Gigabyte Z87 differences

The OC is designed by overclockers for serious overclockers (liquid nitrogen use etc).

Extras include,

• OCTouch (increase the BCLK or Multiplier)
• Dip switches to disable PCI-E slots
• Boot straight to BIOS button (no matter what settings applied)
• OC Ignition button (powers the board ON without actually booting)
• LN2 switch (boot with a low 6 or 8X mulitplier, then flip the switch to get what multi you set in the BIOS)

Loads and loads.

But that doesnt mean the UD4H isnt fantastic too. Its just that the OC board is aimed squarely at one goal.
 
Hi stulid

I'm still swaying as I also like the new Asus z87 maximus vi is this worth the extra money or will they both overclock the same
 
I think the OC has a PCI-e 3.0 multiplexer so it can provide more lanes. I'm not certain about that though, it just appears to have more PCI-e capacity than the Haswell can provide by default.
Edit - I'm wrong the last orange slot is PCI-E 2.0 with only x4 lanes, the 3.0 slots can only share what the Haswell chip has to offer (the PCI-e 3.0 is driven by the CPU and the 2.0 by the Z87 southbridge).
 
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delpy8 said:
Hi stulid

I'm still swaying as I also like the new Asus z87 maximus vi is this worth the extra money or will they both overclock the same
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You will find the cpu+cooling is the limit first before the board struggles.
 
Still can't make my mind up between those two boards either.

Want to see a review of both the Z87X-OC, and UD4H with highest clocks on what voltage with the same identical CPU.
 
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