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GIGABYTE 7 series motherboards combine a host of new and exciting technologies with the latest Intel Z77 Express Chipset, creating a unique range of motherboard designs that harness the outstanding performance of the new 3rd generation Intel Core processors. With an exclusive 'All Digital' VRM design, GIGABYTE 3D Power and GIGABYTE 3D BIOS (Dual UEFI), GIGABYTE 7 series motherboards ensure exceptional power delivery and absolute control, with additional features that ensure an unrivalled experience on your next PC build.
Key Feature
- Supports 3rd Gen. Intel 22nm CPUs and 2nd Gen. Intel Core CPUs (LGA1155 socket)
- Dual Thunderbolt technology support
- GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 5 Technology
- GIGABYTE 3-way Digital Power Engine with GIGABYTE 3D Power
- GIGABYTE 3D BIOS (Dual UEFI)
- 8 Phase VRM Design
- GIGABYTE Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi Card
- Onboard mSATA slot for mSATA SSDs
- PCI Express Gen 3.0 support
- SLI and CrossFireX multi-GPU support
- Lucid Virtu Universal MVP GPU virtualization support
- Realtek ALC898 with High Quality 110dB SNR HD audio
- GIGABYTE On/Off Charge with 3X USB Power
Overview
GIGABYTE Motherboards Now Windows 8 Ready
Includes All Current Models
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 5 -- The Industry's Highest Quality CPU Power Design
IR3550 PowIRstage
Highest rated and most awarded Power Stage in the industry.
- Providing power delivery rated up to 60A, while maintaining cool operating temperatures.
- Providing Perfect Match: GIGABYTE Ultra Durabl 5 motherboards use both IR digital PWM controllers and IR PowIRstage ICs, for a uniquely seamless power delivery system.
- Industry Leading Peak Efficiency up to 95%.
2X Copper PCB
Providing sufficient power trace paths between components to handle exceptional power loads associated with overclocking and to remove heat from the critical CPU power delivery area.
High Capacity Ferrite Core Chokes
Rated up to 60A to provide the most stable power delivery.
GIGABYTE 3D BIOS(patent pending)
UEFI DualBIOS Technology
At the heart of this exciting 3D BIOS technology is a pair of 8MB physical BIOS ROMs containing GIGABYTE's exclusive in-house designed UEFI BIOS technology. With a superior graphical interface capable of 32-bit color imaging and fluid user-friendly mouse navigation, UEFI DualBIOS> makes BIOS configuration a new and exciting experience for novice and experienced users alike. UEFI BIOS also brings native support for large hard drives on 64-bit operating systems.
Dual Port Thunderbolt Motherboards
GIGABYTE motherboards, the very first to offer fully certified dual onboard Thunderbolt ports. Capable of connecting up to 12 devices plus 3 digital displays simultaneously, with breathtaking data transfer speeds that can transfer 1TB of data in only five minutes, GIGABYTE Thunderbolt motherboards offer the fastest connection interface ever on the desktop PC.
Daisy Chain Technology - Up to 12 devices + 2 Display monitors
GIGABYTE Thunderbolt motherboards allow users to daisy chain up to 12 devices simultaneously via an incredible bi-directional 10Gbps data pipeline that includes both PCIe and DisplayPort traffic. GIGABYTE Thunderbolt motherboards redefine desktop PC connectivity to make it far easier to connect multiple high speed storage devices and HD displays to your PC than ever before.
Dual Thunderbolt - Fast, Flexible and Simple Connectivity for your Motherboard
GIGABYTE Thunderbolt motherboards are the first to be certified by Intel featuring dual Thunderbolt ports directly on the motherboard back panel I/O, with each Thunderbolt port supporting a maximum data transfer speeds with simultaneous bi-directional data transfer at speeds of up to 10Gbps - this means you can transfer a full HD 1080p movie in under 30 seconds.
GIGABYTE's dual port Thunderbolt implementation ensures the absolute maximum potential connectivity, with support to connect up to 12 individual devices simultaneously, with each port offering full 10Gbps bandwidth.
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To find a great guide on how to get running with this board, Google for "hacks by alfa GA-Z77x-UP5".
I have both the HD4000 and GTX 660 Ti working simultaneously using the device ID injection Alfa describes. My 660 had some quirks with Chimera (via MultiBeast), and installing the latest Chameleon (r2064) seems to have rectified the issues (downloaded from osx86.net). The Thunderbolt ports will work but are not hot-swappable at the moment, i.e. you need to have any devices plugged in when you boot.
The "3D" BIOS is a bit gimmicky but being able to use your mouse to navigate can be quite nice. My only annoyance with this board so far is the lack of a rear FireWire port (my old GA-X58A-UD5 had one). But, it's probably time to upgrade from my old iSight camera anyway. So, no loss of stars there.
Highly recommended for a Hackintosh build.
What works:
-My Noctua 6 Dual Heatpipe with 140mm/120mm Dual SSO Bearing Fans CPU Cooler NH-D14 - Retail fits (it can interfere with many motherboards due to its size).
-Mac OS 10.8.3 works perfectly using the standard Hackintosh installation methods.
-I updated my BIOS to F11. It works without issue in Mac OS.
-PCIe. I have a GTX 650 in a 16x slot and it works perfectly. (see note below about the 1x slots)
-All the SATA connectors (7 if I recall) seem to function normally. Some are 3 Gbit/s and some are 6 Gbit/s.
-All the USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports are working for me including all the 20-pin USB 3.0 headers (although the 20-pin headers and any ports controlled by the VIA chipset seem to be stuck on USB 2.0 - Ahh, well. That's what USB 3.0 hubs are for!).
-Audio (although I've done minimal testing).
-Gigabit Ethernet. I found this to cause lockups when the internet connection went out. I switched to an Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter - no more freezes.
-Onboard Intel HD4000 video (using my i7)
-Firewire.
Not working:
-The wi-fi/Bluetooth card. I've read it might be possible to get the Bluetooth card partially working. My recommendation is to skip it and get a compatible PCIe wi-fi card and a USB Bluetooth board.
-Although this board has working PCIe slots, there is a legacy PCI slot which will not function in Mac OS. Newer Intel chipsets do not have built-in support for the older PCI slots and Gigabyte is using an unsupported (by Mac OS) PCI bridge chip to put one on this board.
-The eSATA port. Simple fix: Buy an eSATA adapter bracket such as C2G / Cables to Go 13423 Serial ATA to External Serial ATA Dual Port Adapter (Nickel).
Not sure:
-mSATA connector. I'm almost positive it'll work as it's simply a take-off of SATA connector #5.
-PCIe x1 slots. The three x1 PCIe slots are controlled by a chip which splits a 1x lane into 3 1x lanes. I'll see if I can test this out for everyone.
For those who are interested, my build is:
Case: Corsair Obsidian Series Black 650D Mid Tower Computer Case (CC650DW-1)
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor 3.5 GHz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I73770K
Cooler: Noctua 6 Dual Heatpipe with 140mm/120mm Dual SSO Bearing Fans CPU Cooler NH-D14 - Retail
Video card: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 650 Ti OC 2GB GDDR5 2x DVI / HDMI / D-SUB PCI-Express 3.0 Graphics Card Graphics Cards GV-N65TOC-2GI
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CML16GX3M2A1600C10)
Lastly, a note to Gigabyte: As I'm sure you've noticed, many people by Gigabyte motherboards for the sole reason of building Hackintosh machines from them due to their compatibility with Mac OS X. Have you considered hand picking all the components of a few motherboards for perfect compatibility with Mac OS (TI Firewire, etc)? Obviously you would not be able to officially support Mac OS or mention it anywhere, but the community would find the boards on its own and recommend them.
Love it!
OS: OSX Mountain Lion 10.8 + Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU: Intel i7-3770K (Clocked to 4.4 Ghz on air)
RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5-TH
GPU1: EVGA GeForce GTX670
GPU2: EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti FPB
PSU: Antec TPQ-850 850W
HDD: 256GB GB SOLID STATE for Win 7, 128GB for OSX, 5TB Rotational's (7200RPM)
