Monday, April 18th 2011
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P-B3 Motherboard Pictured
Amidst speculations that Gigabyte has put a stop to its P67 chipset-based lineup of LGA1155 motherboards and is planning a transition to Z68 top-to-bottom targeting several price points, pictures of the Z68X-UD3P-B3 surfaced. The new UD3P board is based on Z68, features a hybrid-EFI BIOS (dual-BIOS with >3 TB bootable volume support), and is designed exclusively for discrete graphics setup, it lacks FDI display connectivity. The CPU is powered by a 14-phase VRM that uses driver-MOSFETs, and cooled by simple heatsinks.
Expansion slots include two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x8, x8 when both are populated), with 2-way NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFireX support. Storage connectivity includes four SATA 6 Gb/s (two from the Z68 PCH, two from a Marvell-made controller), and four internal SATA 3 Gb/s from the PCH. Other connectivity includes four USB 3.0 ports (two internal/by header), a number of USB 2.0 ports, FireWire, gigabit Ethernet, and 8-channel HD audio. The Z68X-UD3P should join the rest of Gigabyte's Z68X series, for an early May launch.
Source:
coolpc.com.tw
Expansion slots include two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x8, x8 when both are populated), with 2-way NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFireX support. Storage connectivity includes four SATA 6 Gb/s (two from the Z68 PCH, two from a Marvell-made controller), and four internal SATA 3 Gb/s from the PCH. Other connectivity includes four USB 3.0 ports (two internal/by header), a number of USB 2.0 ports, FireWire, gigabit Ethernet, and 8-channel HD audio. The Z68X-UD3P should join the rest of Gigabyte's Z68X series, for an early May launch.
22 Comments on Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P-B3 Motherboard Pictured
It seems they just took their P67A-UD3 board and replaced the chipset. This way no reason to buy Z68 because no benefit.
news.mydrivers.com/1/191/191317.htm
It has no HDMI, DVI, VGA, etc. as far as I can see.
In which case, what's the point of Z68?
And my machine isnt shit or old at all. i7 920 @ 3.9ghz, 6GB DDR3, 4TB HD, crossfire-x etc :P
Somebody PLEASE tell me what this is?
Can you pull it out? Does something plug in there? I've yet to see one of these on a physical MoBo - But I don't generally deal in the ultra high end - mostly office & server stuff :\
I get the blue USB ports are USB 3.0 thats clear. But whats with the red and black? I mean USB 1.1 and 2.0 both were always black as far as I'm aware. And is not like all black 1.1/2.0 are recolored red, but instead there are RED and BLACK? Whats the deal, whats different? Anyone?