***Official Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH, Z77X-UP5 TH and Z77X-UP7 discussion thread***
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Have you got the rig overclocked yet? if so, what speed is the CPU at now?
Seems stable finally lol, thanks for asking. 
I think I have found the right voltage and settled with:
4.5GHz @ 1.27V stable (never budges thanks to the great LLC) Max temp is 74 but that's just on 1 core, the rest haven't reached 70. Didn't try to get over 4.5GHz though.
1.1V VTT
1.8V PLL
All other settings on normal off Auto because it set everything to Extreme. EIST etc all disabled, also the chips GPU disabled.
Samsung @ 2000MHz 8-10-10-21 114 1.65V can probably drop the voltage a bit but it's stable currently so I'm fine with it.
The power temps don't seem to get much over 60 really impressed with it!
I think I have found the right voltage and settled with:4.5GHz @ 1.27V stable (never budges thanks to the great LLC) Max temp is 74 but that's just on 1 core, the rest haven't reached 70. Didn't try to get over 4.5GHz though.
1.1V VTT
1.8V PLL
All other settings on normal off Auto because it set everything to Extreme. EIST etc all disabled, also the chips GPU disabled.
Samsung @ 2000MHz 8-10-10-21 114 1.65V can probably drop the voltage a bit but it's stable currently so I'm fine with it.
The power temps don't seem to get much over 60 really impressed with it!
Soldato
My Z77X-UP5 TH should be here tomorrow.
An excellent choice.
Soldato
The wife has text, I have a parcel at home.
Now do I sod work (Boss wouldnt be happy) go home and rebuild PC. Or wait till the weekend.
Now do I sod work (Boss wouldnt be happy) go home and rebuild PC. Or wait till the weekend.
You need to pull a "sickie"
Soldato
Can someone help me a bit. Im sure I seen a page on here that had links to updated drivers for this board.
Why cant I install the intel vga drivers or lucid.
Why cant I install the intel vga drivers or lucid.
Set the IGP in the bios from auto to enabled.
Soldato
My wifi seem to be very poor with this board. worse than my old z68 with a usb stick.
Tried moving the aerials around?
All fitted correctly?
All fitted correctly?
Soldato
They are on top of my case, at the back in direct line with the router. The only difference is the usb stick was at the front.
Try moving them around a bit?
Soldato
Tried a different pci-e slot changed the aerials over, I still get crap lag in games.
just got a Z77X-UP4 TH, looks nice but I'm yet to power it up. I think the mosfet heat sinks are a bit plain though. However this board meets all my requirements at the moment.
Its a shame about the location of the front usb 3 connector, I've decided not to use it as the cable ruins the aesthetics of my build.
The up5 has the ideal location, but lacks a ps/2 connector which is a deal breaker for me. I would have also of liked to see a couple more sata 3 ports on the up4, though luckily I'll only be running two sata drives (1 ssd+hdd)
I decided to fill my wc loop yesterday and drowned the board in water
(due to the seal on the cpu block, my fault for not reassembling it correctly. I followed the instructions, but the manufacturers youtube video was a lot clearer). All dried and put back together now with no leaks. I hope it still works in a few weeks when I will be ready to boot it for the first time, fortunately I hadn't added any dye and the only thing getting power was the pump so fingers crossed. 
Its a shame about the location of the front usb 3 connector, I've decided not to use it as the cable ruins the aesthetics of my build.
The up5 has the ideal location, but lacks a ps/2 connector which is a deal breaker for me. I would have also of liked to see a couple more sata 3 ports on the up4, though luckily I'll only be running two sata drives (1 ssd+hdd)
I decided to fill my wc loop yesterday and drowned the board in water
(due to the seal on the cpu block, my fault for not reassembling it correctly. I followed the instructions, but the manufacturers youtube video was a lot clearer). All dried and put back together now with no leaks. I hope it still works in a few weeks when I will be ready to boot it for the first time, fortunately I hadn't added any dye and the only thing getting power was the pump so fingers crossed.
Soldato
Ok the onboard graphics was causing me no end of problems with games (BF3 would not load). On my old Z68 board I had not problems.
I have ditched the wireless as its terrible for me, and Im only 10m direct LOS to the router.
Im going to start clocking again at the weekend, any tips.
I have ditched the wireless as its terrible for me, and Im only 10m direct LOS to the router.
Im going to start clocking again at the weekend, any tips.
Did you have the latest Lucid installed?
As for tips about overclocking, you can use the same Ivybridge guide in the first post, the UD5H he uses and the other gigabyte boards arent massively different.
As for tips about overclocking, you can use the same Ivybridge guide in the first post, the UD5H he uses and the other gigabyte boards arent massively different.