GA-Z270X-GAMING8 Review

Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 (rev. 1.0) LGA1151 Motherboard - Support for 7th and 6th generation Intel Core i7 processors/ Intel Core i5 processors/Intel Core i3 processors/ Intel Pentium processors/Intel Celeron processors in the LGA1151 package, Intel Z270 Chipset, 4x dual channel DDR4-2400 up to 64Gb, 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5), 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_32G), 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_32G), 2 x U.2 connectors, 2 x SATA Express connectors, 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5), Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10, 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 6, 7), supporting AHCI mode only, on-board Display Port/HDMI output, Creative Sound Core 3D chip 2/5.1 HD audio, 1x Killer E2500 10/100/1000 Gigabit LAN, 1 x Intel GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit), 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16), 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8), 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4, 2 x PCI Express x1 slots, 1 x USB Type-C port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel, 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB headers, 5 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on the back panel, 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers - M-ATX Form Factor