Among a large selection of new Intel Z68-based socket LGA1155 motherboards taking shape at Gigabyte, is a cracker of a micro-ATX motherboard called GA-Z68MX-UD2H. Based on the Cougar Point B3 Z68 chipset that combines the overclocking capabilities of P67 and integrated display features of H67, the GA-Z68MX-UD2H squeezes in as many features as one can onto the 240x240 mm PCB. The LGA1155 socket is powered by a 7-phase VRM, and is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots for dual-channel DDR3 memory.

Expansion slots include three PCI-Express 2.0 x16. The first and third are wired to the LGA1155 socket, with electrical configurations of x16/NC or x8/x8, depending on if the third slot is populated. A PCI-E x1 and another x16 slot separates the two, creating room for graphics cards with dual-slot coolers on the first slot. The second x16 slot is electrical x4, and is wired to the Z68 PCH along with the x1 slot. Both NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFire are supported.Display connectivity includes DVI, D-Sub, DisplayPort, and HDMI. There are two 2-port USB 3.0 controllers, one drives two ports on the rear panel, and the other drives two ports via an internal header (for front panel or expansion bracket).

Storage area includes three (blue) SATA 3 Gb/s ports from the PCH, two (white) SATA 6 Gb/s from the PCH, two internal (black) 3 Gb/s ports from a third-party controller, and a single eSATA 3 Gb/s port from the PCH.

8+2 channel HD audio driven by Realtek ALC889 CODEC, supporting Dolby HomeTheater, and featuring optical SPDIF output; one gigabit Ethernet interface; a number of USB 2.0 ports, a Power-USB front-panel header that lets you charge USB-charged devices with the system shut down (S5); Trusted Platform Module (TPM) interface; COM (serial) header, and DualBIOS with HybridEFI make for the rest of it. Expect the new board to be out soon.