Gigabyte has a total of 79 Mobo's for the Intel Socket 1155.
These are divided into the following 5 chipsets
Z68 = 22 mobo's
H61 = 20 mobo's
H67 =20 mobo's
P67 = 16 mobo's
Q67 = 1 mobo
With so many boards, though, it can be a little confusing as to what is what.
I will start with the Z68 series.
There are only really a few things you need to know when it comes to the naming. If the model number carries a H then you're looking at a board with onboard video, eg: Z68X-UD3H-B3.
If a board carries the UD label instead of just the D label then it's an Ultra Durable board and carries all those yummy features associated with the UD label. Then there's just the numbers after the UD or D. As you climb up in numbers you're looking at higher end boards, UD2, UD4, UD5 and UD7. The Ultra Durable series represents a step up from the everyday mainstream units. One of the key differences between The UD4, UD5, and UD7 is power delivery and number of phases. The UD5 has a 20 phase power output while its little brother -the UD4- has 16 and the flagship UD7 has 24 phases plus an NF200 controller chip. Also compared to the UD4, the UD5 has an extra PCI-E slot and four extra USB 3.0 ports, but two less SATA 6Gb/s ports. ADDED NOTE: The third part of the model name sometimes starts with a “D†(Durable). These mainboards use all-solid capacitors. However, we more often see “UD†(Ultra Durable), which means that besides all-solid capacitors the mainboard is designed using double copper layering. Then comes a numeric index: the higher it is, the more features and additional onboard controllers the mainboard has (they range from UD2 to UD7 or UD9).
And another example
GA-Z68X-UD7-B3
GA=Gigabyte
Z68=Chipset
X/XP=Chipset/Motherboard options for Non-Switchable Graphics/Switchable Graphics
UD7=Gigabyte MB Model Ultra Durable 7
B3-Chipset Revision
To further help decode Gigabyte’s cryptic model numbers, we have to look at a key difference that separates several boards: the “XP†versus the “X†in the model number. The XP (i.e. Z68XP-UD5) in a Gigabyte Z68 model number simply means the board has a display output for Switchable Graphics and a power phase to run it while a board with an X (i.e. Z68X-UD5) does not.
Further the letter “A†after the chipset name means that there are USB 3.0 on the mainboard back panel (Z68A) eg: GA-Z68AP-D3
If there is a letter “X†instead, it means that there are also internal pin-connectors for additional USB 3.0 ports on the PCB (Z68X) eg: GA-Z68X-UD7-B3
The letter “M†marks microATX mainboards (Z68MA or Z68MX) eg: GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3
If you want to be able to use the graphics core built into the processor, you should go for mainboards marked with the letter “H†in the first part of the model name (UD3H)..... [D-Sub; DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200; HDMI and DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 2560x1600p]. In this case you will also have all the features and functionality of the Intel Z68 Express chipset available to you, though numerous outs on the back panel will take a lot of space, so the number of other connectors and ports has to be reduced.
Mainboards with a letter “P†in the second part of the model name offer a certain compromise between having the entire set of video outs and having none (Z68XP). In this case you will have only an HDMI out, while the rest of the space will be taken over by other ports and connectors.
GIGABYTE has got a Microsite for the Z68 platform and if you want to find out which model is exactly for you based on features, I'd highly recommend you look at the page which compares all the models; it will really help when deciding which board to buy.
GIGABYTE Z68 Series Motherboards
DISCLAIMER: The above reference [giga global site] is to get a quick idea where a given Z68 mobo is placed. For Availability of the same you need to then check at the indian website
http://www.gigabyte.in/products/list.aspx?s=42&jid=1&p=2&v=24#0
This is only the beginning & will need help in decoding the other Chipsets, ie H61; H67; P67... Q67
These are divided into the following 5 chipsets
Z68 = 22 mobo's
H61 = 20 mobo's
H67 =20 mobo's
P67 = 16 mobo's
Q67 = 1 mobo
With so many boards, though, it can be a little confusing as to what is what.
I will start with the Z68 series.
There are only really a few things you need to know when it comes to the naming. If the model number carries a H then you're looking at a board with onboard video, eg: Z68X-UD3H-B3.
If a board carries the UD label instead of just the D label then it's an Ultra Durable board and carries all those yummy features associated with the UD label. Then there's just the numbers after the UD or D. As you climb up in numbers you're looking at higher end boards, UD2, UD4, UD5 and UD7. The Ultra Durable series represents a step up from the everyday mainstream units. One of the key differences between The UD4, UD5, and UD7 is power delivery and number of phases. The UD5 has a 20 phase power output while its little brother -the UD4- has 16 and the flagship UD7 has 24 phases plus an NF200 controller chip. Also compared to the UD4, the UD5 has an extra PCI-E slot and four extra USB 3.0 ports, but two less SATA 6Gb/s ports. ADDED NOTE: The third part of the model name sometimes starts with a “D†(Durable). These mainboards use all-solid capacitors. However, we more often see “UD†(Ultra Durable), which means that besides all-solid capacitors the mainboard is designed using double copper layering. Then comes a numeric index: the higher it is, the more features and additional onboard controllers the mainboard has (they range from UD2 to UD7 or UD9).
And another example
GA-Z68X-UD7-B3
GA=Gigabyte
Z68=Chipset
X/XP=Chipset/Motherboard options for Non-Switchable Graphics/Switchable Graphics
UD7=Gigabyte MB Model Ultra Durable 7
B3-Chipset Revision
To further help decode Gigabyte’s cryptic model numbers, we have to look at a key difference that separates several boards: the “XP†versus the “X†in the model number. The XP (i.e. Z68XP-UD5) in a Gigabyte Z68 model number simply means the board has a display output for Switchable Graphics and a power phase to run it while a board with an X (i.e. Z68X-UD5) does not.
Further the letter “A†after the chipset name means that there are USB 3.0 on the mainboard back panel (Z68A) eg: GA-Z68AP-D3
If there is a letter “X†instead, it means that there are also internal pin-connectors for additional USB 3.0 ports on the PCB (Z68X) eg: GA-Z68X-UD7-B3
The letter “M†marks microATX mainboards (Z68MA or Z68MX) eg: GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3
If you want to be able to use the graphics core built into the processor, you should go for mainboards marked with the letter “H†in the first part of the model name (UD3H)..... [D-Sub; DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200; HDMI and DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 2560x1600p]. In this case you will also have all the features and functionality of the Intel Z68 Express chipset available to you, though numerous outs on the back panel will take a lot of space, so the number of other connectors and ports has to be reduced.
Mainboards with a letter “P†in the second part of the model name offer a certain compromise between having the entire set of video outs and having none (Z68XP). In this case you will have only an HDMI out, while the rest of the space will be taken over by other ports and connectors.
GIGABYTE has got a Microsite for the Z68 platform and if you want to find out which model is exactly for you based on features, I'd highly recommend you look at the page which compares all the models; it will really help when deciding which board to buy.
GIGABYTE Z68 Series Motherboards
DISCLAIMER: The above reference [giga global site] is to get a quick idea where a given Z68 mobo is placed. For Availability of the same you need to then check at the indian website
http://www.gigabyte.in/products/list.aspx?s=42&jid=1&p=2&v=24#0
This is only the beginning & will need help in decoding the other Chipsets, ie H61; H67; P67... Q67
