Gigabyte GA-Z77P-D3 32GB DDR3 Intel Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-Z77P-D3 32GB DDR3 Intel Motherboard combine a host of new and exciting technologies with the latest Intel Z77 Express Chipset, creating a unique range of motherboard designs that harness the outstanding performance of the new 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors. With an exclusive GIGABYTE 3D BIOS (Dual UEFI), UD4 Classic technology and unique EZ Setup uilities, GIGABYTE Z77P-D3 Motherboard ensure outstanding system absolute control, with additional features that ensure an unrivalled experience on your next PC build.

Features

GIGABYTE 3D BIOS (patent pending)
The revolutionary GIGABYTE 3D BIOS application is based on GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ technology and is available to consumers in two exclusive modes of interaction, providing enthusiast and mainstream users with a choice of unique and powerful graphical interfaces.

UEFI DualBIOS™ Technology
At the heart of this exciting 3D BIOS technology is a pair of physical BIOS ROMs containing GIGABYTE's exclusive in-house designed UEFI BIOS technology. With a superior graphical interface capable of 32-bit color imaging and fluid user-friendly mouse navigation, UEFI DualBIOS™ makes BIOS configuration a new and exciting experience for novice and experienced users alike. UEFI BIOS also brings native support for large hard drives on 64-bit operating systems.

Power Failure Protection
Permanent damage from power surge or failure during BIOS update, can be avoided with GIGABYTE DaulBIOS, which automatically enables a secondary, back up BIOS.GIGABYTE also uses Anti-Surge ICs to protect the motherboard against power surges.

Intel® Rapid Start Technology
Intel® Rapid Start Technology™ gets your device up and running faster from even the deepest sleep. This means users will be able to experience almost zero power draw from their PC, but be able to resume Windows® 7 is a few seconds without having the PC go through a full system boot. With Intel® Rapid Start Technology the previous session resumes to the exact as it was, so that applications are still in the same state and no application data is lost.

Intel® Smart Connect Technology
Intel® Smart Connect Technology means that your email, favorite apps, and social networks are continually and automatically updated even when the system is asleep. No more waiting for the latest world news or friends' updates to be delivered just press the 'on' button and you're up-to-date and ready to go.

DirectX 11 Support
Microsoft DirectX 11 provides eye-popping 3D visuals found for today's latest PC games and is designed to be more efficient, leverage the power of today's multi-core processors, and provide support for sophisticated shading and texturing techniques such as tessellation.

Technical Details

Model

• Brand : Gigabyte
• Model : GA-Z77P-D3

CPU 

• Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package
• L3 cache varies with CPU

Chipset 

• Intel® Z77 Express Chipset

Memory 

• 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
• Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Support for DDR3 2400(OC)/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
• Support for non-ECC memory modules
• Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

Onboard Graphics 

Integrated Graphics Processor

• 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200

Audio 

• Realtek ALC887 codec
• High Definition Audio
• 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
• To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
• Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN 

• Atheros GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots 

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
• (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
•  For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
• The PCI Express x16 slot supports up to PCI Express 2.0 standard when an Intel 32nm (Sandy Bridge) CPU is installed.
• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
• 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
• 2 x PCI slots

Multi-Graphics Technology

• Support for AMD CrossFireX™ technology

Storage Interface 

Chipset

• 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0/1) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
• 3 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2 2/3/4) supporting up to 3 SATA 3Gb/s devices
• 1 x mSATA connector
• Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

USB 

Chipset

• Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
• Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB header)

Internal I/O Connectors 

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
• 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 3 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
• 1 x mSATA connector
• 1 x CPU fan header
• 3 x system fan headers
• 1 x front panel header
• 1 x front panel audio header
• 1 x S/PDIF Out header
• 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
• 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
• 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header

Back Panel Connectors 

• 1 x PS/2 mouse port
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port
• 1 x serial port
• 1 x HDMI port
• 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 1 x RJ-45 port
• 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller 

• iTE I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring 

• System voltage detection
• CPU/System temperature detection
• CPU/System fan speed detection
• CPU overheating warning
• CPU/System fan fail warning
• CPU/System fan speed control

BIOS 

• 2 x 64 Mbit flash
• Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
• Support for DualBIOS™
• PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a

Unique Features 

• Support for @BIOS
• Support for Q-Flash
• Support for Xpress Install
• Support for Xpress Recovery2
• Support for eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)
• Support for Auto Green
• Support for ON/OFF Charge
• Support for Q-Share
• Support for LAN Optimizer

Operating System

• Support for Microsoft® Windows 7/XP

Form Factor 

• ATX Form Factor
• Dimensions : 30.5cm x 21.5cm