I have now used this board for over a month, and have to say that I love it. It allowed me to OC my i7 4770k to 4.6 GHz with ease and with very little fuss. It also is compatible with after market cooling kits that were built for socket 1155 compatibility, as the holes are in the same location.
The bios is very user friendly and has a nice user interface that can be browsed with mouse as well as keyboard.
My only gripe with the board is lack of SLI support, but that's fine as I don't intend to use SLI, and I guess that is what makes this board cheaper than the Z87-UD3H etc.
The board is priced somewhere between entry level haswell boards and the Z87 boards, which is great as it offers almost all of the cool features that are available on the much higher priced boards, while still fitting in with a lower budget.
The sata and psu cable connectors are not handily placed facing the front of the case like they are on many of the Z87's, they are facing forward as on most older motherboards. This is hardly a gripe, as it is the regular standard for motherboards, however it would have been nice to see the connectors facing the case front to help out with wire management.
The board itself is sturdy and does not flex, however the screw placement is questionable, as the board has full ATX length, but not full ATX width, and can only be screwed in at the left (the I/O panel side) and about 1/3 inwards from the edge of the right hand side. This means that when plugging down your psu cables and sata cables the board visibly bends and warps as there is nothing actually supporting behind where you are pushing. It didn't damage my board, but it still concenred me when I was assembling. Bad design choice.
Other than that the board works flawlessly, it fast boots through bios (about 3 seconds), and works very well with my other components.
In short, this is a perfect buy if you are on a budget, but still want a high quality motherboard. It has Crossfire, but lacks SLI, so if you can live with that limitation then I see no reason to buy a more expensive Z87 board over this one.
| Brand | Gigabyte |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 33.5 x 24.5 x 6 cm; 980 Grams |
| Item model number | FBA_4719331815301 |
| Manufacturer | Gigabyte |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Processor Type | AMD Ryzen 7 |
| Processor Socket | LGA 1150 |
| Memory Technology | DDR3 |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Memory Clock Speed | 1333 MHz |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 2 |
| Number of VGA Ports | 1 |
| Voltage | 1.5 Volts |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 980 g |
