GA-Z68XP-UD3P - what exactly does it mean?

[Kragen2179]

I'm posting this here in the Intel boards thread because I'm mainly interested in boards with Intel CPU, however I'm assuming that my question will also be relevant to AMD users...

Basically is there somesort of table which would help us decipher the model number of the various boards on offer and tell us what the different codes mean?

take the above named board the GA-Z68XP-UD3P, this is the board I have my eye on currently for a new build, but apart from price I'm finding it awkward to discern what sets it apart from say a Z68A-UD3 or a Z68X-UD4 etc.

this is the list of Z68 boards currently listed on scan.co.uk

GA-Z68A-D3-B3
GA-Z68A-D3H-B3
GA-Z68AP-D3
GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3
GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3
GA-Z68X-UD3-B3
GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3
GA-Z68X-UD4-B3
GA-Z68X-UD5-B3
GA-Z68X-UD7-B3
GA-Z68XP-UD3
GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD
GA-Z68XP-UD3P
GA-Z68XP-UD4

GA is the easiest part - Gigabyte
Z68 is the Intel Chipset associated with the board, but what do A/AP/MA/MX/X/XP suffixes mean?
D2/3 or UD3/4/5/7 what is this and what do the H/P suffixes mean?
B3 - what does this mean?
iSSD - I know this means integrated (or included at least) Solid State Drive

if anyone can shed any light on this I would be eternally grateful

[Aussie Allan]

  Hit the Gigabyte website, .... It's all there

  Aussie Allan

[Kragen2179]

I know I can compare the various models on the website, but I can't find anything that explains what code means what. If I'm missing something on the site I apologise, but even comparing specs I don't really understand the difference between some models.

[Dark Mantis]

The B as in B3 refers to the Build number of the particular board. It is like  the first boards will be B1 although you will never  see these on sale. The next ones usually the initail release are designated B2 and so on. None of this used to matter or even be noted outside of the industry but since the Intel Cougar Point fisaco manufacturers now use it to emphasise that a board is stable.

The other numbers and letters all mean something but I must admit to not remembering what they are. The R used to stand for RAID and show a board had RAID support. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore as just about every board supports RAID anyway.

The numbers such as 3, 4 ,5 and 7 stand for the heirachy of the boards and as they increase so the board is better and has more options, ports and slots usually.

[Kragen2179]

Well that's answered the B3 part, and what you said about the other numbers makes sense too, it was my guess that they meant newer/improved models.

Still curious if anyone can shed any light on the rest of the codes.

Thanks again.

[GTZaskarLE]

Hi Kragen2179,

I looked on this website. Here you can find some of your answers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte_Technology

Look at the "Motherboard naming conventions" section.

(It'll take some investigation time... )

Succes!

[Aussie Allan]

  And another......http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/250517-12-help-gigabyte-naming-convetion

  Aussie Allan