Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 Photo Preview

[kirbster]

 

[chronicfx]

When and how much?

 

[XacTactX]

I like what they did with CMOS reset, they finally made a switch a distinctly different one so that you don't accidentally hit it. Seems like a pretty cool board overall.

 

[Skripka]

Oh. Lordy.

Though I wonder WTH the point of 32+3+2 phase power is...as whether you're using a LN2 pot and your CPU batch # will limit you way more than any z68 or z77 motherboard will.

 

[kirbster]

She is already available in the retail channel. I know Newegg has it now. Just waiting for my 3770k to arrive. Then the fun begins!

 

[fl0w3n]

Dat Orange.

Looks good, always liked the orange theme since the rumors of the x58 OC.

Too bad I'm trying to do a mATX z77 build

 

[Enrage]

Anyone know what the PCI-E bus is if you populate all four slots? Looking at the pictures maybe its full 16x if you use 1 & 3?

 

[kirbster]

1.3 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1~3)
* For optimum performance, if only one expansion card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_2 slot.

2.2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1~2)
* The PCIEX8_1 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_1 slot and the PCIEX8_2 slot with PCIEX16_3. The PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_3 slot will operate at up to x8 mode when the PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2 is populated.
(The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
* Whether PCI Express 3.0 is supported depends on CPU and graphics card compatibility.
* The PCIEX16_2 slot will become unavailable when an expansion card is installed in the orange PCI Express x16 slot.

3.2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

Looks like the 32 lanes are divided amongst all 4 slots, but if just using 2 slots (1 and 3) they will be 16 each.

 

[kirbster]

You can find teh rest of my photos here:

http://s912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/kirbster1966/z77X-UP7/