{"id":44,"date":"2014-02-10T10:21:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T15:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/?p=44"},"modified":"2014-02-10T10:21:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T15:21:34","slug":"gigabyte-ga-z87x-oc-motherboard-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/2014\/02\/10\/gigabyte-ga-z87x-oc-motherboard-review\/","title":{"rendered":"GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC Motherboard Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&lt;![CDATA[<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/8285_m.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48\" alt=\"8285_m\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/8285_m-300x219.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis is a review for the<a title=\"Gigabyte \" href=\"http:\/\/www.gigabyte.com\/products\/product-page.aspx?pid=4514#sp\">\u00a0GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC<\/a> motherboard. It&#8217;s made by Gigabyte Technology and supports Intel processors. The\u00a0GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC is made for PC gaming and high end professional use.<b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\nGigabyte Technology\u00a0Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. \u00a0is 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.\u00a0Established 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. <a title=\"Gigabyte Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gigabyte_Technology\">(Gigabyte Wikipedia)\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find more information about Gigabyte at the company&#8217;s <a title=\"Gigabyte Homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gigabyte.us\/gigabyte.aspx?s=35\">website.<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gigabyte.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-47\" alt=\"Gigabyte\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gigabyte.jpg\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe\u00a0<a title=\"Gigabyte\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gigabyte.com\/products\/product-page.aspx?pid=4514#sp\">GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC<\/a> 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\u00a0ATX Form Factor of 30.5cm x 24.4cm and supports Windows 7. It has\u00a04 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets which supports up to 32 GB of system memory. (Gigabyte.com)<br \/>\nThis motherboard has many Integrated Components, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\u00a0PS\/2 keyboard\/mouse port<\/li>\n<li>2 HDMI ports<\/li>\n<li>1 Display Port<\/li>\n<li>2 USB 2.0<\/li>\n<li>6 USB 3.0<\/li>\n<li>1 S\/PDIF Out<\/li>\n<li>6 Audio Ports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis motherboard makes for a great gaming motherboard. It offers support for 4-Way\/3-Way\/2-Way AMD CrossFire, and 2-Way NVIDIA\u00ae SLI\u2122 Technology graphics cards. It also offers many expansion slots, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 PCI Express 3.0 x16<\/li>\n<li>1 PCI Express x1<\/li>\n<li>2 PCI Slots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This PC motherboard is great for gaming. On<a title=\"Newegg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newegg.com\/Product\/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128594\"> Newegg.com<\/a>, 52% of the people who reviewed this motherboard gave it five stars. Many described it as looking &#8220;Great&#8221; and said it had an &#8220;Awesome overclocker&#8221;. \u00a0You can find this motherboard at websites like Newegg and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigerdirect.com\/applications\/SearchTools\/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8045915\">Tigerdirect<\/a> for about $199.99. Overall this seems to be a high quality, dependable motherboard that&#8217;s pretty affordable.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Works Cited<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div>&#8220;GIGABYTE &#8211; About GIGABYTE &#8211; At a Glance.&#8221;\u00a0<i>GIGABYTE &#8211; About GIGABYTE &#8211; At a Glance<\/i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"tags_1391710545bf2f234b-3fa3-4256-84b7-e213a61d3237\">\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;GIGABYTE &#8211; Motherboard &#8211; Socket 1150 &#8211; GA-Z87X-OC (rev. 1.x).&#8221;\u00a0<i>GIGABYTE &#8211; Motherboard &#8211; Socket 1150 &#8211; GA-Z87X-OC (rev. 1.x)<\/i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"tags_1391710523f24d08e3-2c2b-4818-8002-b5ea83c069b3\">\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb\/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb\/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS.&#8221;<\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Newegg.com<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"citation_new\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"tags_139171056892aad0c4-fc30-46f1-95d4-61ef045647e1\">\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;Gigabyte Technology.&#8221;\u00a0<i>Wikipedia<\/i>. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Jan. 2014. Web. 06 Feb. 2014.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;]]&gt;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;![CDATA[ This is a review for the\u00a0GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC motherboard. It&#8217;s made by Gigabyte Technology and supports Intel processors. The\u00a0GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC is made for PC gaming and high end professional use. Gigabyte Technology\u00a0Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. \u00a0is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of computer hardware products best known for its motherboards. 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