, and no RAM is included in the box

Manufacturer description

Supports 4th Generation Intel Core processors GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 Plus Technology Audio Noise Guard with High Quality Audio Capacitors GIGABYTE Hybrid digital power engine GIGABYTE UEFI Dual BIOS GIGABYTE On/Off Charge for USB devices LAN with high ESD Protection HDMI 1.4, DVI, D-SUB Long lifespan Durable Solid caps GIGABYTE LAN Optimizer

SpecPicks Verdict

SpecPicks scored Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel B85 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel… using a rating × review-volume × price-fit model applied to published specs and reviews across the retro motherboards category. GIGABYTE's retro motherboards lineup sits within the broader category mid-tier; price and specs are the deciding factors over brand loyalty here. Judge it on the specification table and the price rather than on sentiment: check the figures that decide your use case, then put it side-by-side with two or three close alternatives in the Compare tool before clicking through.

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Key Features

CPU socket: Support for Intel Core i7 processors/Intel Core i5 processors/Intel Core i3 processors/Intel Pentium processors/Intel Celeron processors in the LGA1150 package
Memory Socket: 4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory (Memory modules are not included)
Support for DDR3 1600/1333 MHz memory modules
1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 at 24 Hz / 2560 x 1600 at 60 Hz
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors

Full Specifications

Brand	GIGABYTE
USB 2.0	4
Platform	Windows 7, Windows 8
CPU Model	Pentium
CPU Socket	LGA 1150
Model Name	GA-B85M-DS3H-A
Chipset Type	Intel B85
Connectivity	USB
Model Number	GA-B85M-DS3H-A
Memory Socket	4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory (Memory modules are not included)
Chipset Family	Intel B85
Mfr Part Number	GA-B85M-DS3H-A
Number of Ports	20
Total Usb Ports	8
Processor Socket	LGA 1150
Total PCIe Ports	3
Compatible Devices	Personal Computer
Memory Clock Speed	1333 MHz
Compatible Processors	Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium
RAM Memory Technology	DDR3

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