I am in a bit of a quandary trying to decide between the Gigabyte z68xp UD4 and the Asus P8Z68 V-Pro. Purely from an overclocking point of view which do you think will be best? I see the Asus has a 12+4 power phase, 12 for the CPU and 4 for the iGPU. Is this the same on the Gigabyte?
Gigabyte z68xp UD4 or Asus P8z68 V-Pro
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If it was me my choice from those options, id go with the Gigabyte.
Better? its only the interface that looks different, the Gigabyte still has all the same functionality with its HybridEFI.
Maybe but the Asus Bios is 100x better looking,plus has Intel onboard Lan for minimum cpu usage so another plus point, Asus review here with Gigabyte board for network performance comparison http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1615/10/ .
Better looking? like I boot my PC up to look at the BIOS all day
The Gigabyte has a 16 phase VRM's the ASUS has only 12 for the CPU alone.
Where do you have to send the ASUS board if something goes wrong? with a Gigabyte board its a UK RMA center with a 5 day turn around.
And if you want a pretty looking BIOS, then Gigabyte has TouchBIOS which is a windows based program that gives full BIOS control in a pretty looking interface.
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Better looking? like I boot my PC up to look at the BIOS all day
The Gigabyte has a 16 phase VRM's the ASUS has only 12 for the CPU alone.
Asus has 16 phase,
I also think Asus has better layout slot wise.
I'm well aware of Gigabyte's customer support, however for me does not matter since I've 4 PCs.
I based my choice on better onboard lan,better layout,better price over Gigabyte ,UEFI etc... so was not a hard decision,end of the day its personal choice.
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Not for the CPU like I said
Please try and read what you quote and also the reference you try to use.
@wam7 a similar question was asked here - http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherboards/1037339-hey-guys-should-i-get-gigabyte.html - Gigabyte came out on top
Not for the CPU like I said
Please try and read what you quote and also the reference you try to use.
Lol.. Asus have some of the best overclocking boards m8 so thats' not even a factor,besides 12+4 is more then enough and you know it.
Hi there
I have had both boards and the ASUS was worse, also the annoying reboot cycle where it takes three -four times to eventually start up was present but this seems very common amougnst ASUS boards.
My vote, the Gigabyte is the better board, its better made and looks better and boots up first time everytime
I hope that helps.
I have had both boards and the ASUS was worse, also the annoying reboot cycle where it takes three -four times to eventually start up was present but this seems very common amougnst ASUS boards.
My vote, the Gigabyte is the better board, its better made and looks better and boots up first time everytime
I hope that helps.
Hi there
I have had both boards and the ASUS was worse, also the annoying reboot cycle where it takes three -four times to eventually start up was present but this seems very common amongst ASUS boards.
My vote, the Gigabyte is the better board, its better made and looks better and boots up first time every time
I hope that helps.
Cool.
Well as my original question stated, I am really only concerned with overclocking ability. UEFI bios and Intel Lan are negligible concerns to me. It would be good if I could find a direct comparison but failing that I am leaning towards the Gigabyte.
Most H61/H67/P67/Z68motherboards are PCI-E Gen3 compatible to the top slot, as if it's a board with just a single 16X PCI-E slot then all the lanes are directly connected to the CPU socket without any switches.
If its a board that does Crossfire at 16X/4X, such as this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 - or - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-483-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
Then it also gets a full 16X PCI-E3.0 to the top slot, 4X to the bottom as there are no switches and it always remains 16X/4X whether there is one or two cards inserted.
Motherboards that don't have Gen3 switches that do SLI/Crossfire at 8X/8X or 16X for the top slot with only a single card inserted, get 8X Gen3 as 8 of the PCi-E lanes are wired directly to the CPU socket.
The other 8 lanes then go to the switches that direct them to the top slot or second slot if a second card is installed.
Remember its the Ivybridge CPU that has the PCi controller on its die
And a PCI-E3.0 card still works in older boards as its backwards compatible, also the extra bandwidth offered my have little effect as even the difference between 16X/16X vs 8X/8X PCi-E2.0 sli/crossfire is effectively zero as the bandwidth isnt needed. Will the next bunch of top end cards suddenly need twice the bandwidth?
If its a board that does Crossfire at 16X/4X, such as this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990 - or - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-483-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
Then it also gets a full 16X PCI-E3.0 to the top slot, 4X to the bottom as there are no switches and it always remains 16X/4X whether there is one or two cards inserted.
Motherboards that don't have Gen3 switches that do SLI/Crossfire at 8X/8X or 16X for the top slot with only a single card inserted, get 8X Gen3 as 8 of the PCi-E lanes are wired directly to the CPU socket.
The other 8 lanes then go to the switches that direct them to the top slot or second slot if a second card is installed.
Remember its the Ivybridge CPU that has the PCi controller on its die
And a PCI-E3.0 card still works in older boards as its backwards compatible, also the extra bandwidth offered my have little effect as even the difference between 16X/16X vs 8X/8X PCi-E2.0 sli/crossfire is effectively zero as the bandwidth isnt needed. Will the next bunch of top end cards suddenly need twice the bandwidth?
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Not always did you read Anandtech review on P67 versions?...
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4130/the-battle-of-the-p67-boards-asus-vs-gigabyte-at-190/11
Please explain to me what relevance the P67 motherboards have to do with their Z68 counter parts?
And if you want to dig up P67 boards as any sort of proof to how a Z68 board does, then do you remember the awful issues ASUS had with there P67 boards at the beginning of the year?
I'm well aware of issues all boards have but to say Gigabyte wins for OC like you stated is fool hardy at best,remember every overclock has too many variables like cpu in question ,psu ,hardware you use and user skill level.
I can also add you could throw in MSI Z68A GD65-G3 and Asrock Extreme4 GEN3 boards has other good choices.
But giving your CPU a better chance at overclocking by supplying it better controlled voltages due to having more VRM's is what the OP wants, overclocking first and foremost
More VRM's =better, the higher you overclock the more power a CPU requires and so extra vrm's allow you to supply this wattage/amperage more safely as they spread the load better, cooler too as they work less hard individually and the voltages stay well within spec with less flucuation.
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