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Gigabyte's GA-Z87X-OC Motherboard Unboxed, Photographed

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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.

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    ojas , May 11, 2013 12:58 AM
    @DarkSable i'm guessing it's something to do with powering USB devices while the computer is off and in standby.
    That or thunderbolt related.
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    ojas , May 11, 2013 1:01 AM
    Ok wait, it says OC_IGNITION.
    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?
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    anort3 , May 11, 2013 1:04 AM
    I actually kind of like the color scheme. Haswell sure is looking good so far. I saw a CPU-Z screenshot of an i7 4770K at 5Ghz on .9v earlier today. I might just have to upgrade the old Sandy Bridge system. But I'll wait 6 months to make sure there are no bugs like P67 had at launch.
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    DXRick , May 11, 2013 1:17 AM
    Of all the motherboards I have ever seen, that is definitely one of them.
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    DarkSable , May 11, 2013 1:18 AM
    Quote:
    Ok wait, it says OC_IGNITION.
    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.

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    I actually kind of like the color scheme. Haswell sure is looking good so far. I saw an i7 4770K at 5Ghz on .9v earlier today. I might just have to upgrade the old Sandy Bridge system. But I'll wait 6 months to make sure there are no bugs like P67 had at launch.


    ... .9v? Please tell me that was a typo.
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    anort3 , May 11, 2013 2:07 AM
    Nope. Sent you a PM with a link.
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    rajangel , May 11, 2013 4:19 AM
    I love the looks. Reminds me of the old DFI LanParty boards. I wish they still made them. I want one. I think I'm drooling.
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    Aoyagi , May 11, 2013 4:48 AM
    What? Dual-UEFI? Can anyone give me examples why exactly is UEFI better than normal BIOS setup? I know of one and that's it (sometimes) makes the computer boot faster if it has the OS it's built for. Oh and yes, it looks pretty. That seems to be what sells everything nowadays.
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    christop , May 11, 2013 5:48 AM
    kinda like the halloween colors...
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    ssdpro , May 11, 2013 6:12 AM
    Is this with the broken stepping or fixed stepping?
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    drwho1 , May 11, 2013 6:12 AM
    I think this board is ugly, I really hate the color scheme.
    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)
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    TheBigTroll , May 11, 2013 6:15 AM
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    I think this board is ugly, I really hate the color scheme.
    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
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    TheBigTroll , May 11, 2013 6:16 AM
    and also note that there will be a higher end gigabyte OC series board with a much bigger VRM assembly
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    016ive , May 11, 2013 6:40 AM
    I like the color :) 
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    BulkZerker , May 11, 2013 7:22 AM
    $400
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    TheBigTroll , May 11, 2013 7:26 AM
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    $400


    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
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    nukemaster , May 11, 2013 7:37 AM
    Quote:
    What? Dual-UEFI? Can anyone give me examples why exactly is UEFI better than normal BIOS setup? I know of one and that's it (sometimes) makes the computer boot faster if it has the OS it's built for. Oh and yes, it looks pretty. That seems to be what sells everything nowadays.

    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
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    segio526 , May 11, 2013 11:41 AM
    Quote:
    What? Dual-UEFI? Can anyone give me examples why exactly is UEFI better than normal BIOS setup? I know of one and that's it (sometimes) makes the computer boot faster if it has the OS it's built for. Oh and yes, it looks pretty. That seems to be what sells everything nowadays.


    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!
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    dimar , May 11, 2013 11:41 AM
    Will never buy Gigabyte until they start using Canadian address for RMAs.
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