Gigabyte Z77-D3H and Z77X-UD5H Reviewed

Panther Point, the Z77 chipset, launched simultaneously with the brand new Intel Ivy Bridge CPU’s. Supporting PCI-3.0, native USB3.0, high BCLK and RAM frequencies, but only if bundled with one of Intel’s 3d generation CPU’s. As usual, vendors launched a wide variety of boards, from low end basic OEM boards to high end gamer/overclocking versions. Choosing the right board is mainly always a matter of features, gimmicks, color schemes and surely the price tag. Today we review two of Gigabyte’s offerings: the mainstream targeted GA Z77-D3H and the high end model, the GA Z77X-UD5H.