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If you are in the market for a new system based on the Z77 platform then today's review product will be of interest. The Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 motherboard is a flagship product set to target the wealthy high end enthusiast audience who want to accept no compromises. Is this the ultimate Z77 motherboard?
We have reviewed many high end Z77 motherboards in recent months, but very few of these cost in excess of £300. Gigabyte are not holding anything back with this board – if you want the best Z77 motherboard then they want this to be your first choice. It incorporates an ‘industry leading' 32+3+2 Phase CPU power design with a true ‘all digital' PWM.
Overclockers will be wetting themselves to get their hands on this board, as it incorporates 32 CPU phases, plus 3 for Intel HD graphics and another 2 for VTT phases. Gigabyte claim the motherboard is able to deliver 2,000W of power which is an incredible statistic. The Z77X-UP7 uses an All Digital Engine to deliver the ultimate level of power to the 3rd generation Core processors.
The Z77X-UP7 also supports Quad Crossfire and Quad SLI. When four cards are in operation across the PCI Express 3.0 ports, they can run in an x8 configuration. We will obviously take a closer look at the motherboard later in the review.
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CPU Support
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Intel® 22nm 3rd and 2nd gen Core™ CPUs
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CPU Socket
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LGA 1155
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Chipset
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Intel Z77 chipset
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Graphics Interface
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2*PCI-E 3.0 x16 slot (or 4*PCI-E 3.0 x8) + 1*PCI-E 3.0 x16
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Display Interface
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HDMI, DVI, RGB, Display Port
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Memory Type
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2 Channel DDR3
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Memory DIMM
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4*DDR3
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Expansion Slots
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2*PCI-E x 1
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SATA connectors
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6*SATA 3 + 4*SATA 2
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SATA RAID
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RAID 0,1,5,10
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USB
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10*USB3.0+4*USB2.0
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Audio / LAN
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8-channel HD / GbE LAN*2
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Form Factor (mm)
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E-ATX (305×264)
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Well colour me impressed with that one.
Thats a hell of a Z77 motherboard, with a price tag to match. I heard they broke a 7 ghz record with this board on LN2.
Its a heck of a talking point, even if its more expensive than many of the flagship X79 boards.
My last gigabyte motherboard was great, but I opted for ASUS this time around as I had a few issues with the bios on the gigabyte board defaulting the memory to 1333mhz on every hard post up.
Bought one, but ill enter the competition too, as im greedy 🙂
Thats a sublime piece of engineering. very costly, but nice to see companies pushing the boundaries.
that is not a motherboard, it’s a monster-board LOL
it must be very easy for this board to overclock a k-series sandy or ivy.. nice color theme as well but I still wish gigabyte offer something in red…
This board is going on my Christmas list …
Dear Santa…
KaaaBOOMM And the song changes to Who let the dawg out, NO No its Who let the BIG DAWG BEAST OUT? So who said Christmas doesn’t come in JULY!!! hell-o income tax check lol?