Introduction and Technical Specifications

The Z87X-UD3H board is one of the first GIGABYTE boards released as part of their Intel Z87 chipset product line…

Introduction

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The GIGABYTE Z87X- UD3H is one of the newest members of the GIGABYTE Intel Z87 product lineup. The board features a fully redesigned power system, dubbed Ultra Durable 5 Plus, designed to handle the power needs for an LGA1150 CPU under any circumstances. At a retail price of 189.99, the Z87X-UD3H remains ahead of the curve with an aggresive price point.

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The Z87X-UD3H comes standard with an 8-phase digital power delivery system, featuring International Rectifier (IR) manufactured PowIRstage™ ICs and PWM controllers. GIGABYTE integrated the following feature set into the Z87X-UD3H: eight SATA 6Gb/s ports; an Intel GigE NIC; three PCI-Express x16 slots for up to dual-card support; three PCI-Express x1 slots; one PCI slot; onboard power, reset, BIOS reset, and switch BIOS buttons; 2-digit diagnostic LED display; integrated voltage measurement points; and USB 2.0 and 3.0 port support.

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Technical Specifications (taken from the GIGABYTE website)

CPU Support

 1.Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1150 package
2.L3 cache varies with CPU
(Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

Chipset

 1.Intel® Z87 Express Chipset

Memory

 1.4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
* Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.
2.Dual channel memory architecture
3.Support for DDR3 1600/1333 MHz memory modules
4.Support for non-ECC memory modules
5.Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
(Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics

 Integrated Graphics Processor:
1.1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920×1200@60 Hz
2.1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920×1200@60 Hz
* The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
3.1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160@24 Hz
* Support for HDMI
1.4a version.
4.1 x DisplayPort port, supporting a maximum resolution of 3840×2160@60 Hz
* Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version.
5.Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

Audio

 1.Realtek® ALC898 codec
2.High Definition Audio
3.2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4.Support for S/PDIF In/Out

LAN

 1.Intel® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots

 1.1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

2.1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
(The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.

3.1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX1_2/3 slots. The PCIEX1_2/3 slots will become unavailable when a PCIe x4 expansion card is installed.
* When installing a x8 or above card in the PCIEX4 slot, make sure to set PCIE Slot Configuration in BIOS Setup to x4. (Refer to Chapter 2, "BIOS Setup," "Peripherals," for more information.)

4.3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(The PCIEX4 and PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

5.1 x PCI slot

Multi-Graphics Technology

 1.Support for 2-Way AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ technology (PCIEX16 and PCIEX8)

Storage Interface

 Chipset:
1.6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5) supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2.Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

Marvell® 88SE9172 chip:
1.2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3 6/7) or 2 eSATA 6Gb/s connectors on the back panel, supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
* Use either the GSATA3 6, 7 connectors or the eSATA connectors at a time.
2.Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1

USB Chipset

 1.Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (available through the internal USB header)
2.Up to 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (available through the internal USB headers)
Chipset + 2 Renesas® uPD720210 USB 3.0 Hubs:
1.Up to 8 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

Internal I/O Connectors

 1.1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2.1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3.1 x PCIe power connector
4.8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
5.1 x CPU fan header
6.1 x water cooling fan header (CPU_OPT)
7.4 x system fan headers
8.1 x front panel header
9.1 x front panel audio header
10.1 x S/PDIF In header
11.1 x S/PDIF Out header
12.2 x USB 3.0/2.0 headers
13.3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
14.1 x serial port header
15.1 x Clear CMOS jumper
16.1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
17.1 x power button
18.1 x reset button
19.1 x Clear CMOS button
20.Voltage measurement points
21.2 x BIOS switches

Back Panel Connectors

 1.1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
2.1 x D-Sub port
3.1 x DVI-D port
4.1 x HDMI port
5.1 x DisplayPort
6.1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
7.6 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
8.2 x eSATA 6Gb/s connectors
9.1 x RJ-45 port
10.6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller

 1.iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitor

 1.System voltage detection
2.CPU/Chipset/System temperature detection
3.CPU/CPU_OPT/System fan speed detection
4.CPU overheating warning
5.CPU/CPU_OPT/System fan fail warning
6.CPU/CPU_OPT/System fan speed control
* Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

BIOS

 1.2 x 128 Mbit flash
2.Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
3.Support for DualBIOS™
4.PnP
1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a

Unique Features

 1.Support for Q-Flash
2.Support for Xpress Install
3.Support for APP Center
* Available applications in APP Center may differ by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also differ depending on motherboard specifications.
  • @BIOS
  • EasyTune
  • EZ Setup
  • ON/OFF Charge2
  • USB Blocker

Bundle Software

 1.Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
2.Intel® Rapid Start Technology
3.Intel® Smart Connect Technology
4.Intel® Smart Response Technology
5.cFosSpeed

Operating System

 1.Support for Windows 8/7

Form Factor

 1.ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

 

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