GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4

Zitat: We have here another fine example of what Gigabyte is doing for the DIY computer building community. For either the gamer, enthusiast or overclocker the P67A-UD4 is a great motherboard that offers a lot in the form of features that are unique to Gigabyte. Honestly, what surprised us was the change in color combination on the motherboard. Gone is the light blue that have adorned Gigabyte´s boards for many years, and replacing it is a beautiful black PCB, one that is truly black and not some brownish-black. One of the wonderful aspects of the P67 chispet, and reasons people from even higher end predecessors are changing from, is the overclocking ability and increased memory bandwidth. Both are fun to play with as well as benefit us while gaming, benching or doing routine tasks. Yes, we can rely on the Intel SpeedStep to take our CPU to the next level but the fun is pushing the envelope with this board, either by using the EasyTune software or the old fashion way in the BIOS. In the case of this motherboard we took a retail version i5 2500K and pushed it to 4.7GHz with ease. Sure, more could possibly be gained with additional tweaking and time, but even with just playing around in the BIOS we have never been able to do this with air using older chipsets, short of some kind of golden CPU that was touched by the Gods of computing. The UD4 is placed in the middle of Gigabyte´s P67 lineup. Priced at roughly $190, the UD4 should be a great seller for Gigabyte but we would have liked to see at least one added feature at that price point: onboard power, reset, and CLR CMOS button. The UD4 will be on the bench table of a lot of users and these buttons would be very handy.  

Zitat: Plusy: + dobra jakość wykonania + doskonały wygląd + Dual BIOS Minusy: - brak wyświetlacza diagnostycznego - brak przycisków Reset/Power/ClearCMOS - BIOS zamiast EFI - regulacja jedynie wentylatora coolera CPU - zbyt wysoka cena

Zitat: + Gute Performance + Sehr guter Stromverbrauch (keine PLX-Brücke) + Gute Komponentenauswahl / Qualitätskomponenten + Gute Übertaktungswerte + Gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis - Kein UEFI-Bios

Zitat: We are now able to find out what kind of power is being used by our test system and the associated graphics cards installed. Keep in mind; it tests the complete system (minus LCD monitor, which is plugged directly into an AC wall socket).