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Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 LGA1151 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S1151 by stefan @ 2016-12-15

The Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 motherboard was built from scratch for the mainstream segment but this does not mean that it is not a capable product: it is packed with support for some of the latest technologies as USB 3.1, metallic shielding over the main PCI-E slot, a Gen3 x4 M.2 connector for installing additional storage, 2 SATA Express connector(plus two regular SATA 3), one ALC1150 HD Audio codec with built-in rear audio amplifier, a Killer E2200 Gigabit LAN adapter for minimizing in-game lag and more.

Extra Applications Part II

Ambient LED takes care of the LEDs near the audio CODEC but also of the ones near the memory modules; there is a single color available (red) so the LED color theme option is inactive:

AutoGreen utility gives the user a little more options regarding the power management options, when the system is paired with a Bluetooth device:

Some BIOS Setup options can be altered via the separate application module:

Unrelated to the motherboard features, Gigabyte also offers a screen Color Temperature option:

USB Blocker password application for USB-connected peripherals is also available here and we have seen it before when reviewing older Gigabyte motherboards:

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