Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD5

GIGABYTE is known around the world for their forefront in motherboard technology and their wide selection across all existing platforms. With the introduction of Intel's Sandy Bridge, a plethora of motherboards have hit the market, each boasting performance enhancements. Today we look at GIGABYTE's more recent iteration of the Z68 chipset: the GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD5. This board was built to a more industrial standard and the quality shows. For those of you who want the most out of your Intel i5 K- series, for $270 this is a serious contender for the competition. The GA-Z68-UD5 provides a multitude of interesting and useful features; most importantly though, is the focus on power management to muscle the most out of overclocking and the ability to benefit from power savings. In addition, GIGABYTE highlights the strengths of Sandy Bridge and implements special hardware and software solutions. Read on for the complete list of features. Navigating through the BIOS to change system settings can be a daunting task for users not familiar with control “F” functions and mouse-less navigation.