Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Motherboard

Main Specifications

The main specifications for the Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH include:

• Socket: 1155
• Chipset: Intel Z77 Express
• Super I/O: ITE IT8728F
• Parallel ATA: None
• Serial ATA: Four SATA-300 ports and two SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 10, and 5)
• External SATA: None
• USB 2.0: Six USB 2.0 ports, available through three headers on the motherboard
• USB 3.0: Eight USB 3.0 ports, six soldered on the motherboard rear panel and two available through a header on the motherboard (four controlled by the chipset and four controlled by a VIA VL800 chip)
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): None
• Thunderbolt: Two ports controlled by an Intel DSL3510L chip
• On-board video: Controlled by the CPU, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, and two Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort connectors
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC892 codec (7.1+2 channels, 24-bit resolution, 192 kHz sampling rate, 97 dB SNR for the outputs, and 90 dB SNR for the inputs), on-board optical SPDIF output
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by a Realtek RTL8111E chip
• Buzzer: No
• Infrared interface: No
• Power supply required: EPS12V
• Slots: Three PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slots (x16/x0/x0 or x8/x8/x0 or x8/x4/x4), three PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots, one standard PCI slot, and one mSATA slot (PLX PEX8605 switch chip, ITE IT8892E bridge chip)
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to DDR3-1600, 32 GB maximum)
• Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU cooler and four four-pin connectors for auxiliary fans
• Extra features: Two BIOS chips, support for TPM
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One
• Programs included: Motherboard utilities
• More Information: https://www.gigabyte.us
• Average Price in the U.S.*: USD 185.00

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.