***Official Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH, Z77X-UP5 TH and Z77X-UP7 discussion thread***

you get a batter sound chip,more cpu power phases wifi,onboard power button/reset button clear cmos and flickable switch between back up and main bios chips,i think you get 3 intel sata3 ports bluetooth 4,might be other things ive missed
 
Theres just the two intel SATAIII ports and one Marvell SATAIII port.

It has more USB3.0 internal ports.
 
i wasnt sure tbh,i did see where it said 3 sata 3 ports though,all the back panel usb ports are usb3 on my up4,first time ive seen this on a motherboard
 
I see what you mean about the leap in price, £80 is maybe a bit too much of a gap to bridge. I'm looking at getting this build underway within the next month, haswell appears to be 10% faster than ivy on advance reviews, il probably not bother with it then and will stick to the ivy z77 idea. Hopefully up5 will drop in price a bit but if not il seriously consider the up4 or even a budget ivy build with a d3h or ud3h, any ideas?
 
it depends what features are important to you,there all pretty decent boards,the newer boards will have better power phases though
 
I don't think the gap in price is worth it if you only need the connectivity on the UP4. If you have a dedicated sound card onboard is not worth the extra either. I would love to buy the UP5 simply because it's got more eye candy and moar power phases.

I will be buying the UP4 though, as can't justify the extra gold for those things. Especially since I'll only be using 1 SSD.
 
BrianB said:
I don't think the gap in price is worth it if you only need the connectivity on the UP4. If you have a dedicated sound card onboard is not worth the extra either. I would love to buy the UP5 simply because it's got more eye candy and moar power phases.

I will be buying the UP4 though, as can't justify the extra gold for those things. Especially since I'll only be using 1 SSD.
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This is my reasoning. I don't think il ever be at a stage where id be using more than one 256gb ssd and if I do get to the point where SSDs become affordable in higher storage capacities I'd be looking at upgrading anyway
 
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So... I bit the bullet and joined the club. Got a UP4 TH, 3570K and 8GB Samsung on the credit card ¬_¬.

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Notice the cable tie holding up the 7970 lol. :D Cheap fix.

Overclocked straight to 4.2 with multiplier, had some issues with the downloaded software, so just used most of the stuff off the CD and it stopped my system staying on shutting down screen for eternity. Took 3 fresh installs for me to work it out.

Current overclock:

42 multi, 1.116V in windows.
Extreme VCore Loadline Calibration, all others on normal, voltages on normal etc.
XMS3 ram (samsung on the way) at 1866MHz 8-10-10-24 1T 1.65V

Temps:

67 C hottest core in IBT, mostly at 50C don't know why it spikes that high.
59C hottest core in Prime95, my core #2 is always the hottest.
In EasyTune6 system at 30c on load PCH at 32.

I tried 4.5 GHz, but temps went straight to 86C on 1 core and coming from a Q6600 I am not used to those kind of temps. Doesn't seem worth 20C of heat for 300Mhz clock.

Something strange, the Vcore never differs from 1.116V, is that due to the extreme load line calibration? I didn't expect it to be that good? Worries me really, my old P35C-DS3R had horrible vdroop, went from 1.4V in BIOS, to 1.34V windows to 1.28V under load! :D

Any tweaks for lower temps? Will run the samsung at 1.5v hopefully, can I lower the VTT or PLL voltages at all? Intel GPU is disabled but not sure it helped at all, also the LucidMVP seemed to work slightly but not all the time.

This board is so good! Very happy with it. Also the PCB feels like steel and the D-14 doesn't stress it at all, probably thanks to those retention brackets on the back for the mosfet cooling.
 
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  • It has thunderbolt ports.
  • 60A chokes with the Ultra Durable 5.
  • Look's better imo.
  • Overclocks well.
  • Great board temps and power management.
  • Lacks gimmicks, get what you pay for.

I would say go for the UP4 over the UD5H, it's newer.
 
BrianB said:
So... I bit the bullet and joined the club. Got a UP4 TH, 3570K and 8GB Samsung on the credit card ¬_¬.

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Notice the cable tie holding up the 7970 lol. :D Cheap fix.

Overclocked straight to 4.2 with multiplier, had some issues with the downloaded software, so just used most of the stuff off the CD and it stopped my system staying on shutting down screen for eternity. Took 3 fresh installs for me to work it out.

Current overclock:

42 multi, 1.116V in windows.
Extreme VCore Loadline Calibration, all others on normal, voltages on normal etc.
XMS3 ram (samsung on the way) at 1866MHz 8-10-10-24 1T 1.65V

Temps:

67 C hottest core in IBT, mostly at 50C don't know why it spikes that high.
59C hottest core in Prime95, my core #2 is always the hottest.
In EasyTune6 system at 30c on load PCH at 32.

I tried 4.5 GHz, but temps went straight to 86C on 1 core and coming from a Q6600 I am not used to those kind of temps. Doesn't seem worth 20C of heat for 300Mhz clock.

Something strange, the Vcore never differs from 1.116V, is that due to the extreme load line calibration? I didn't expect it to be that good? Worries me really, my old P35C-DS3R had horrible vdroop, went from 1.4V in BIOS, to 1.34V windows to 1.28V under load! :D

Any tweaks for lower temps? Will run the samsung at 1.5v hopefully, can I lower the VTT or PLL voltages at all? Intel GPU is disabled but not sure it helped at all, also the LucidMVP seemed to work slightly but not all the time.

This board is so good! Very happy with it. Also the PCB feels like steel and the D-14 doesn't stress it at all, probably thanks to those retention brackets on the back for the mosfet cooling.
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That does look pimp :cool:

You can try lowering the PLL a little bit.

How were you measuring the Vcore and droop? CPU-Z?

Testing using Intel burn test is a bit of a NO NO with Ivybridge CPU's as you will see the temps get shocking (but 89c is still ok)

Use Prime95.
 
Clairvoyant said:
is the UP4 better than the Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H. Im confused, choices.
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The power stages are all new and use a single component to replace four separate parts as used previously (theres a video in the opening post)

The UD5H does have a better onboard audio chip and more SATAIII connectors and internal USB3.0 ports, the UD5H also has a few more things aimed at overclockers (power button, CMOS reset, reset switches, voltage measuring points etc)
 
stulid said:
That does look pimp :cool:

You can try lowering the PLL a little bit.

How were you measuring the Vcore and droop? CPU-Z?

Testing using Intel burn test is a bit of a NO NO with Ivybridge CPU's as you will see the temps get shocking (but 89c is still ok)

Use Prime95.
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Thanks, is it because of the onboard memory controller etc? *deletes IBT*

On P95 I get really good temps. 89C is OK? Could cook my dinner on that. :cool: What temps should I be looking for? Currently stays under 60 load with this overclock.

Gna see what the stock PLL is then lower it, cheers Stulid.

Thanks also, I like how my rig is looking, but hate the PSU cables, the red gpu cooler. May spray my noctua fans, but probably just add another NF-P12 to the D-14 and hope it looks good with 3 fans ^^, want something pulling the air through from the back. Loads of space on 1155 socket, on 775 I could barely get my hands around to unclip my fans and plugging in the 8pin was impossible with heatsink on if I forget it.

edit: Lowered PLL to 1.5V Hopefully works haha. Gonna google VTT see what that is. Samsung ram tomorrow, will lower ram voltage help temps or does it not matter? Would love to get this to 4.5 with reasonable temps. Temps for cores are 55,57-60,54,57 not much different but less volts is less volts. :D
 
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