WEBVTT 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:14.040 welcome to another motherboard unboxing this is the 00:00:11.440 --> 00:00:20.000 z77x which as you guys might imagine uses the z77 chipset from Intel UD 5H UD 00:00:18.560 --> 00:00:23.800 implies that there is ultra durable technology but wait it's not Ultra 00:00:22.119 --> 00:00:28.640 durable 5 because that's not out yet the highest Ultra durable we have is ultra 00:00:25.840 --> 00:00:34.559 durable 4 and this one has it so moving along we've got the 3D BIOS logo here 00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:38.320 which includes the Dual UEFI BIOS with their unique graphical interface that 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:41.800 allows you to actually click on the various parts of your board in order to 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:45.680 access them so you want to access things about the SATA ports you just click on 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:48.559 the SATA ports a bit more intuitive than you 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:51.120 know shoot where do they usually keep that see I can't even remember where 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:56.160 they usually keep the SATA options cuz they're all over the place it can be in like integrated peripherals sometimes 00:00:54.840 --> 00:01:00.440 what does that even mean integrated peripheral SATA port anyway so Gigabyte 00:00:58.879 --> 00:01:03.760 wants to make that simpler it also includes 3D power which is their All 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:07.759 Digital engine meaning they are using all digital pwm for this particular 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:13.280 motherboard this supports the latest Intel Core i7 third generation 00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:16.000 processors on the 1155 socket z77 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:19.600 chipset we covered PCI Express Gen 3 is supported by this board so you want to 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:23.759 run your latest GTX 680 I guess by the time you watch this video it might not 00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:25.560 be the latest but 680 or rad on hd7970 00:01:23.759 --> 00:01:30.640 and get the absolute most out of it yes the extra 1% or so PCI Express Gen 3 is 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:34.720 the way to go if it's more important for S Crossfire though and I'll cover that 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:38.280 more later the MSA connector is on board which I'll cover more once we've opened 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:42.320 it up and Ultra durable for so this is a bunch of stuff high temperature 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:48.799 protection humidity protection using their new woven glass fiber or sorry 00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:51.040 woven glass fabric PCB which can be 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:55.320 relevant if you are in a high humidity environment such as say for example 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:57.880 Taiwan or I mean you know I've had situations where I've accidentally 00:01:56.399 --> 00:02:02.479 spilled water on a board I hope it would help with that although you know no promises there guys electrostatic 00:02:01.240 --> 00:02:05.960 protection so they've integrated circuitry that actually protects the 00:02:04.360 --> 00:02:10.720 board from being damaged in the event of an electrostatic accident and power 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:15.080 failure protection once again design choices that they've made to help 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:20.000 mitigate the risk of that permanently damaging your motherboard so we'll leave 00:02:17.160 --> 00:02:24.440 that there so that we don't miss anything okay and let's open this bad 00:02:22.760 --> 00:02:29.959 boy up so the motherboard comes first but I'm going to make you guys wait for it and we'll go through the ex no no no 00:02:28.519 --> 00:02:33.160 calm down slick we'll do the mother board 00:02:31.519 --> 00:02:37.959 later going to go through the accessories first so we have two right 00:02:35.239 --> 00:02:41.519 angle SATA cables one right angle K SATA cable and a straight SATA cable so three 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:49.840 right angles and one straight then we have a USB 3.0 front panel 3 and2 in Bay 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:53.599 user manual as well as driver and utility DVD don't use this download the 00:02:51.760 --> 00:02:57.720 latest from the Gigabyte website there's also huh look at that they they opened 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:02.680 it up to the page with the Box contents and the motherboard layout see those are 00:03:00.040 --> 00:03:08.280 the little touches that you got to appreciate Gigabyte sticker multilingual 00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:14.840 installation guide book with more languages than I can speak uh we have a 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:18.000 flexible black SLI Bridge the very best 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:21.440 kind we also have an IO plate that is 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:24.200 handily color coded love color coding 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:30.920 love things that are black and love small finishing touches so far Gigabyte 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:34.360 A+ as far as the included access are 00:03:30.920 --> 00:03:36.840 going next let's get the board opened up 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:40.799 here this is a resealed board it's a sample board so yeah yours won't look 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:46.360 like that unless you buy this one haha no just kidding you won't get this one 00:03:44.040 --> 00:03:51.599 um here we go so you know what let's shift our angle a little bit 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:56.400 here well I meant turn the camera off for and we're ready all right so at the 00:03:54.480 --> 00:04:02.840 very center of the board the very focal point for me is the new well not new 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:05.680 lg15 5 socket supporting the new uh IV 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:11.000 Bridge code named Intel Core i7 and i5 and I3 Generation 3 processors the thing 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:14.799 we also find right next to it is another cool Intel technology that is Intel 00:04:12.760 --> 00:04:19.759 smart response technology you can throw a little PCI E SSD in here not going to 00:04:17.359 --> 00:04:25.320 take up any of your PCI slots or any of your SATA ports and you can use that to 00:04:22.400 --> 00:04:30.720 run Intel SRT caching off of a drive that you have connected to the system 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:32.800 very very cool all right we've got our 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:36.400 power deliver delivery circuitry here along with beefy heat sinks that are 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:40.840 connected by a heat pipe to the beefy heat sink that is also installed on the 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:44.120 chipset itself we have our 8 pin connector in its ideal location at the 00:04:42.560 --> 00:04:49.520 top left of the board and we'll go around and count the pwm fan headers at 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:54.120 the end of the video this right here is dual Channel DDR3 memory supporting up 00:04:52.080 --> 00:04:59.440 to four dims that so that is a chipset thing guys this is not a replacement for 00:04:56.479 --> 00:05:05.720 x79 this is a replacement for z68 so we still C dual Channel DDR3 we have a SOS 00:05:03.039 --> 00:05:08.880 switch as well as a reset switch and a power button built into the most 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:13.800 sensible possible location up here at the top right of the board now this is 00:05:10.960 --> 00:05:18.919 ex is excellent this is only a ud5 level board so this isn't even a topend board 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:22.520 but look at this it's got all of your voltage checkpoints that's that's like 00:05:20.919 --> 00:05:28.120 outstanding I cannot stress enough how outstanding that is you can check all your voltages with a multimeter even on 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:34.080 this like sort of high-end but not quite like a ud7 or or G1 series board very 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:37.960 cool the 24 pin connectors in its ideal location along the far right of the 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:42.360 board and check this out if you want additional power for your graphics cards 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:48.080 you can use a SATA connector instead of a Molex I think this is a great design 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:51.360 choice and I yeah appreciate that as a 00:05:48.080 --> 00:05:54.520 user all right here we go SATA 2 Port 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:57.800 will be disabled when msata slot is in 00:05:54.520 --> 00:06:00.360 use so there you go it is running off of 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:04.560 the okay so you do use up a Port but I guess you get the benefit of like it 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:09.080 looking badass and you don't have to use up an 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:14.800 actual Bay in your case so there there's the benefit all right these guys right 00:06:12.400 --> 00:06:19.599 here are SATA 36 gbit per second these ones right here are SATA 2 3 gbit per 00:06:17.479 --> 00:06:25.360 second and these ones are also oh sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry these four are 00:06:21.520 --> 00:06:28.759 SATA 26 3 gbit per second and then these 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:31.400 four are SATA 3 6 gbit per second this 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:36.599 one is also 36 GB per second and check this out two front panel USB 3.0 ports 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:42.280 so this is interesting because according to the Intel three front panel USB 3.0 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:46.880 ports this is interesting because according to the Intel spec the front 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:50.520 panel USB 3 Port like the Intel the Intel usb3 ports have to be integrated 00:06:48.880 --> 00:06:53.560 with two in the front two in the back so on this particular board you're going to 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:58.599 be allowed to choose whether you want to run off of the Intel usb3 chip or off of 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:03.280 the third party usb3 chip we have another sta 3 port I think I mentioned 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:06.440 that and here are all of our front panel 00:07:03.280 --> 00:07:09.639 switches front USB with extra power for 00:07:06.440 --> 00:07:11.840 faster charging front panel USB 2 with 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:16.680 not extra power for charging we have our TPM slot as well as a front uh fire wire 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:22.919 and front audio Gigabyte has started putting front audio at the bottom of the board Kudos Gigabyte it used to be here 00:07:20.599 --> 00:07:28.440 and this is better all right having a look at the back of the board so the z77 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:33.080 chipset supports Onboard video on supported Intel core I whatever you know 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:37.720 processors that do have Onboard video all the IV Bridge ones do so we've got 00:07:34.919 --> 00:07:42.199 VGA DVI HDMI and DisplayPort so the full gamut of options and what's cool is 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:49.440 that with Lucid virtue MVP we actually get a lot more options 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:52.440 in terms of a how to connect your monitor because you can connect it 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:56.879 either to the discrete graphics card or the onboard graphics card and you can 00:07:54.400 --> 00:07:59.960 choose D mode or IM mode whether you whichever one it's connected to it 00:07:58.039 --> 00:08:03.879 doesn't matter also you can use okay assuming the game 00:08:02.479 --> 00:08:08.319 supports it it comes down to software support again assuming that the game 00:08:06.159 --> 00:08:12.120 supports it you can use virtu MVP to actually dramatically improve the 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:17.120 performance of a discrete graphics card by having the onboard GPU handle basic 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:22.879 tasks and leaving the more complicated things such as tessellation to your 00:08:18.520 --> 00:08:25.400 direct X11 graphics card interesting hey 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:32.360 all right moving on we've got optical audio out two USB 2.0 ports an 00:08:28.919 --> 00:08:34.519 additional USB 2.0 Port okay fire wire 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:38.519 four USB 3.0 ports so two of these are off the Intel chipset two of them are 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:43.640 off a third party chipset 2 GB Ethernet ports and 7.1 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:47.560 audio so right I said I was going to go back and count all the pwm fan headers 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:55.279 so here we go one two don't come in too close so that they can see where they 00:08:48.760 --> 00:08:59.440 are I think uh 1 2 3 4 five uh uh uh 00:08:55.279 --> 00:09:00.560 five pwm fan headers so don't forget oh 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:06.600 oh right right right right right sorry I almost forgot so it's also got integrated creative Sound Blaster X5 mb2 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:10.120 audio which has a built-in headphone amplifier so this is not quite as 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:13.560 advanced a design as they've used on the past on their G1 motherboards but it's 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:17.519 going to be a heck of a lot better than your standard onboard audio and then 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:23.160 what else are we missing here hold on let me just make sure I didn't miss anything guys Intel gigb Ethernet all 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:30.640 right yes one of these two built-in LS is Intel so as opposed to a thirdparty 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:32.360 chipset which a lot of users do prefer 00:09:30.640 --> 00:09:35.079 and finally you know what let's go back to the back of the box where they do 00:09:33.800 --> 00:09:38.480 have some of their other stuff sorry guys this is in lie of 00:09:38.959 --> 00:09:44.320 notes so that outlines actually yeah you guys can just look at that if you really 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:48.440 want to that outlines the benefits of ultra durable 4 which has uh continued 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:51.959 to bring you know the same standard things like 2 O copper BCB which is for 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:56.640 better heat dissipation as well as less interference along with a whole bunch of 00:09:55.079 --> 00:10:02.160 other cool stuff so I think that pretty much covers it thank you for checking 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:03.680 out my unboxing of the z77x ud5h and 00:10:02.160 --> 00:10:07.440 don't forget to subscribe to lineus TCH tips from unboxing reviews and other 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:12.519 computer videos and don't forget you can always benefit from All Digital power 00:10:09.079 --> 00:10:14.240 that is the CPU the VT the memory and 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:20.279 the Intel HD graphics which are all digitally powered ah yes the slot layout 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:25.880 sorry guys I forgot three PCI e1x slots two PCI e6x oh okay three PCIe 16x slots 00:10:24.040 --> 00:10:29.800 but more on that in a minute and one PCI slot so I mentioned that PCI E3 support 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:34.160 was going to be important for SLI Crossfire users on this platform that is 00:10:31.880 --> 00:10:40.959 because these are not both full 16x it's 16x or 8X 8X if you have two cards in 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:45.600 them as per the same limitations as the 00:10:40.959 --> 00:10:49.320 z68 platform it's z68 right yeah z68 um 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:52.480 wow dirt moment there guys uh right so 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:55.959 remember PCIe 3.08 is the same bandwidth 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:58.399 as PCIe 16x 2.0 so that means that if 00:10:55.959 --> 00:11:03.200 you're running PCI E3 on your CPU remember you need a PCI E3 CPU as well 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:08.079 as your graphics parts that 8X bandwidth is going to be the same as last generation 16x so there should be no 00:11:05.839 --> 00:11:12.480 performance bottleneck there at all finally this PCIe 4X slot requires an 00:11:10.760 --> 00:11:20.839 ivybridge third gen CPU for more information please refer to the user manual so there you go 16x 60 or 88 or 00:11:18.839 --> 00:11:24.120 and 4x assuming you're using an IV Bridge TPU