Z77X-UP7 Preview
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- Category: GA-Z77X-UP7
- Created on Friday, 12 October 2012 22:03
- Published on Friday, 12 October 2012 22:03
- Written by Super User
So there is no hiding the fact that all the manufacturers are bringing out their A-Game with the Z77 platform as Ivy Bridge is currently the platform to have if you want to compete in professional overclocking. Thus many manufacturers are bring out boards which have a rich history and a family tree as long as 5 generations ago. In my opinion the Z77X-UP7 is a mixture of the X58A-UD9 and the X58A-OC, two top notch boards GIGABYTE made during the X58 era, some say the best boards GIGABYTE has ever made. Well today I have something to show you, a board of mixture of both the OC board and the UD9, taking lessons from both and integrating them into a final product that actually has come to market. When many saw the Z77X-UP7 at Computex no one thought GIGABYTE could actually make it happen with its 32 phase power design, as the VRM costs as much to make as a mid-range ASRock board. On top of that GIGABYTE added full PLX bypass to re-route all lanes to a single slot or route them all to the PLX, in both cases providing the least amount of latency in single card or multi-card configurations, however requiring so many traces that the PCB had to add two more layers. Thus at launch we now have a 10 layer PCB, after 4 revisions GIAGBYTE has worked out many kinks to provide top notch memory overclocking with 4 DIMMs as well as top CPU overclocking ability and BCLK prowess. So today I will give you a first-hand physical review (preview) of the already famous Z77X-UP7
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2012-10-16 08:58
Wow, shiny and brilliant
Really desirable, I can do a lot of things to get it 
Nice preview 
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2012-11-07 01:31
I own a Costa Rica batch # (3225B953) i7-3770K. Might be a good one not tested yet!
I am going to skip thunderbolt for now, wait for Redwood Ridge 2013/14 and get this board now.
Going to run board when I get it with a Seasonic 80PLUS Platinum psu.
Only question is to Delid now or later.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1313179/official-delidded-ivy-bridge-club
Thanks Steven B. aka sin0822!
Excellent review and yes it's a beast!
Steve
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2012-12-23 05:11
Quoting Steve Martin:I own a Costa Rica batch # (3225B953) i7-3770K. Might be a good one not tested yet!
I am going to skip thunderbolt for now, wait for Redwood Ridge 2013/14 and get this board now.
Going to run board when I get it with a Seasonic 80PLUS Platinum psu.
Only question is to Delid now or later.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1313179/official-delidded-ivy-bridge-club
Thanks Steven B. aka sin0822!
Excellent review and yes it's a beast!
Steve
Good to hear, I am sure you will like it!
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Really desirable, I can do a lot of things to get it
Nice preview
I am going to skip thunderbolt for now, wait for Redwood Ridge 2013/14 and get this board now.
Going to run board when I get it with a Seasonic 80PLUS Platinum psu.
Only question is to Delid now or later.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1313179/official-delidded-ivy-bridge-club
Thanks Steven B. aka sin0822!
Excellent review and yes it's a beast!
Steve
I own a Costa Rica batch # (3225B953) i7-3770K. Might be a good one not tested yet!
I am going to skip thunderbolt for now, wait for Redwood Ridge 2013/14 and get this board now.
Going to run board when I get it with a Seasonic 80PLUS Platinum psu.
Only question is to Delid now or later.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1313179/official-delidded-ivy-bridge-club
Thanks Steven B. aka sin0822!
Excellent review and yes it's a beast!
Steve
Good to hear, I am sure you will like it!