![]() Higher clock-rates are currently only possible with overclocking. The Intel LGA 1155 motherboard supports DDR3 memory modules and can be optimized in the BIOS for DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600, DDR3-1866, DDR3-2133 DC RAM modules. Here you can see the four DDR3 memory slots with Dual Channel support: The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 can be equipped with up to four DDR3 modules and is expandable depending upon operating system used (see list) to maximally 32 GB memory. Additionally to both PCI Express 2.0 slots there are three x1 PCIe 2.0 slots and two PCI slots. If one like only use one video card on the Z68XP-UD3, one should insert the PCI Express video card into the PCIEX16 slot, in order to get the fastest x16 bandwidth. A SLI/XFire switch card is not necessary to get the optimal performance for single or CF operation. ![]() This 2-Way AMD CrossFireX and/or nVidia SLI motherboard offers two PCI Express 2.0 video card slots, whereby either one video card can operate with x16 band-width, or two can operate in x8 mode. The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 motherboard came with a manual, Intel Smart Response Technology installation guide, DVD, four SATA data cables, SLI Brdige, case sticker and ATX I/O shield. This SLC SSD can be with Intel Smart Response technology used as intelligent cache for frequently accessed applications. 100 EUR higher than the Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3, which is approximately the SSD price. The motherboard is available by the way also as Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD, which is equipped with an Intel SSD 311 Series 20GB mSATA SSD. The board is equipped with two BIOS chips and has one mSATA slot, which can be equipped with a mini SATA SSD card: Here is another characteristics of the Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 motherboard. The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 is high-quality finished and offers the Gigabyte usual colored marked sockets with polarity signs for an easy front panel plug connection: The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD motherboard is delivered in this cardboard box: We test, overclock and benchmark the Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 with different video cards and compare the current consumption in this review. the Intel Core i7-2700K, Intel Core i3-2100, or the Intel Core i5-2500K processor which is used for the overclocking tests. The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 is based on the Intel Z68 chipset for current LGA1155 processors like e.g. Gigabyte offers with the GA-Z68XP-UD3 an Intel LGA1155 Sandy Bridge motherboard with some interesting characteristics and a lot of OC features. 115 Euro (01/2012) and is thus in the lower price segment of the Intel LGA 1155 motherboards. ++++ The Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3/A/ASR motherboard has a price of approx.
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