Asus and Gigabyte announced that they will release AM3+ motherboards based on AMDs 8-series chipset.

Following we can show you a list of the upcoming ASUS M5A Series motherboards which will be using Socket AM3+ instead of AM3.

AMD 880G:

• M5A88-V EVO
• M5A88-M EVO
• M5A88-M

AMD 870:

• M5A87

AMD 760G:

• M5A78L
• M5A78L LE
• M5A78L-M/USB3
• M5A78L-M PLUS
• M5A78L-M LE
• M5A78L-M LX

Gigabyte's point of view is quite different, they will not release new motherboards, they will just update current motherboards to rev 3.1 wheras this revision will then support socket AM3+.

Currently known motherboards that will feature a rev 3.1:

• 890FXA-UD5
• 890GPA-UD3H
• 880GA-UD3H
• 870A-USB3

Source: Own