Gigabyte unveils Z170 Gaming G1 Motherboard lineup for Skylake (LGA 1151)

[Bouzoo]

Computex 2015 has brought us many news, and I'sure a lot of people are gonna be interested in this considering how many have Gigabyte Gaming motherboards.

 

We can see gaming G1, GT, 3, 5 and 7 motherboards. The top dog, the G1, is gonna come with Hybrid cooling which will obviously be for the most enthusiast overclockers. Also it will feature 4 x PCI-e 3.0 x16 which will support 4-Way SLI and Crossfire configurations. Holly balls!

 

The three Gaming G1 motherboards shown off by Gigabyte include the top-tier GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 followed by the GA-Z170X-Gaming GT and GA-Z170X-Gaming 7. The flagship GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 is a beauty to look at. The motherboard comes in a red, white and black color scheme. It has either a 21 or 22 phase PWM design to keep overclockers engaged in breaking new world records with Skylake chips. The LGA 1151 socket is powered by a 8-Pin power connector and has a large heatsink layout with heatpipe dissipation system and water channel technology to incorporate hybrid cooling through air and liquid supply (G1/4 threaded Fitings). This allows the VRMs and MOSFETs to stay cool under load when voltages are pushed high. Near the socket are four DDR4 DIMMs which can support capacities of up to 64 GB and speeds of 3300 MHz (O.C+). A few buttons for On/Off, Reset and OC switches can be found next to the 24-Pin ATX connector.

 

The expansion options include four PCI-e 3.0 x16 which are ideally spaced to support 4-Way SLI and Crossfire configurations. There are also three PCI-e 3.0 x1 and two M.2 (32 GB/s) ports. A Turbo B-Clock component is featured right in the center of the board which may boost clock speeds but we don’t really know what is the specific purpose or how the chip will operate until the board is launched. For storage, we get an impressive 10 SATA III 6 GB/s ports and three SATA Express ports. These ports are situated right next to two USB 3.0 front panel and two USB 2.0 front panel ports. Dual BIOS switch can be found right below the large PCB heatsink near the storage ports. A PEG connector can also be found to deliver more power to the expansion slots. Other features include a Creative certified Sound Blaster ZxRi 120+dB SNR, HDMI 2.0 connectors, Killer Double Shot Pro X3 network, USB 3.1 Type-C ports  and LED Trace Path with 7 color choices.

 

The GA-Z170X-Gaming GT and GA-Z170X Gaming 7 on the other hand have a few features toned down to deliver more cost effective products. We get to see three PCI-e 3.0 x16 slots, two M.2 slots on the GT, single M.2 slot on the Gaming 7 and a range of other features on both boards. The Gaming 7 doesn’t get any heat pipe or water based cooling solution and the GT only incorporates the heatpipe solution on the VRM heat sinks

 

 

 

Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming G1

 

Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3

 

More info about Gaming 3

 

GA-Z170X Gaming 7

 

Personally, I don't think they look that good. Tbh I don't like the white/red/black color scheme (even the black/red Gaming 3 is not that good looking). I think AsRock boards revealed few days ago look much better compared to these. I'm sure they will be really good, but people that value aesthetics might have to look somewhere else if they're not into this kind of thing.

 

You can see more non gaming motherboards from the same lineup in the sources.

 

Sources: 1, 2

[Salty]

white + red is a nice colour scheme

[Bouzoo]

white + red is a nice colour scheme

Was stating my opinion 

[Salty]

Was stating my opinion 

I just skimmed through the post and didn't notice

[TroubleKlef]

Looks incredible cheap and what's up with the orange peel.

[alexyy]

They made those amazing G1 gaming Black cards for Maxwell then they go and ruin it. 

[EChondo]

Really loving the outlines on the PCIe slots.

Even though I'll never look at more than a couple times, I'm tempted!

[Sidiox]

So many sata ports damn... Now let's hope they have controller that can actually use them....

[That Norwegian Guy]

Looks like they know Mirror's Edge 2 is almost out.

 

I don't mind, personally I think it's their best attempt yet in the looks department, even if it's still a bit too "much". Especially shroud/ heatsink shape-wise.

 

They should mainly have avoided the silver accents. Especially on the PCIe slots.

 

The burnished gold + black one is... Alright. Not as good-looking as the AsRock one but passable, definitely.

 

In terms of features they all have Killer NICs so that puts me off the rest of their features. The gold one has Intel though.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

 

Jetfire is that you?

[cluelessgenius]

god i love that ud5. yes the new color scheme looks noice too but i just love the darker themes

[Bittenfleax]

white + red is a nice colour scheme

for a blind person /jk

 

It's alright 

[Salty]

for a blind person /jk

 

It's alright 

it's better than black + red, the most overused colour scheme in the whole entire universe

[PlayModeOn]

Stop with the big I/O shield armour! It would not fit in a Fractal Design R5 if you plan to put a 280 rad on top.

[gill2k]

That white/red motherboard will go well with my Asus Turbo 970 

[Master Disaster]

That white/red motherboard will go well with my Asus Turbo 970 

Will also go with MSIs 970 that for reasons known only to MSI are red and black but have a giant white MSI logo led on top.

[Notional]

Those pci-e metal shrouds look really nice. But is there not a risk, that you will short out a graphics card, if the motherboard is connected?

[MrDynamicMan]

Wow... Best looking board I've seen

[Trik'Stari]

What is up with all the white mobo's this time around.

[WereCat]

Look at all the sata ports I wont use...

I like these boards but I like the Asrock new ones a bit better. 

[TheMissxu]

The colors are fine, but I don't like the bulk

[Maslofski]

the full black of EVGA looks nicer, but that red white isnt bad either

[xeromynd]

The white + red + black looks DAMN good.

 

I'm just not sure what components you would get to match that. The ASUS Turbo 970?

 

A nice set of custom PSU cable extensions would look beautiful, that's for sure.

[Homicidium]

Not too sure about the design of the Gaming G1 board, but there other two look pretty slick!

[MasterJV]

Nice motherboards. White and red isn't my favorite but it's better than the overdone black and red.

Is it me or are there no Matx board being shown at computex? Imo, that's the sweet spot for the Z chipset by Intel.