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47 Reviews
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Clean layout, good looks, Solid overclocking performance, Dual Thunderbolt ports, Uprated 'UP' cooling has merit
Obvious price premium for Thunderbolt, Sacrifices enthusiastorientated features
Gigabyte has jumped on the Intel Z77 chipset bandwagon with veritable gusto, releasing no fewer than 21 boards for various markets. Priced at £150 and therefore representing a mid-pack board, the Z77X-UP4 TH takes in the company's upgraded cooling techno...
Decent overclocking performance, Attractive design, Dual thunderbolt connectors, Good BIOS
Asus BIOS is easier to navigate
Everything considered, we are very impressed with the Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH as it offers pretty much everything we could ask for from a mid-range motherboard. It boasts an impressive feature set which includes dual thunderbolt connectors… something we've...
The Gigabyte Z77X-UP4-TH is a solid and impressive motherboard in the enthusiast arena. It has surpassed some overclocking "records" on our test benches which we have not seen before with such a high Intel Core i7 overclock requiring such little vCore man...
Dual Thunderbolt ports, 82 Phase VRM, Ultra Durable 5, Lucid Virtu MVP, Up to Eight USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit LAN, Optional MSATA port, 3x PCIE x1 ports, Clean layout, 3D/Advanced UEFI, DDR3 2400(O.C.) Support
No WiFi features, Lack of extra SATA 6G ports/MSATA Port uses up one of the SATA 3G ports, Realtek ALC892 Audio codec performance misprinted on the board (108dB vs 95dB SNR)
There was probably only one thing on Gigabyte's mind when designing the GA-Z77X-UP4 TH and that is the future. They have completely replaced all USB 2.0 ports in the rear with USB 3.0 and they have not one but two Intel Thunderbolt ports in the rear, pr...
Abstract: Besides two distinct peculiarities mentioned in the title of this article, both LGA 1155 mainboards on Intel Z77 Express chipset have a lot of other indisputable advantages. For example, a discrete Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card bundled with the top model of the two. However, both of them cause one unique inconvenience: both mainboards turned out very sensitive to the type of the power supply unit....
Abstract: Now that the exclusive license Apple had for Thunderbolt has expired, since Computex 2012 we have seen a number of motherboards destined for PCs with a Thunderbolt connector. Thunderbolt on a motherboard is still an added luxury, adding some $40 to ...
Let's be clear from the outset, if you buy the Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH you'll definitely be happy with your purchase. It's absolutely fine and does everything well, and is devoid of glaring issues.We have got two unique selling points on the UP4. The first i...
The Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH is targeted to the mainstream user who wants a motherboard with Thunderbolt ports. This motherboard also brings three PCI Express x16 3.0 slots, even though they don't work at x16 speed when more than one video card is installed...
At $184.99 we straight away notice the fact that our GIGABYTE Thunderbolt offering comes in $25 cheaper than the ASUS P8Z77-V Pro/Thunderbolt with its $30 rebate. Without that rebate we've got a $55 difference separating the two boards. And along with...