Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 will be one of the most powerful motherboards on the market with its 32 phase power circuits. Gigabyte has now demonstrated this by drawing 2000 watt through the motherboard, equal to 25(!) Core i7-3770K processors at full load.
As we have noticed in several of our motherboard roundups here at NordicHardware a handful of phases is usually more than enough to supply enough power for your processor – at least without exotic cooling. A regular user will never be able to pull 2000 watt from his processor, obviously, but it is still interesting to see what kind of capacity there is with modern motherboards. Gigabyte had to connect two 1200 watt power supplies from Corsair and three artificial loads to reach the goal of 2000 watt over the CPU voltage circuitry.
Gigabyte’s Ultra Durable 5 technology with PowIRstages from IR is the base of the capacity in Z77X-UP7, which with its 32 phases will be capable of meeting the demands of the most extreme users. Gigabyte is expected to launch its new overclocking motherboardZ77X-UP7 soon, but price and availability is yet to be announced.
