ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Features
- Wi-Fi GO! - Rich Features for the Home Environment: multimedia management, diverse remote control, Internet sharing and quick data sharing
- Fan Xpert 2 - Fan Auto Tuning function for optimized speed control and settings for each individual fan
- SMART DIGI+ Power Control - Flexible precise adjustments for System Stability, High Power Efficiency and Improved Performance Scaling on both CPU & RAM
- USB BIOS Flashback - Plug in USB with BIOS file and just click the button for simplest BIOS update
- TPM Header Features Enhanced Data Security Protection
ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Description
The ASUS P8Z77-V motherboard features the Intel Z77 chipset supporting the Intel LGA1155 3rd/2nd Generation Intel Core i7 Processors. ASUS offers this top-tier platform-leading solution with the exclusive Dual Intelligent Processors 3 technology integrated featuring new SMART DIGI+ Power Control - capable of achieving most precise adjustment, enhanced performance and stability, and O.C. capacity for CPU & RAM. With SMART DIGI+ , users can adjust their system to be highly efficient, providing consistent power delivery to reach higher performance on the Z77 platform than any other vendors out there! EPU conserves energy by intelligently moderating power and load requirements in real-time while TPU provides intelligent system scaling for incredible increases in platform performance while retaining stability. Fan Xpert 2 intelligently provides optimized settings for each fan on your PC and controls fan rotation speeds. Intel 3rd generation Core processors supports PCIe 3.0 for AMD CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI support. The ASUS P8Z77-V provides scalable graphics performance for the gaming and computer enthusiast or the graphical designer wanting to harness additional GPU Compute power in leading media applications. With TPM header, data security is greatly enhanced on the P8Z77-V. The Z77 Series motherboards features the latest Lucid Virtu MVP software with HyperFormance technology, optimizing graphics performance by providing outstanding gaming responsiveness, sharper visual quality and improved frame rates all with low power consumption. This latest hybrid graphics boost technology fully utilizes fast-computing iGPU and discrete graphics cards in your system to create up to a 60% discrete graphics boost performance!I got this mobo through micro center for 199.99. Anyways this mobo packs a real punch. Here's the pros/cons/final thoughts.
Pros:
Supports SLI/Crossfirex.
Supports 3rd Gen Core i3/5/7 series.
z77 chipset.
ASUS gives you the block when plugging in the power switch cables i love that.
2 USB 3.0 headers.
PCI 3.0 Support w/Ivy Bridge processor installed only.
Cons:
Before you turn it on get the updated drivers! The ones on the CD are good but I had error messages saying it can't find the hotfix file or whatever. With the updated drivers on my usb stick it was a smooth installation.
FInal Thoughts:
This is my 2nd build. Upgraded from an 775 core 2 duo e7200. I was going to go with the new core i7 3770k but its way too much money. The 3570k will be more than enough for anything that the average gamer needs to do.
-Suggestion: You may get the error CPU fan Error: Just go into bios and set all fan warnings to ignore. Solved problem :)
Here's my rig.
Asus p8z77-vpro (pro version of this motherboard)
Intel Core i5 3570k 3.4ghz stock + CM Hyper 212+
16gb ddr3 1600mhz 4x4gb Corsair LP
120gb Intel 520 SSD SATA III
1TB HDD
2x HD6870 Sapphire 1gb ddr5 setup in crossfirex
Raidmax 850watt psu 80+gold
Samsung blu ray reader
Corsair 600t White
One quick question if anyone out there can help me. I have never setup raid before is it possible to do it with my SSD and my HDD. I want windows 7 pro on my ssd while the HDD handles everything else.
_______Update______________ 11/29/12
Everything is running smoothly. I had a few bumps in the road while updating bios versions. One of the biggest problems I had is when I flashed to bios v1406, back in July my CPU fan went to full speed (2k rpm) and it would stay at full speed the entire time. I knew it was the bios that messed it up and I wanted to go back so I went back to Asus's website to download 1206 again but I noticed that v1406 was gone and that's when it hit me I downloaded a crappy version of bios for my board :P. I waited for the next version to come out but I waited for a few days to make sure that they wouldn't take it down like they did for 1406. They never did and I updated to 1506. That unfortunately did not fix the problem, I ended up downloading all of the updated utilities fan xpert 2 and Asuite and that immediately fixed the problem with the CPU fan running at full speed.
Also if you are noticing that your download and upload speeds are terrible. This may or may not help you out. For my internet speed I have fios at 25/5mbps. When I did a speed test I was getting 10/2. So naturally I looked on google and I ended up joining tomshardware where I found my answer. Basically turn off Inetworkcontrol in Asuite. I forget the exact name but turn it off and your speeds will drastically improve. That software is bogus.
Board is still running strong, hope to have it last till 2020 :) for the next build
This was my first build myself and used this board. After turning on the system, updating the board was really easy from the Asus website. The board is full of features. I got this board over the P8Z77-V Pro because I already had a eSata bracket available which was the only really big difference minus 1 extra fan header. The 5 fan headers are plenty for my needs. The Asus AI Suite II is fantastic in my opinion. The Wi-Fi Go, Fan Xpert 2, Network iControl, USB Charger+ are great. The exclusive Q-connector is a feature all Motherboards should have. The USB 3.0 and Z77 Chipset work great. For those that don't overclock, the EPU feature is great and for those that do overclock, the TPU feature works for those. 1 board that can accomodate a large group of people and their needs/wants. There are way too many features to discuss here that this board does. I highly recommend this board, plus it looks great and overclocks very well when desired to do so.
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