The board itself is a standard ATX model which features a matte black PCB with black and gray connectors.

Adding a little flare are a number of large heatsinks which feature some blue highlights.

Meanwhile the PCB itself is a 2-layer copper design and is equipped with Durable black solid capacitors.

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Other features include Intel Gigabit LAN with high ESD protection using the new Intel I217-V controller.

The famous UEFI and DualBIOS support exists and Gigabyte has added an LED indicator to signal any problems.

The second generation On/Off Charge feature is included for quick charging mobile devices via USB.

While the Z87 chipset provides six USB 3.0 ports and six SATA 6Gb/s ports, Gigabyte has upgraded both.

The Z87X-UD3H supports 2-way Crossfire and 2-way SLI technology using two PCIe x16 slots.

There is a third full length PCIe x16 slot, though it is only wired for x4 bandwidth.

There is also a VGA, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort for utilizing the integrated video.