Sapphire Platinum Z77K (PT-CI7Z77K) Pro Reviews

It's easy to get jaded and knock a product for miniscule problems that ,while minor, is enough to taint the entire look at the product. With that being said I was pleasantly surprised with what Sapphire has to offer in the Pure Platinum Z77K. The move to a UEFI BIOS is a welcome addition to the feature set. While not nearly as granular as some board's offerings, it is deep enough to get a good solid overclock out of with enough options to get there. The mouse cursor is a bit imprecise but this problem is not exclusive to Sapphire and the QBIOS implementation. This could have been my mouse as an earlier board I looked at took a tweak to the BIOS from the company to fix. Each section is laid out well and is clearly marked. Add in the TriXX overclocking utility that proved to be quite functional by allowing bclock, voltage and multiplier adjustments from within the OS. Sapphire has added a Killer Networks e2200 network adapter that works with a software utility to manage the network configuration to make sure that you are able to pull off that next head shot. Features can make or break a motherboard. The Killer NIC, Quadfire support, four DIMM slots that support up to 32GB of DDR3 memory, support for Intel Third generation Core series processors, Smart Response and Rapid Start technology, Voltage measure points, Dual BIOS and switchable graphics with Lucidlogix Virtu software makes the Pure Platinum Z77K a premium player. Pricing comes in at a respectable $149.99 for these capabilities.