GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: It is new. debug codes easy to access/read.

Cons: Needs a PS2 key board to install BIOS/OS on a fresh blank sytem. USB is the standard being required to find a PS2 to load system settings, bios, os, drivers etc is simply unacceptable, had I known this I would have moved on and purchased a different more modern product. Also cannnot load more than 2 sticks of memory or system will not post. Owners guide/manual is very short on information.

Other Thoughts: This is a case of putting and evening gown on a street walker and hoping no one will notice the oozing sores ...

Pros: Great Board, everything worked great

Cons: Couldn't install Windows XP, anyone every tried. Any suggestions. I need XP to run my older design software.

Pros: Nice motherboard. All ports are labeled and the board itself was very easy to install. Plenty of USB 3.0 ports and even a PS/2 port. Very nice!

Cons: There's some software included or advertised in the box that I don't think are very worth downloading/installing. A quick search on the included programs can help you decide what you install.

Pros: Well constructed board with plenty of ram, usb and pci capability. Be aware there are no IDE connections. Had to buy a sata cd/dvd drive. Not really a big deal though. Overall easy install.

Cons: Cannot access the Bios. Yep thats right I tried flashing and loading several times even with the provided software utilities but I still cannot access the Bios. On occasion I am able to bring up the Bios menu but my keyboard and mouse are useless. I cant navigate in any way.

Other Thoughts: Really hoping Gigabyte develops a fix for this because in all honesty I really like the Board. Would have given 5 stars had I not had this problem.

Manufacturer Response:

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Pros: This motherboard is fitting my needs perfectly. I upgraded from a HP-built D5000t which was getting a little long in the tooth. Everything fit great except that I needed an extension cable for the case fan -- no biggie. I love the two e-sata ports on the back -- they work great with my two drive towers. I installed a I5-3570K processor with the supplied cooler and I'm running plently cool. I haven't overclocked yet and probably won't for awhile -- it's plenty fast for the non-gaming work that I do. Currently I'm running everything directly off the motherboard, i.e., no PCI cards. All my needs are provided for by the motherboard. But I have room to grow when my needs change.

Cons: no cons.

Other Thoughts: I also installed a 60Gb SSD set up as a cache for the primary OS drive. It's probably too early to tell for sure, but the disk access seems much faster. I.e., the boot time is very fast.

Pros: Great motherboard, it has Two PCI-E 16x 3.0 slots which is place perfectly, so you can SLI or CF two cards while still having room for year to get to both cards. The PCI-E 1x slot is useable even with a graphics card in the first PCI-E slot. I haven't tried the Msata slot on it yet so i don't know how well it works.

It's onboard audio is ok, but you better off installing a cheap sound card, due to the drivers control panel being basic, as it doesn't have settings that i deem that would be usefull.

The bios can be switched from UFEI to standard with a press of a key, it does have all the settings a overclock-er would need .

The motherboard been working great so far minus the annoying flaws that i will mention in the cons.

Cons: The bios tends to hard lock while your changing settings, even while the system is at stock. It takes a couple of resets to be able to change the bios settings. It happens alot more when your overclocked, even when your overclock is stable. So it best to quicky do the settings then save the bios settings, or make a profile.

Lately the USB ports been acting up causing me to unplug every thing and plugging it back in for the devices to work again. Could be a OS issue thou.

The bios battery is located in a awkward place and reg you to remove the video card or use a lone flat head to get to, if you need to reset your bios settings, if you use a setting that stops you from booting up.

The placement of the PCI slots could be better, so you don't block a GPU air intake when using a PCI card.

Other Thoughts: The motherboard is a good one if you able to look past the flaws.

Pros: Nice Bios, plenty of fan connectors, stable, practical layout, easy to overclock with.

Cons: This motherboard does not have one of those adapters that you can use to easily plug in your front panel functions like your power button and such, but that isn't a big deal.

Manufacturer Response:

Thank you for your comments. Honest and constructive opinions are always welcome. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product.

I'm sorry, but we do not include a front panel wire pack as there are virtually thousands of different chassis on the market. However, all of Gigabyte's products have a color coded front panel pins for easier installation of your chassis wires.

If you require further assistance, please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyte-usa.com with the case number 2013051302 in the subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue as soon as possible.

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Pros: No problems so far, very fair price

Cons: None so far, great board for the price

Pros: -Tons of bios options
-Tons of ports
-SLI support

Cons: confusing tapestry of required drivers.

Other Thoughts: 2nd UDH bard i have owned.
Previous lga775 board held up for 6 years and counting with high OC on proc and northbridge.

I expect the same level of performance from this board.

Pros: This is a sturdy board. looking through some reviews it looked like there was problems, but i went with it anyway. overall not disappointed. I ran 2 GPU's on the sli, theres enough room for those with a cooler master hyper 212 cooler.

there are plenty of sysfan connections. i bought a few extra fans for this rig and was concerned about hook ups. was not an issue, and even have a few unused spaces.

This really is a great board..but...

Cons: the head scratchers....

Each time i inserted USB sticks it wanted to format them. had to look up a CMD command line to stop it.

also, lan didn't work out of the box. I needed to get the drivers from the gigabyte website.

Other Thoughts: All in all, the cons don't out weight the pro's if your looking for a plug and play board, this one isn't it, but if you dont mind getting a great board, but having to tinker a bit, then this is the board.