GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4-B3 (rev. 1.1) Pro Reviews

This is a review of the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 motherboard which is equipped with a (new) 'B3'-stepping Intel P67 chipset. The Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 motherboard replaces the original Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 model that was recalled due to the Intel 6-series chipset issue.

Gigabyte's "mainstream" motherboard using Intel's P67 Express chipset is nicely appointed and designed, but lacks the polish and the lower price necessary to put it over the top.

The Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 is most definitely a fast and powerful product, and the added excellent audio makes us easily sweep aside what we see as a big oversight on Gigabyte's part.

GigabyteGA-P67A-UD4-B3 mainboard has a lot of advantages. As for the drawbacks, there are barely any. The only thing that comes to mind at this point is the extremely aggressive “Load-Line Calibration” technology. It would be really nice to have the ability to adjust the amount of this calibration, like on some other mainboards. However, this technology is not a must and even when we disabled it completely we managed to overclock our processor successfully and boosted the speed in some applications by about 40%. GigabyteGA-P67A-UD4-B3 mainboard boasts convenient layout and great functionality expanded with a number of additional controllers. The board has everything you may ever need, is free from useless bonuses and therefore comes at a moderate price, so it will obviously be quite popular among potential buyers.