Gaze upon the empty space surrounding the Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7's LGA 1151 socket, enough to fit brand stamps and a huge CPU cooler. The only thing impinging on it is the second M.2 slot, if you were so inclined to use it instead of leaving PCIe lanes free for the three PCIe 3.0 16x slots or the three SEx ports. There are five fan headers onboard including one designed for use with a water pump. It also comes with an Intel SSD 750 connector, perhaps you can afford one as this board is not as expensive as many Z170 models on the market. Check out the performance and features, including a KillerNIC and Creative Sound Core 3D with OPAMP at [H]ard|OCP.
"GIGABYTE's G1 series represents the pinnacle of GIGABYTE's engineering prowess and is targeted squarely at the gamer and overclocking enthusiasts alike. To that end the Z170X Gaming 7 offers almost everything a gamer could want and more. The G1 series gets a new look and evolves in some unexpected ways."
Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
- Gigabyte's Z170X-Gaming 7 @ The Tech Report
- GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 @ Bjorn3d
- Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 @ Modders-Inc
- MSI Z170A Gaming M5 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI @ eTeknix
- MSI Z170A XPower Gaming Titanium Edition @ Kitguru
- BIOSTAR GAMING Z170X Motherboard Review @ Madshrimps
- Biostar Z170X Gaming Commander @ Modders-Inc
- ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
Hey! I have one of those!
Hey! I have one of those! *pats self of back*
imo, those are ugly chunks of
imo, those are ugly chunks of err.. covers.
Mine on it’s way. Newegg had
Mine on it’s way. Newegg had a great combo with 6700k and a free hyper X 8GB of memory, added 3 more to have 32gb for ddr4 speed. 🙂
My old Bloomfield 950 and Asus Sabertooth X58 are being replaced after 6+ years.
The big reason for this MB was because of the on-board Sound Blaster!