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GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3-B3 compared to GIGABYTE P67A-UD3-B3
« on: May 28, 2011, 12:58:19 am »
Hi all!

Just came here to ask for opinions on the differences between these two mobos:

GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3-B3 vs. the GIGABYTE P67A-UD3-B3.

I am presently using the GIGABYTE P67A-UD3-B3 but noticed the GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3-B3 on sale today for around $100.

Is it worth the upgrade?

Soar

AMD 1055T
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3
XFX 6870 DD
Corsair Vengeance 1600 16GB
OCZ ZX-850 Watt Gold
HAF 932

Intel i5-3570
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
GeForce 560Ti
OCZ ZX-850 Watt Gold
Corsair Vengeance 1600 16GB
CM HAF X Blue

Both Systems:

Windows 7+10
Scythe Temp Monitor + Fan Controller

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Re: GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3-B3 compared to GIGABYTE P67A-UD3-B3
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2011, 04:52:51 pm »
Hi Soar

There is very little difference between the two motherboards in essence. The Z68 has the new touchscreen BIOS which is really just another software add on apart from that there are not very many improvements in fact I was surprised to see that the Z68 board sports the old parallel and seriel ports again. I thought we had seen the back of them.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

Re: GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3-B3 compared to GIGABYTE P67A-UD3-B3
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2011, 01:00:23 am »
Hi Soar

There is very little difference between the two motherboards in essence. The Z68 has the new touchscreen BIOS which is really just another software add on apart from that there are not very many improvements in fact I was surprised to see that the Z68 board sports the old parallel and seriel ports again. I thought we had seen the back of them.

Ok, thanks, DM!

Soar
AMD 1055T
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3
XFX 6870 DD
Corsair Vengeance 1600 16GB
OCZ ZX-850 Watt Gold
HAF 932

Intel i5-3570
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
GeForce 560Ti
OCZ ZX-850 Watt Gold
Corsair Vengeance 1600 16GB
CM HAF X Blue

Both Systems:

Windows 7+10
Scythe Temp Monitor + Fan Controller