GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming G1

This GIGABYTE flagship motherboard with the Z170 chipset is mainly targeted at the most demanding users, overclockers, and those who use heavy-duty water cooling for their machines. Its G1 Gaming designation indicates it is equipped with gaming-related technology and solutions aimed at passionate gamers. This is a motherboard that any gamer would be proud to own and its design definitely reflects it.

Mount a 6th generation Intel Skylake processor and you get uncompromising game performance that you can boost even further with the new DDR4 system memory. Its innovative PCIe slots with reinforced stainless steel casing indicate the board is made for truly powerful graphics cards. The Intel Z170 chipset delivers higher data transfer speeds for SSDs connected via SATA Express (16Gb/s), or M.2 (32 Gb/s). The GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 is an excellent place to start if you want to build the ultimate gaming machine.

Key features

• Customisable RGB LED backlight with 7 colours
• Supports water cooling
• Intel Skylake support
• Universal USB Type-C connector
• 2 x M.2 connectors with transfer speeds up to 32 GB/s and optional RAID array integration
• High-octane online gaming thanks to 2 Gigabit LAN ports, complemented by speedy WiFi ac network
• Can accommodate 4 graphics cards simultaneously in SLI and CROSSFIRE for ultimate power
• Innovative PCIe connector casing from one block of stainless steel
• Advanced overclocking options let you change BCLK speed between 90 MHz and 200 MHz
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS technology

Excellent sound experience

The board’s specialty is a quad-core Sound Core3D audio processor from Creative with Burr-Brown 127 dB DAC and high-end Nichicon audio capacitors. Creative also supplied SBX Pro Studio software, giving you a stunning audio experience familiar to the owners of dedicated soundcards by this famous brand. Enjoy unparalleled sound effects enhanced by EAX Advanced HD 5 technology and popular features such as SCOUT MODE to better locate your enemies and VoiceFX for real-time voice change.

Killer DoubleShot Pro X3

The entire network traffic is handled by Qualcomm Atheros Killer cards. All three network interfaces work together to provide the highest bandwidth to the most important data traffic. You can use all network paths to the fullest, without it affecting your performance.

Gateway to all motherboard apps

The supplied software includes Gigabyte App Center, which is an interface that lets you control all the motherboard options and settings. EasyTune utility allows you to easily overclock the processor and RAM, while Cloud Station application enables data sharing and lets you control your PC via a mobile phone or tablet from anywhere.