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June 2011
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38 Reviews
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Attractive new Black and Gold design, High Performance component heatsink design, Smart Dual LAN, Intel Rapid Stroage Technology, USB 3.0, Turbo XHD easy RAID setup, 3x USB Power Boost, On/Off Charge for iPod/iPad and other devices, 3way SLI/CrossFireX via NVIDIA NF200 chip, Smart 6 software suite, Driver MOSFETs, 24 Phase Power, Ferrite Core Chokes, 2oz Copper PCB, Support for 2.2 TB HDDs, 50,
Touch BIOS can be more Streamlined, Easy Smart Response increases Boot UP Time, HiTech Legion Gold Award, Discuss this review in our forums
Gibabyte has followed the same path with their line of Z68 motherboards and has used the same color schemes as its predecessor, the P67.They have kept the same black and gold design that is starkly different from the candy blue and white theme of the p...
The Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 is another flagship board from Gigabyte that packs not only a solid overclocking punch but a tool kit full of hardware features with a shiny and sleek black exterior. The old school BIOS and wide PCIe lanes will surely attract ...
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Published: 2011-07-11, Author: Dan , review by: legitreviews.com
While the GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 is a great board in its own respect. You would be better saving a few bucks and getting the GIGABYTE P67A-UD7-B3 and investing it on a larger SSD for your operating system. ...
Abstract: Some time ago we checked out the capabilities of Intel’s Z68 Express chipset in one of our reviews. I must confess I personally was somewhat disappointed with it. Of course, there are some good things about that chipset like the opportunity to overcloc...
24 Phase PWM, 3-Way SLI Support, Full Featured Motherboard, Black and Gold Color Scheme, Dual Gigabit LAN, 2oz Copper PCB
Limited benefit over P67A design
One of the first motherboards we received after the Sandy Bridge launch the Gigabyte P67A-UD7 and we almost instantly fell in love with the board. Sadly were we unable to get the review posted before the worldwide chipset recall but we did spend a co...
Great Overclocking potential, Low Motherboard Temperatures, Testbench ready (Has Power, Reset, Clear CMOS switches), Nvidia NF200 chip for 3-way SLI support, Sturdy Screw design MOSFET, NF200 chip, and South Bridge cooler design, EFI Code (Support for higher capacity single partition hard drives), Intel Smart Response SSD Caching technology, Lots of USB 3.0 ports, TouchBIOS
Capacitors close to the socket (might cause incompatibility with certain coolers with larger base)
While the Z68X-UD7-B3 motherboard did not have too many big improvements over the previous P67A-UD7-B3 motherboard besides the new chipset and its features, it is the only motherboard on the market at the launch that has a NF200 chip and 3-way SLI and...
Abstract: With the Z68X-UD7-B3 Gigabyte presents it flagship model which supports Intels latest Sandy Bridge CPUs. This board also comes with the new color scheme which really is very nice to look at. Furthermore there is the long feature list which comes with ever...
Abstract: With the Z68X-UD7-B3 Gigabyte presents it flagship model which supports Intels latest Sandy Bridge CPUs. This board also comes with the new color scheme which really is very nice to look at. Furthermore there is the long feature list which comes with ever...
Great build quality including 2oz copper PCB, Appearance is fantastic, Dual Gigabit LAN, great for multi card configurations, 24 Phase PWM offers highest levels of stability when overclocking,
If you have under £300 budgeted for a new Intel Sandybridge motherboard then this is a great choice....