GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: The system as a whole runs perfectly, that is when it works.

Cons: Like 40% of the other reviews for this mother board and other Gigabyte models, I have had boot problems which have increased in frequency over the first year. Now just one week before the end of my first year I am stuck in permanent 2 ~ 3 second boot loops more often than not. Using default 1333mhz setting for my ram, removing the CMOS chip, and updating the BIOS as recommended in the faq had literally no effect.

Other Thoughts: So far the tech support has suggested that any speed over 1333mhz is unsupported. This is despite the board being advertised here on Newegg as "4×240pin DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 ".

Apparently, if you operate with your RAM at the marketed speeds you are "overclocking" and not supported.

Pros: First pro... I have yet to experience any of the boot looping issues since I got this board in December of 2011.
Everything works except easy tune, that program just sucks.. No big deal though. (I do not care about that)

Cons: I tried updating the bios once, from version F6 to I believe F10, it did not work out at all. That is ok though, everything is still running as awesome as it was on day 1.

Other Thoughts: It sucks that so many people have this boot looping issue... Though I sort of question user error in some way...

Pros: Good board while it lasted. I've owned it 3 months and all of a sudden one night when I went to boot it up, it started a continuois boot loop. It won't let me enter the bios so I can not update the bios.

Cons: Boot loop

Manufacturer Response:

Thank you for your comments. Honest and constructive opinions are always welcome. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product.

Please clear your CMOS by removing the battery for at least 8 min, with all power cables disconnected. Then try powering on again. You should be able to enter the BIOS options.

If you require further assistance, please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyte-usa.com with the case number 2013032002 in the subject line. List your completed system configuration, and we will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue as soon as possible.

GIGABYTE VIP Support Team

Pros: Great board, excellent performance and excellent over-clock ability.

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: Be sure an upgrade the BIOS after purchasing to F10. Thus resolves a lot if not all of the boot loop issues people seem to have been claiming. I myself have not had any issues.

Pros: Solid board (while it lasts), lots of features, easy to OC anything

Cons: Board lasted about a year, now im in the same boat as all the other people with boot problems. Also did not auto detect my RAM speed, had to manually set in BIOS.

Slower then average boot times, I put a SSD in and not much of a difference in OS load speeds due to motherboards slow post

Bad timing on this one as i just got a few new games now i have to ship this thing back and be without my PC for who knows how long.

Other Thoughts: this board would be excellent if gigabyte had made this board without these bugs or fixed them with a new bios

Manufacturer Response:

Thank you for your comments. Honest and constructive opinions are always welcome. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product.

Your described rebot issue may occur for serveral reasons:

1. be sure to connect both the 24pin power and the ATX12V power cables.
2. your BIOS settings may be too aggressive. Please try clearing the CMOS, and using the Optimized default values.
3. Power supply issue - be sure the wattage of our PS is adequate to support your installed components
4. Memory issue - try 1x memory module as a test.

If you require further assistance, please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyte-usa.com with the case number 2013022003. Include your complete system configuration.

GIGABYTE VIP Support Team

Pros: great support programs for the board, easy to overclock. Looks good. Quick

Cons: Work with it for about 1 year and then finally sent it in for warranty. Waiting for it to return now. Their RMA policy sucks - consumer pays to ship there, double box etc ($25 later) and then their average turnaround is 2-3 weeks. So far they seem to thing that the SATA controller is bad.

Other Thoughts: Irritate with gigabyte for lemon board, but their reputation is making me consider buying another one of theirs. I would suggest buying it because it works very well when it works, smooth operation etc.

Pros: The board has a good layout, nice features and an adequate bios for power users.

Cons: Boot loops boot loops and more boot loops. Today we build systems that can boot in under 20 seconds, but that is wasted when this mother board first has to power cycle for 45 seconds before finally booting. I tried every bios available for it. I tried default settings, my overclock settings and everything in between. I tested it with different cpu, ram and power supply. Nothing eliminated the boot looping. Sometimes it wouldn't do it for a week..and sometimes it did it every day. This board also had an intermittent hard lock during heavy usage(Skyrim, Cryengine 3 engine work) that persisted through all the bios/ hardware and OS changes(vista and Win7). Im doing a new Ivy build simply because this board is getting on my nerves. I did NOT order a gigabyte MB......Not going to bother trying the RMA process because quite frankly I don't want to waste anymore time building a PC using another Gigabyte board.

Manufacturer Response:

Thank you for your comments. Honest and constructive opinions are always welcome. We apologize for your difficulty with your Gigabyte product.

Your "boot loop" issue may be caused by serveral things such as power, memory, or aggressive BIOS settings. When this happens, please verify by:

1. clearing CMOS settings
2. using 1x memory module
3. verify that both the 24pin power and the ATX12V connectors are installed
4. verify that you have installed the proper power to your graphics card (if you have one installed)
4. your power supply is adequate for all your system components, especially your graphics card

If you require further assistance, please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyte-usa.com with the case number 2013021204 in the subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue as soon as possible.

GIGABYTE VIP Support Team

Pros: I bought this in August for my first build. I love it.
It was easy to install and set up and couldn't be happier with it.

Cons: None so far.

Pros: It works well when it's working.

Cons: Boot loop issues, DOA front panel was replaced but eSATA still doesn't work.

Pros: I've had this board since they first shipped out the new revision last christmas. Once i had a stable working Bios the board has been very stable. It runs my 2133 ram with no issues and overclocks my 2500k with ease. For what I spent it is a very solid MoBo.

Cons: First board was DOA. Out of Box Bios issues. Poor Bios Upgrades and Gigabyte Software Utilities.

Other Thoughts: My 2nd board has been stable and overclocks like a champ. I have avoided upgrading to the UEFI bios since it doesn't seem that it will be well supported by Gigabyte.