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Ethan M.

Ethan M.

Joined on 07/11/05

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DOA

GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: It was shiny and well rated back in 2011 by Toms Hardware

Cons: DOA board. Installed in an existing case. As soon as I got everything installed it was immediately stuck in a 2s boot loop. Wouldn't even make it to post due to a short somewhere on the board. Double checked all the wiring (which was working 2 hours earlier), removed the graphics card, swapped ram around, even removed the cooling fan and CPU and redid the thermal paste. Whoever is in charge of Quality Control at Gigabyte needs to find a new job. I bought this because of the recommend for the revision 1.0 version, revision 1.3 seems to be worthless.

Overall Review: Gigabyte used to produce good products, I am not sure what happened to their products.

Failure in less than 60 Days

SeaSonic SS-750KM3 750W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
SeaSonic SS-750KM3 750W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

Pros: Great cable system and a very pretty packaging for the unit.

Cons: Lost the power rail for the Motherboard in approximately 50 days. Currently going through the RMA process on the unit. While unit is out for work I switched back to a 5 year old Thermaltake unit that was solid in my previous computer.

Overall Review: Cost to send it back isn't exactly fun given the weight of the unit.