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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.

A Closer Look Part II

Gigabyte has also included a G Connector adapter, which makes the installation of the frontal panel connectors a breeze:

The Z170-Gaming K3 motherboard does feature a clean, not overcrowded design, with a color scheme containing dark brown, black and red; even if we are discussing about a mainstream motherboard, Gigabyte did not omit to include with it some of the latest interfaces:

A closer look begins in the top left corner, where we can spot the 12V 8-pin power connector along with a 4-pin PWM fan header:

Between the I/O and the VRM area, we will be able to spot an ASMedia ASM1142 USB 3.1 controller:

Next in-line we have the PTN3360D HDMI/DVI high-speed level shifter from NXP:

The Gigabit LAN interface on this board is provided by the Qualcomm Killer E2201 chipset:

The SuperIO chip comes in the form of the ITE IT8628E:

The audio CODEC area is separated from the rest of the PCB area, in order to minimize noise:

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