Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Motherboard Review

Henry Butt July 27, 2012 Featured Announcement, Motherboard

In this review we are going to benchmark the i7-3770K at reference clock speeds and when overclocked to 4.8 GHz. We used a Phanteks PH-TC14PE Cooler for our tests.

Test System:

Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH
Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Thermal Paste: Arctic Cooling MX-2
Memory: 8 GB G.Skill @ 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6950
Power Supply: Thermaltake ToughPower XT 750W
System Drive: Intel 520 Series 240 GB
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2260WM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Software:

PCMark 7
3DMark 11
SiSoft Sandra 2012 SP3
Cinebench R11.5
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.5
VLC Media Player
Performance Monitor
Unigine Heaven Benchmark
Super Pi 1.5 Mod
CPUID Hardware Monitor
CPU-Z
DiRT 3
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Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition announced for all systems (including Switch 2)

Just under 10 years ago, Fallout 4 officially released to the world. While the game is far from perfect, it resonated with millions thanks to its sandbox-like design and focus on exploration among other ancillary additions (such as the settlement mechanic and base building). As they have done with many of their previous games, Bethesda has now officially announced Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition – bundling the base game alongside its DLC and hundreds of user-created mods.

7 comments

Davis
July 27, 2012 at 2:38 pm

great motherboard, looks a lot better than many of the other GB boards ive seen in recent years.
Slashwat
July 27, 2012 at 2:40 pm

awesome board, next on my list to buy
Streetfighter
July 27, 2012 at 2:41 pm

I think its £15 overpriced.
Harry
July 27, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Its not overpriced, for what you get its pretty good value. id like to see a few more sata 3 ports however at the price.
Optical Illusion
July 27, 2012 at 2:43 pm

Are there compatibility issues with D14>/?
Henry Butt
July 28, 2012 at 5:42 pm

Hi Optical Illusion,

I tested the motherboard with a Phanteks PHTC-14PE which is actually slightly larger than a D14. The only compatibility issue would be with memory featuring large heatspreaders but this is going to be an issue with the D14 on pretty much every motherboard on the market.