Interesting, still waiting to see when Gigabyte has the F8 final on their board, probably months away.
As for an old post I did about the onboard sound in this thread I dug this up from another review and it's spot on.
"The GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-UD5H didn’t present any issues producing pretty decent quality but the ALC898 codec doesn’t seem to have the volume even with the Sound Blaster X-Fi MB3 emulation software.
In the end, all the boards create volume levels that won’t make ears bleed but will more than suffice."
Course if you have a dedicated card this won't be an issue.
As for an old post I did about the onboard sound in this thread I dug this up from another review and it's spot on.
"The GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-UD5H didn’t present any issues producing pretty decent quality but the ALC898 codec doesn’t seem to have the volume even with the Sound Blaster X-Fi MB3 emulation software.
In the end, all the boards create volume levels that won’t make ears bleed but will more than suffice."
Course if you have a dedicated card this won't be an issue.