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62. The P67A-UD4, on the other hand, is
Gigabyte’s answer for the common man.
Gigabyte keeps the black PCB but
accents the slate gray heatsinks with
blue touches. A 12-phase VRM flanks
the LGA1155 socket for consistent and
stable CPU power under load and when
overclocked. Speaking of, overclocking
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options abound: You can manually tweak
settings in the BIOS, overclock from a
mobile device using Cloud OC, or use
hotkeys to cycle through m u l t i p l e
overclocking profiles. Gigabyte also built
the P67A-UD4 on a 2-ounce copper
PCB, used solid-state capacitors, included
hardware-based overvoltage control, and
consolidated the MOSFETs and driver IC
into a unified Driver MOSFET.
Gigabyte also includes its Hybrid
BIOS, which supports 3TB+ hard drives.
Onboard, there are two PCI-E x16 slots
for two-way SLI or CrossFireX, a Gigabit
LAN port, two internal 6Gbps SATA
ports plus two external 6Gbps eSATA
ports, and up to four USB 3.0 ports.
The Gigabyte P67A-UD4 offers
significantly fewer features compared to
the UD7, but it lets you push your Sandy
Bridge processor to its limits without
breaking the bank.
Benchmark Results Gigabyte P67A-UD4
3DMark 11 Performance
3DMark Overall P4494
Graphics Score 4195
Physics Score 7625
Combined Score 4162
PCMark Vantage Pro 1.0.2
Overall 18278
Memories 11540
TV And Movies 7027
Gaming 16154
Music 18416
Communications 18596
Productivity 18651
HDD 26137
Cinebench 11.5
CPU* 6.78
POV-Ray 3.7 Beta**
Aliens vs. Predator 27.5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: 25.58
Test system specs: Processor: 3.4GHz Intel Core
i7-2600K; RAM: 4GB OCZ Platinum XTE DDR3-
2000; Hard drive: 256GB Plextor PX-M2 SSD;
PSU: Antec TruePower Quattro 1200
Specs: Chipset: Intel P67; Form Factor: ATX;
Memory: Up to 32GB (DDR3-2133); Ports:
Gigabit Ethernet, 2 6Gbps SATA, 4 3Gbps
SATA, 2 6Gbps eSATA, 2+2 USB 3.0, S/PDIF
coaxial/optical out, Realtek ALC892 audio;
Slots: 2 PCI-E x16, 3 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI
Customer Feedback
Best P67 motherboard for the money (IMO)!
By TheTruthHurts
Aside from the included software (a bit of which caused my computer to repeatedly blue screen (don't install the Apple USB bit) (I didn't install anything aside from the ethernet driver)), this is an excellent, essentially perfect motherboard to use as the foundation for a new Sandy Bridge system (I went with the 2500k). It has basically anything you could ever want or need in a board, and features (essential, in my opinion) that other boards simply do not offer. These include:
-Dolby Home Theater (which includes Dolby Digital Live 5.1 (5.1 gaming over optical/coaxial (this board has both!)))
-Dual-bios (it's kicked in twice (while adjusting CPU and GPU clocks) in the week that I've owned it (the PC attempted boot twice, failed, then re-booted with prior settings from the 2nd bios automatically...awesome!))
-USB 3.0 (two external, plus headers for more)
-2x External SATA (plus internal headers) (I'll never use them, but it's nice that they're there)
-four fan headers, each of which supports *2.5A* (per Gigabyte's response to my e-mail)(CPU, System 1, System 2, Power (1 and Power run full-blast, and 2 runs half-speed by default (if I had to complain about something)))
-SLI-ready (though I'll probably trade the 560 Ti for something with 2GB (yeah, it matters) down the road instead)
-12-phase CPU power...the 2500k is OC'd to 43x (base; turbo off), and not a hint of an issue (and by the way, my entire system pulls 73W at rest (CPU = 1600 MHz)...unheard of!)
-solid caps, and obvious ultra-high-quality construction *black* PCB (high function and style...the best-looking board I've ever seen, especially in person)
-2x Sata3 (no, don't need them yet...but when I hopefully upgrade the SSD to a Vertex 3, well...)
-etc.
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