Gigabyte's latest motherboard features a robust 32+3+2 power design using Ultra Durable 5 high current capable components.
On Monday Gigabyte announced the release of its current flagship motherboard, the Z77X-UP7.
It offers a robust 32+3+2 power design (32 CPU phases, 3 Intel HD
Graphics, 2 VTT phases) using Ultra Durable 5 high current capable
components including 60A rated IR3550 PowIRstages chips from IR. This
high phase count allows the board to share the workload between 32
phases, ensuring lower working temperatures and maximum CPU power
delivery.
"With the Z77X-UP7 and its 32+3+2 power phase design featuring Ultra
Durable 5 technology, we have created the very best CPU power design of
any motherboard available today,” commented HiCookie, Gigabyte In-house
Overclocking Expert. "Not only does this help extreme overclockers to
reach 7 GHz+ on their Intel Core i7-3770K CPUs and take down benchmark
records, but it also provides System Integrators with a platform cool
and stable enough to withstand the rigors of an always-on, overclocked
water cooled system for their customers."
Featuring an LGA 1155 CPU socket and the Intel Z77 chipset, the
motherboard supports Intel 22-nm 3rd and 2nd generation Core CPUs. It
also has four slots for 2 channel DDR3 RAM sticks, ten USB 3.0 ports,
four USB 2.0 ports, six SATA 3 connectors and four SATA 2 connectors. It
also offers PCI Express 3.0 x8 connectivity on 4 slots, supporting both
4-way ATI CrossFireX and Nvidia SLI configurations, or PCI Express 3.0
x16 connectivity using 2 slots.
"The Z77X-UP7 delivers ultra smooth 3D rendering, blazing-fast frame
rates and enhanced graphics capabilities for users wanting to get the
highest levels of graphics performance from their system, Gigabyte said
on Monday. "The Single black PCI Express x16 slot provides a direct link
to the CPU, enabling it to bypass the PLX chip. This provides the
fastest possible connection for single graphics card benching."
The board also features an exclusive in-house designed UEFI BIOS
sporting a GUI capable of 32-bit color imaging and user-friendly mouse
navigation. The BIOS also provides two different levels of access,
depending on the end-user: 3D mode for novice and casual users, and a
more comprehensive Advanced Mode designed specifically for overclockers
and power users. The 3D mode is a bit more simplistic so that it's
easier to understand how the BIOS functions, and how each setting
affects the motherboard.
"At the heart of this exciting 3D BIOS technology is a pair of
physical BIOS ROMs containing Gigabyte’s exclusive in-house designed
Dual UEFI BIOS technology, featuring the patented Gigabyte DualBIOS
technology that automatically recovers BIOS data when main BIOS has
crashed or failed," the company said.
For overclockers, the OC-Touch buttons allow overclockers to manually
adjust the CPU ratio, BCLK settings as well as adjustments to the BCLK
stepping ratio, to either 1 MHz or 0.3 MHz increments. These changes can
be made in real-time, whether in BIOS, DOS, or Windows without the need
for rebooting. Also included are onboard voltage measurement modules,
and an onboard LN2 Mode switch for dropping the CPU frequency to x16
multiplier during extreme overclocking.
For more information about Gigabyte's new Z77X-UP7 Windows 8-ready motherboard, head here.
Source: Tom's Hardware
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