Gigabyte GA-Z170X Gaming GT
Complete with 20 phases of IR powered VRM (16+4 phases), the new Intel Thunderbolt and USB 3.1 controller as a two in one to provide USB Type-C on the back panel, an amazing new network setup and brand new metal shielding on the PCIe slots.
Delving into the network options, GIGABYTE is offering a unique and brand new setup with this motherboard model, seeing a three-way KILLER NIC setup (the KILLER Double Shot Duo or Pro) with two being wired and one wireless. What's even cooler is that the motherboard will dedicate the fastest connection to the most taxing process (for example, a game) and reserve the other two networks for background tasks like VoIP or downloads.
As far as the shielding and other features are concerned, GIGABYTE has something that no one else does. Complete with new metal shielding on the PCIe slots, GIGABYTE also offers a new 'eco' button for one-touch underclocking and another called 'oc' for overclocking your hardware.
As for components, expect to be able to plug in multiple video cards into the available PCIe 3.0 4x ports, there's M.2 SATA support and also an exclusive burr brown DAC, certified by Creative to be part of the 120dB+ class.
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The Z170 models begin with the GA-Z170-HR3 dual-channel DDR4 four port product with UEFI DualBIOS technology, two way PCIe support, 3 SATA-Express connectors (16 G/bs) and green GbE LAN with cFos Internet Accelerator Software. There's the GA-Z170M-D3H with four Dual-Channel DDR4 slots, a two way PCIe setup, four M.2 SATA connectors (32 G/bs), three SATA Express connectors (16 G/bs) and GbE LAN with cFos Internet Accelerator Software. Wrapping up the Z170 offerings is the GA-Z170-HD3 which includes four Dual-Channel DDR4 slots, two way PCIe support, four M.2 SATA connectors (32 G/bs), three SATA Express connectors (16 G/bs) and Audio Noise Guard technology with LED trace path lighting.
Up next is the H170 chipset, providing users with the GA-H170-HD3 supporting 6th Generation Intel Core Processors, four Dual-Channel DDR4 slots, two way PCIe connections, four M.2 SATA connections (32Gb/s) and two Sata Express ports (16G/bs). The GA-H170M-DS3H offers much the same but with different audio options and the GA-H170M-D3H offers only one PCIe video card port.
Lastly is the B150 chipset, the GA-B150M-D3h. Giving the same RAM, SATA M.2 and PCIe options as the others, there's only one SATA Express on offer and no specialty audio options.
GIGABYTE has gone for a more simplicity motherboard setup with these products, staying away from many of the fancy heat sink options as seen with ASUS.
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