""""UPDATE"""" DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE DESKTOP BIOS GIGABYTE SOFTWARE! It will add 45 to 60 seconds to your boot and you will have continuous problems with it such as reading your CPU temperature incorrectly by 200 degrees! I scratched my head over the last year wondering why my booting was so slow and finally read a post where someone had stated issue resolved once they deleted this software. Same for me. Do not download their bloatware. Also, Board has been steady keeping my memory at the right speed now.
While I like the BIOS interface and the simplicity of the board I will list the issues I have had while building my rig and since using in the last month.
1) Board reset my memory back to 1600 after changing to manual XMP 1866 profile.
2) App Center BIOS Windows control does not always seem to sync up with actual BIOS on changes.
3) Not sure if it's my Intel SSD 530 SSD or the UEFI boot configuration with Windows 7 Ultimate but the load times on Windows is terrible with this Motherboard. It is probably a 40 second boot time once the Windows logo appears. Boot times were faster on my old dual Core processor rig with a 5400rpm HDD. I have another machine with a OCZ SSD and Intel board that Boots in 5 to 10 seconds.
4) if you are planning to add an aftermarket CPU water cooler like I did "Corsair H75" then note the radiator block mounting plate will interfere and bump up against a mother board screw on the back side of the board. It still seemed to install properly as the plastic plate was bendable but it still bothered me in thinking it would not seat properly.
These are my main gripes. Knowing what I know now I probably would have gone with the Asus Sabertooth which is originally what I had my eyes on but wanting to cut some cost on the "Motherboard". Next time I will make sure I spend the same percentage on the motherboard as I do with all of my other components. Rig details below
Corsair 230t case
Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP
Corsair RM650 PS
Intel i4770k
Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866 32GB Ram
GTX 750 TI FTW "great card for the money"
2 SSD Intel and OCZ and 2 HDD Cavier Black and Green
Pioneer Blue-Ray Drive
| RAM | 32 GB DDR3 |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 2933 MHz |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
