Gigabyte's GA-Z87X-OC Motherboard Unboxed, Photographed
More details of Gigabyte's GA-Z87X-OC have surfaced as the folks over at PCWorld have managed to get a hold of one.
The folks over at PCWorld have managed to get their hands on one of Gigabyte's upcoming motherboards, the GA-Z87X-OC, which seems to be a fairly well-built and solid motherboard, with a very broad feature set.
The motherboard is built on an orange and black PCB design, features the LGA 1150 socket, and is backed by the Z87 chipset. Furthermore, it features four PCIe x16 3.0 slots, two legacy PCI slots, and a PCIe x1 3.0 slot. Other internal connectivity is handled by six SATA3 ports, two USB A 2.0 ports, a handful of USB 2.0 ports, as well as a USB 3.0 header, a 24-pin ATX power supply connector, an 8+4-pin EPS connector setup, and a 6-pin PCIe power connector. The board also has a number of overclocking buttons found next to the memory slots.
External connectivity will be taken care of by 7.1 channel analog audio, an optical TOSLINK output, a Displayport, two HDMI ports, six USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, a "lightning" button, and a legacy PS/2 port.
The motherboard also sports Gigabyte's upcoming Z87 Dual-UEFI BIOS, with the high-resolution interface.
So far, there has not been any word on the board's pricing or an official release date, but we can expect to see more information come to light officially starting June 4, 2013.

Also, what exactly is a "lightning button"?
That or thunderbolt related.
Don't have the slightest clue what that's supposed to mean.
I mean, OC related, obviously, but aren't there different buttons for that?
Don't have the slightest clue what that's supposed to mean.
I mean, OC related, obviously, but aren't there different buttons for that?
Hmm... My theory is that it's an automatic overclocker that's so bad that it automatically overvolts and sets the computer on fire.
... .9v? Please tell me that was a typo.
But that isn't as bad as having 2 PCI slots that space could have been use for PCIex x1/x4
instead. Also why manufactures still limit SATA ports to 6 (8 on some cases)?
I currently have 16 drives connected to my PC (3 are external USB drives) + 1 optical drive of course. (I had to add 2 SATA controllers due to the lack of SATA ports)
But that isn't as bad as having 2 PCI slots that space could have been use for PCIex x1/x4
instead. Also why manufactures still limit SATA ports to 6 (8 on some cases)?
I currently have 16 drives connected to my PC (3 are external USB drives) + 1 optical drive of course. (I had to add 2 SATA controllers due to the lack of SATA ports)
its because 90% of the users dont use more than 4 sata devices. if you are using more than 6 drives, you should be getting a proper raid card
its not that expensive. according to oc3d, this will be priced VERY aggressively. they will have a higher end OC model that is probably about as good as the up7
You can also boot hard drives larger then 2TB(with a supported OS again) this way.
@all. The layout looks very clean. I just wish it has some E-SATA goodness. With all that USB 3.0, maybe it will not be an issue
The biggest benefit is it can boot an OS off a partition larger than 2.2TB. That and they can make it look real pretty!