Looking at this motherboard with the mainstream user in mind, which may seem a bit obvious, its a down to earth statement to say that you don't have to pay the odds to get a board that hoas a ton of features, good performance and in the case of mainstream...
Abstract: In April we published a round-up of 20 motherboards with Z77 chipsets compatible with the new Intel Ivy Bridge processors. Those CPUs weren't available yet at the time so we had to do the tests with the previous generation Sandy Bridge processors. Almos...
Abstract: We will have to wait another couple days for Intel's third generation Ivy Bridge processors, but the related Z77 motherboards are officially available since last weekend. So, what's new and what's different about this new 7 series? A lot of information ...
We mentioned a few downsides in our description of the P8Z77-V but most of them are typical of all or at least many other ASUS mainboards. We mean the uninformative startup picture and the wrong CPU clock rate reported during the POST procedure. Turni...
Improves USB 3 Performance, Wider support coming, Even non-UASP drives see benefit
Not hugely useful at the moment, Requires high-end external hardware to see full advantage
Look out past the next twelve months, however, and the entire situation changes. Microsoft is introducing a UASP driver of its own in Windows 8, which means the functionality will be built into the operating system rather than requiring a third-party driv...
Clean and simple color-themed layout, Fully functional AMI UEFI BIOS, including mouse support and support for 3 TB+ drives, Excellent idle power consumption, Includes add-on WiFi card while retaining a price comparable to many Intel Z77 Express products t
3rd PCIe slot connected via Intel Z77 PCH, and shares connectivity with the PCIe x1 slots and the external SATA 6 Gb/s ports, Not enough cables for all internal SATA ports, Although all the video connectivity is great, it does limit the number of availabl
After spending a week with the ASUS P8Z77-V, it became very clear to me who ASUS intended this board to be used by, namely those that already own a Sandy Bridge CPU, or those that want to run dual VGAs as well as an external add-on RAID card, or simila...
The ASUS P8Z77-V proved to be a great motherboard. Its price point however does put it at somewhat of a premium, but if you can utilize the headline features there is no doubt that it will be of value at $185. If you can use the ASUS Wi-Fi GO! Feature, th...
Abstract: We’ve recently presented you with three different motherboard models based on the latest Intel Z77 Express chipset, however, we weren’t able to perform thorough testing as usual, as we didn’t have any Ivy Bridge CPUs (for which this chipset was created...
As we have moved through the lineup of Asus' Z77 motherboards we are finding that they are truly living up to what they stated to us at CES two years ago (and yes we have said this before). Asus is going to begin to push the enthusiast class design, compo...
Excellent Performance in All Tests, Intel Express Z77 Chipset, Ivy Bridge Ready, Sandy Bridge Compatible, Up to 2400MHz DDR3 w/ XMP 1.3 Support, Native USB 3.0, Native PCIe 3.0, ASUS DIP3 Technology, TTopology DRAM Layout, WiFi Engine (802.11n) w/ WiFi GO!, Intel Rapid Start Technology, Intel Smart Connect Technology, LucidLogix Virtu Universal MVP, Updated HDMI 1.4a and Included DP 1.1a, USB B
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ASUS seems to make a motherboard to fit just about every niche in the market, and tuned to just about every possible scenario imaginable. The P8Z77-V sits somewhat as the “base” model for a lot of these boards, not in a stripped down way, but in a “wel...
