Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H

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Black CPU Socket Clip.

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Last revision on May 30, 2016

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Performance
Price
Black CPU Socket Clip
Dual BIOS
Great Bundled Software
Future Proofing with SATA Express and M.2
OCPEG SATA Power connector for great OC Stability on GPUs
Enthusiast Lever Audio on a Mainstream Board
Dual LAN

Expert reviews and ratings

Naturally, DIY users are wondering what makes the new Z97 chipset any better than the previous Z87 Lynx Point. To answer those questions, we've assembled the GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD5H, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, ASUS Z97 Mark-I Sabertooth and ASRock Fatal1ty Z97...

By FutureLooks on June 29, 2014

The Z97X-UD5H is a solid contender for GIGABYTE in the mid-range offering category. It boasts a well thought out design with more than enough room around the integrated components for easy access. Additionally, GIGABYTE integrated their higher end power...

By PCPer on October 13, 2014

After finishing up the testing with the mainstream Z97X-UD5H motherboard from Gigabyte, we were surprised how many features have been retained on this product from the high-end models. The BIOS has multiple modes which we can access depending on our...

By MadShrimps on September 29, 2014

Intel's “mainstream” socket continues to spawn enthusiast parts with the company's fastest-ever gaming-oriented CPU. You'll probably want a feature-packed motherboard for that, and five companies stepped up to show off the best of the sub-$220 segment. ...

By Tom's Hardware on August 14, 2014

By Tom's Hardware UK on August 14, 2014

The GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H – like all Z97 motherboards – is a motherboard that was designed with the future in mind. It features the high-speed M.2 and SATA Express storage interfaces, support for Intel's Devil’s Canyon processors , and even the future...

By Hardware Canucks on July 01, 2014

Today we are going to take a look at a handful of different motherboards from four different manufacturers. Each of the four motherboards is based on the Intel Z97 chipset with some of the latest and greatest bells and whistles. The first motherboard up...

By Legit Reviews on June 12, 2014

There's a lot to like about the Z97X-UD5H. It takes full advantage of the Z97 chipset, delivering compatibility with not only next-gen M.2 and SATA Express storage devices, but also future Broadwell CPUs. There's plenty of capacity for current-gen...

By The Tech Report on May 28, 2014

In order to test the motherboard we have used Intel Core i7-4770K with the 16-GB of ram, more details about the system is given below:Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H showed very good performance against its competitors, that tells us about the quality level of...

By extremespec.net on May 19, 2014

Yesterday Intel introduced its new processors which are a refresh of the current Haswell chips. Along with these new processors two new motherboard chipsets are being introduced, the H97 and the Z97. For many of the motherboard manufacturers this is...

By uk.hardware.info on May 12, 2014

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