Gigabyte z97x

Well, as the diagrams point. Here comes a motherboard with the latest in performance and power for exclusive overclocking. Gamers and enthusiasts, forget about this board if you do not want to reach the maximum frequency on your machines. What's more, the engineers themselves say it: “We were able to have the idea, we were able to build it, they supported us and no more was needed. But it is not built for casual audiences or gamers, only for those who want to make the most of the potential in the field of overclocking. ”

This beastly motherboard features the latest 5th generation Intel 9 Series Chipset processors. Two DIMM memory slots located near the CPU were specially designed for it, but there are more, it does not have a fan mount, because the ultimate goal is to offer outstanding performance based on LN2 cooling. But there is still more, since the highest frequency record in the world was achieved, 4.5 GHz (the last world record was 4.4GHZ). Only the GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC FORCE LN2 was needed along with Kingston HyperX Predator memory (XMP 2933MHz).

More details are for example that the board has 4 SATA 6 GB / s ports and two SATA Express ports. Another 6-pin power connector is located on top of the PCI-e slots and provides additional power and stability to the PCIe expansion slots for when multiple graphics cards are used. The plate features a nice orange and black color scheme. The LAN chip comes with the Killer E2200 for an excellent online experience. The SOC name derives from the Gigabyte Super Overclock series of products such as its top-of-the-line video cards that come with WindForce heatsinks. The same DNA from SOC products has been injected into Gigabyte's Z97 OC series motherboards to deliver better performance to enthusiasts. On the I / O side, it includes four USB 3.0s (Blue in color) together with four USB 2.0 ports (Black color). It also has, HDMI, VGA, DVI-D and a Display Port giving connectivity for when using Intel's integrated graphics. A SPDIF port, PS / 2 port and the LAN port of the Killer E2200 chip can be found in conjunction with the 6 audio jacks that are powered by the ALC 1150 audiophile codec. Its price is € 160.

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