Testseek.com have collected 67 expert reviews of the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7.
April 2013
(89%)
67 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(88%)
9 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
89010067
The editors liked
Performance
Both stock and overclocked
Available network adapter options
Up to quad-SLI/quad-CrossFire support
On-board button location
32+3+2 power phases with 60A rating per phase
IR digital PWM usage
Heat pipe and motherboard cooling design
UEF
Top shelf overclocking motherboard reaching 6GHzon dry Ice.
Digital IR PWM
Totally sweet color scheme
Latency Free Graphics Option
Full ATX motherboard
4-Way GPU Support
Voltage test points
Matte Black Finish
Wireless Included
Built to overclock
Overclocks well and easily
10 Layer PCB
32 Phase VRM
2 kW capable VRM
4 Way SLI support
Onboard overclocking controls
Onboard voltage probe leads
Plenty of SATA connectivity
Excellent heatsink design
Included WiFi/BT card
High "Per Clock" efficiency when overclocked
Huge VRM capability
Yet still sips the power
Excellent audio rendering
Decent onboard cooling that still provides excellent clearance for add-on parts
Even with four VGAs installed
Great pricing consideri
The editors didn't like
CMOS battery placement
Color scheme (black and orange)
Lack of accessible PCI-Express x1 slot with all PCI-Express x16 slots filled
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Review Index
Introduction and Technical SpecificationsFeatures
Layout
And Bundled Accessorie
Gigabyte's Easy Tune 6 rather meh for a top shelf motherbaod
No PCI Express disable switches
Paddle style card locks
Very expensive
Memory overclock ability is not as good as expected
And requires some tweaking. BIOS revisions will fix this
Color scheme does lead to limited choices in other matching parts
Not enough cables in the box for all internal SATA ports
Throughout this review we pointed out a few shortcomings of the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7 mainboard, but we have to conclude that nevertheless, it is a very good product overall. While its advantages are indeed numerous, the shortcomings are really few. Th...
Digital IR PWM, Totally sweet color scheme, Latency Free Graphics Option, Full ATX motherboard, 4-Way GPU Support, Voltage test points, Matte Black Finish, Wireless Included
No PCI Express disable switches, Paddle style card locks
The Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 has been well documented starting with a few candid shots from the press room at Computex . The marketing folks didn't talk much about the board except to say their new Ultra Power PWM design enabled them to include so many power pha...
GIGABYTE thinks so much of this motherboard that it gave the Z77X-UP7 its own micro-site, which will show you the feature sets very clearly. We think fairly highly of the GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 as well. While the GIGABYTE Z77X-UP7 is certainly not cheap at $39...
Built to overclock, Overclocks well and easily, 10 Layer PCB, 32 Phase VRM, 2 kW capable VRM, 4 Way SLI support, Onboard overclocking controls, Onboard voltage probe leads, Plenty of SATA connectivity, Excellent heatsink design, Included WiFi/BT card
Very expensive
The Z77X-UP7 comes from an overclocking lineage and is ready to mix it up with the best in the bunch. With excellent features, it receives the Bjorn3D Golden Bear Award....
If you'll forgive us for slipping away from the more formal OC3D style for a moment and into the realms of the tabloid journalist, the only conclusion we can draw from our testing of the Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 is "Phew, what a scorcher".The quality of recent G...
GIGABYTE has put together a really nice motherboard in the Z77X-UP7 and the first thing we have to mention is that the color design looks great. It's nice to see something a little different than the black on black or black on red which are probably t...
Abstract: We set out to build a PC with completely customizable LED lighting. And when we say the PC, we mean the whole thing. The mouse, keyboard, gamepad, enclosure, memory, fan controller, and even power supply are loaded with configurable color controls. We’...
Overall, Gigabyte have put together one heck of a feature rich board and it's no surprise that this board is also becoming a strong favourite amongst overclockers and users who like to kit out their rigs with as much power as they can. The UP7 is one of t...
