GIGABYTE Reveals New Z8Z Motherboards
Gigagbyte has now revealed three new Z87 based motherboards from their lineup. These are the mini-ITX Z87Z-WiFi, the Z87X-UD4H, and the Z87X-UD5H.
Starting with the Z87N-WIFI, it is a mini-ITX motherboard that has the following specifications:
- Two DDR3 DIMM slots
- Single PCIe x16 3.0 slit
- Four SATA3 ports
- One mPCIE slot (populated with a WIFI card that would run on Wirelesss 802.11ac standard)
- Rear I/O connectivity controlled by two USB 2.0 ports
- Two HDMI ports
- One DVI port
- One Legacy PS/2 port
- Four USB 3.0 ports
- Two Gigabit Ethernet ports
- 7.1 channel HD analogaudio accompanied by an optical TOSLINK output.
Next is the Z87X-UDH4. This new motherboard offers a good 16-phase VRM design, which is powered through an 8-Pin EPS connector. Other specifications are:
- Three PCIe 3.0 x16 slots
- Three PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
- Legacy PCI port
- Four DDR3 memory banks
- Eight SATA ports.
- Rear I/O connectivity, controlled by six USB 3.0 ports
- HDMI port
- DisplayPort
- Legacy VGA port
- DVI port
- Two eSATA ports
- Gigabit Ethernet port
- Legacy PS/2 port
- 7.1 channel HD analog audio w/ optical TOSLINK output
Last of the newly revealed Gigabyte mothers boards is the Z87X-UD5H. It is almost similar with the UD4H, it also features the same VRM desgin, memory banks and expansion slots. Other features of the motherboard are:
- Two additional SATA ports
- FireWire header with second Gigabit Ethernet connector
- VGA port is replaced with a second DVI port