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This is a review for the GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC motherboard. It’s made by Gigabyte Technology and supports Intel processors. The GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC is made for PC gaming and high end professional use.

Gigabyte Technology Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.  is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of computer hardware products best known for its motherboards. The company is publicly held and traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Established in 1986, its major customers include custom boutique PC manufacturers such as Alienware and Falcon Northwest. Mr. Pei-Cheng Yeh founded GigaByte Technology Co. Ltd. in 1986 and has been its Chairman since 1986. (Gigabyte Wikipedia) 
You can find more information about Gigabyte at the company’s website.


The GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC is a gaming motherboard made by Gigabyte, which was officially released on June 4, 2013. It supports Intel processors, specifically the fourth generation Intel processors. It has an ATX Form Factor of 30.5cm x 24.4cm and supports Windows 7. It has 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets which supports up to 32 GB of system memory. (Gigabyte.com)
This motherboard has many Integrated Components, including:

• 1 PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
• 2 HDMI ports
• 1 Display Port
• 2 USB 2.0
• 6 USB 3.0
• 1 S/PDIF Out
• 6 Audio Ports

 
This motherboard makes for a great gaming motherboard. It offers support for 4-Way/3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire, and 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology graphics cards. It also offers many expansion slots, including:

• 4 PCI Express 3.0 x16
• 1 PCI Express x1
• 2 PCI Slots

This PC motherboard is great for gaming. On Newegg.com, 52% of the people who reviewed this motherboard gave it five stars. Many described it as looking “Great” and said it had an “Awesome overclocker”.  You can find this motherboard at websites like Newegg and Tigerdirect for about $199.99. Overall this seems to be a high quality, dependable motherboard that’s pretty affordable.
 
 

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