Motherboard differences

niftyfifty · 23 Apr 2011 at 20:30

Can someone tell me what features the UD7 has vs the UD5 ?

Gigabyte P67A-UD7

Gigabyte P67A-UD5

OCUK dont sell the 7 anymore, just the 5, the 7 is £40 more, what makes it worth that as i cant see the difference ?

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Emphacy · 23 Apr 2011 at 20:33

http://www.techpowerup.com/130958/Gigabyte-s-First-Black-PCB-Motherboards-P67A-UD5-and-P67A-UD7.html

This explains all the differences, the UD7 has 24-phase VRM, the UD5 has 20-phase VRM. The UD7 has more PCI-E slots etc etc.
EDIT: If I'm not mistaken these are also B3 revision motherboards.

RJC · 23 Apr 2011 at 20:35

Main difference is the UD7 can take more GPU'S. Link below shows a comparison, there might be slight other differences.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/comparison/list.aspx?ck=2&pids=3646,3647

chippy08 · 23 Apr 2011 at 21:36

niftyfifty said:
Can someone tell me what features the UD7 has vs the UD5 ?

Gigabyte P67A-UD7

Gigabyte P67A-UD5

OCUK dont sell the 7 anymore, just the 5, the 7 is £40 more, what makes it worth that as i cant see the difference ?

ty

You have to think do you really need a board that cost so much most people would say not.

niftyfifty · 24 Apr 2011 at 10:51

Ahhh. In that case why has OCUK filled in the tech specs for the UD5 as
*PCI-Express Slots x3 PCI Express x16 slots (x16, x16, x8), x2 PCI Express x1 slots (x1)*

When according to the manu it should be
*PCI-Express Slots x3 PCI Express x16 slots (x16, x8, x8), x2 PCI Express x1 slots (x1)*