The UD3 has always been the middle-child of the Gigabyte line of motherboards and so it's been fairly difficult to place. Overclocking the UD3P further expresses its placement as the middle of the three main Z68 Gigabyte boards. Whilst the D2H tops out around 4.4 GHz and the Z68 UD5 is capable of 4.8 GHz, the UD3 is, yes you've guessed it, good for 4.6 GHz. It's definitely not a voltage block as no matter how much electricity we pumped through our 2500K it just wouldn't budge.
However, it was able to run the 4.6 GHz overclock at a lot lower VCore than many other boards we've tested on the Z68 platform. 1.35v was enough to keep things perfectly stable and that's great for the long-term abuse that an everyman board is likely to receive. Thankfully unlike many boards that claim one thing and deliver another the UD3P was capable of running our Kingston kit at the rated 2133 MHz. The Gigabyte Z68XP Ultra Durable (which gives the UD series its name) is a workhorse of a board that will just get on and do with the minimum of fuss. Read more...
Gigabyte DDR3 2133 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (GA-Z68XP-UD3P)However, it was able to run the 4.6 GHz overclock at a lot lower VCore than many other boards we've tested on the Z68 platform. 1.35v was enough to keep things perfectly stable and that's great for the long-term abuse that an everyman board is likely to receive. Thankfully unlike many boards that claim one thing and deliver another the UD3P was capable of running our Kingston kit at the rated 2133 MHz. The Gigabyte Z68XP Ultra Durable (which gives the UD series its name) is a workhorse of a board that will just get on and do with the minimum of fuss. Read more...
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