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Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 @ TweakTown
“Like most companies we’re seeing GIGABYTE offer some updated motherboard versions of the Z77 chipset and this is of course the latest one to hit our labs. Carrying the UP7 name of course means it’s a higher end offering and sits above the other Z77 boards we’ve looked at from GIGABYTE.”
Sapphire Pure Black 990FX @ Pure OC
“The Sapphire Pure Black 990FX is a beautifully crafted motherboard with a great layout and is made for the high end enthusiast who wants to stack up two or three big GPUs and and clock their CPU to maximum frequency. It is full of top notch solid capacitors, ferrite ‘Diamond’ chokes and a long row of transducers with 8+2+2 phase power delivery.”
Sapphire Pure Platinum A85XT @ eTeknix
“This has been one of the most surprising FM2 boards I’ve tested since the launch, as I had reserved my mind that it was going to be similar to their previous boards, and I can now honestly say that I’m happy to eat my words, and would highly recommend this board to anyone looking at an AMD FM2 platform and requires a high-power, high-performing motherboard with no flaws.”
ASUS P8Z77 WS Workstation @ PC Perspective
“Today we will be evaluating the ASUS P8Z77 WS motherboard on the test bench, evaluating its performance and functionality in various ways to ensure that the board works up to the standards we’ve come to expect from ASUS.”
ASUS P8Z77-V Premium @ X-Bit Labs
“This mainboard is based on Intel Z77 Express and offers extensive networking and wireless functionality. It comes with a pre-installed mSATA drive and supports Thunderbolt. This is a very high-end model for those users who need maximum functionality immediately.”
ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M @ Hardware Secrets
“In addition, the ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M supports the Virtu Universal MVP, which allows you to combine the performance of the integrated graphics processor available in the CPU with the performance of any video card installed.”
MSI Z77 MPOWER @ TweakTown
“Before we take a closer look at the board itself there’s a few things we need to do before hand, and the first thing is checking out the box along with the contents of it to see what MSI is doing with the bundle. Once we’ve done that we’ll move onto the board itself and see what exactly is going on with the new Z77 MPOWER.”
MSI Z77 MPOWER @ Benchmark Reviews
“MSI should be well known to most of our readers, and today Benchmark Reviews checks out their new MSI Z77 MPOWER LGA1155 motherboard. This time around MSI is aiming at the performance enthusiast and overclocker: the MPOWER is an “OC Certified” motherboard.”
ASRock Z77 OC Formula @ OC Club
“But wait, there’s more, as the commercial starts. The UEFI BIOS is full of tweaks designed for the enthusiast with preset overclocking profiles tuned by Nick Shih as well as memory presets for use with specific module and speed combinations similar to what you might find on an ASUS ROG board.”
MSI Z77A-GD80 with Thunderbolt @ PC Perspective
“Today we are taking a look at MSI’s flagship Z77 motherboard, the Z77A-GD80. Beyond being the GD80 SKU, which for several generations now has been given MSI’s premiere options, this GD80 in particular is an innovative board. This is due to the Z77A-GD80 being the first Windows motherboard that was certified for Intel’s Thunderbolt technology.”