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Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK Black Edition reviewed

by on29 December 2014
Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK Black Edition Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H-BK Black Edition

Index


Features:
- IntelZ97 Express Chipset
- 2-Way SLI / 3-Way CrossFire
- Marvell 88SE9172 chip
- SATA Express Support
- M.2 Connector
- iTE I/O Controller Chip
- Realtek ALC1150 115dB SNR HD Audio with built-in Rear Audio Amplifier
- 1x Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2201 LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN1)
- 1x IntelGbE LAN phy (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN2) (Teaming is not supported)
- Renesas uPD720210 USB 3.0 Hub
- 2x Copper PCB Design
- Long Lifespan Durable Black Solid Caps
- Durable Gold Plated CPU Socket
- DualBIOS (UEFI) with LED indicator
- Humidity protection with new Glass Fabris PCB
- Passive cooling of chipsets
- 6 FAN Connectors
- Debug Display

- Support for APP Center
@BIOS
EasyTune
EZ Setup
Fast Boot
ON/OFF Charge
Smart TimeLock
Smart Recovery 2
System Information Viewer
USB Blocker

Support for Q-Flash

Support for Smart Switch

Support for Xpress Install


Expansion Slots:

- 1x 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.

- 1x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
* 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.

- 1x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX8 and PCIEX16 slots. When the PCIEX4 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode and the PCIEX8 will operate at up to x4 mode.
- 2x PCI Express x1 slots (The PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

- 2x PCI slots

Onboard Graphics:
- Integrated Graphics Processor - Intel HD Graphics
- 1x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
- 1x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
- 1x HDMI port 1.4a, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz or2560x1600@60Hz
- Support for up to 3 displays at the same time
- Maximum shared memory of 512 MB

Internal I/O Connectors:
- 1x 24-pin ATX main power connector

- 1x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

- 1x PCIe power connector

- 1x M.2 PCIe connector

- 1x SATA Express connector

- 8x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

- 1x CPU fan header

- 1x water cooling fan header (CPU_OPT)

- 4x system fan headers

- 1x front panel header

- 1x front panel audio header

- 1x S/PDIF Out header

- 1x USB 3.0/2.0 header

- 2x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

- 1x serial port header

- 1x Clear CMOS jumper

- 1x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header

- 1x power button

- 1x reset button

- 1x Clear CMOS button

- 2x BIOS switches

- Voltage Measurement Points



Memory:
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR3 3000(O.C.) / 2933(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2600(O.C.) / 2500(O.C.) / 2400(O.C.) / 2200(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) / 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1800(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 MHz memory modules
- Support for non-ECC memory modules
- Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

Storage:
- 1x M.2 PCIe connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA & PCIe SSD support)
- 1x SATA Express connector
- 2x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3 6~7) (Marwell 88SE9172 chip)
- 6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5)
(M.2, SATA Express, and SATA3 4/5 connectors can only be used one at a time. The SATA3 4/5 connectors will become unavailable when an M.2 SSD is installed.)
Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

USB:
-Chipset:
4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
-Chipset + Renesas® uPD720210 USB 3.0 Hub:
4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel

BIOS features:
- 2 x 128 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
- Support for DualBIOS
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Backpanel ports:
- 1x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

- 1x optical S/PDIF Out connector

- 1x D-Sub port

- 1x DVI-D port

- 1x HDMI port

- 6x USB 3.0/2.0 ports

- 2x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

- 2x RJ-45 ports
- 5x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)


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