Connectors and I/O

Totally Gigabyte equipped the Z87X-UD3H with eight angled SATA ports. Six of these eight ports are directly wired to the PCH whereas two more are powered by a Marvell 88SE9172 chip. This is enough for any office setup, gaming system or multimedia setup. Additionally Gigabyte equipped this board, with onboard power and reset buttons as well as a debug LED and in the top right corner of the PCB there are even voltage measuring points. More and more we're under the impression, that this is basically a cheaper version of the Gigabyte Z87X-OC, where we have to say, that Gigabyte saved money at the right spots.



Totally there are six fan headers on the Z87X-UD3H, which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped office, multimedia or gaming system with fresh air. The fan headers are located around the CPU socket as well as spread over the motherboard. Furthermore there are only 4-pin headers. If you're using fans with 4-pin connectors, you can adjust fan speeds via Easy Tune software.



Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel Gigabyte equipped the Z87X-UD3H with a P/S2 connector, six USB 3.0/2.0 ports, one gigabit ethernet port, an HDMI connector, a VGA header, a DVI port, an HDMI out, a DisplayPort as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel.

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Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 15 - UC Bench
Page 3 - Features	Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 4 - Layout	Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 5 - Connectors and I/O	Page 18 - Cinebench
Page 6 - BIOS	Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
Page 7 - Test setup	Page 20 - Metro Last Light
Page 8 - Preview / Gallery	Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 9 - 3D Mark	Page 22 - Power Consumption
Page 10 - 3D Mark 11	Page 23 - Performance Rating
Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage	Page 24 - Price Comparison
Page 12 - PC Mark 7	Page 25 - Conclusion
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