Gigabyte Aorus Z270X-Gaming 8 Motherboard Review

Features and Specifications

Key Features

  • Supports 7th/ 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
  • Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs, DDR4 4133+(OC)
  • Intel® USB 3.1 Gen 2 with USB Type-C™ and Type-A
  • 3-Way Graphics Support with Dual Armor and Ultra Durable™ Design
  • Bitspower G-Chill Hybrid Water Block
  • Triple NVMe PCIe SSDs in RAID 0 Support
  • Dual NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 U.2 Connectors
  • Dual Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA interface
  • Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
  • Creative Sound Blaster certified ZxRi 120dB+ Audio
  • Killer DoubleShot™ Pro Gaming Network + Intel® Gigabit LAN
  • USB DAC-UP 2 with Adjustable Voltage
  • RGB FUSION with Multi-Zone LED Light Show design
  • Swappable Overlay for Accent LED
  • Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors and Hybrid Fan Headers
  • 2 External Thermistors Headers with 2 Included Thermistors
  • Extreme 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt™ 3
  • Integrated HDMI 2.0 Support
  • GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ with Q-Flash Plus USB Port
  • APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities

Specifications

CPU

  • 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
  • L3 cache varies with CPU

Chipset          

  • Intel® Z270 Express Chipset

Memory         

  • 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
  • Dual channel memory architecture
  • Support for DDR4 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules
  • Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  • Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  • Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

Onboard Graphics

  • Integrated Graphics Processor+Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller:

1 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 connector, supporting DisplayPort and Thunderbolt™ video outputs and a maximum resolution of 4096×[email protected] Hz

  • Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:

1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×[email protected] Hz

  • Integrated Graphics Processor+MegaChips MCDP2800 chip:

1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×[email protected] Hz

  • Support for up to 3 displays at the same time
  • Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

Audio

  • Creative® Sound Core 3D chip
  • 2 x JRC NJM2114 and 1 x TI Burr Brown® OPA2134 operational amplifiers
  • Support for Sound Blaster ZxRi
  • High Definition Audio
  • 2/5.1-channel
  • Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN   

  • 1 x Intel® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN1)
  • 1 x Killer™ E2500 LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN2)

Wireless Communication module 

  • Killer™ Wireless-AC 1535
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
  • Bluetooth 4.1
  • Support for 11ac wireless standard and up to 867 Mbps data rate

Expansion Slots 

  • 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 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)
  • 2 x PCI Express x1 slots

Storage Interface

  • Chipset:

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

  • ASMedia® ASM1061 chip:

2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 6, 7), supporting AHCI mode only

Multi-Graphics Technology  

  • Support for NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ technologies
  • Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies

USB

  • Chipset+Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller:

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

  • Chipset+Realtek® USB 3.1 Gen 1 Hub:

4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB headers

  • Chipset:

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

Internal I/O Connectors

  • 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 x CPU fan header
  • 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
  • 4 x system fan headers
  • 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
  • 1 x I/O shield audio LED power connector
  • 2 x RGB (RGBW) LED strip extension cable headers
  • 2 x SATA Express connectors
  • 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  • 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  • 2 x U.2 connectors
  • 1 x front panel header
  • 1 x front panel audio header
  • 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 headers
  • 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  • 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
  • 1 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connector
  • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  • 2 x temperature sensor headers
  • 1 x power button
  • 1 x reset button
  • 1 x Clear CMOS button
  • 1 x ECO button
  • 1 x OC button
  • 2 x audio gain control switches
  • 2 x BIOS switches
  • Voltage Measurement Points

Back Panel Connectors 

  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  • 2 x MMCX antenna connectors (2T2R)
  • 1 x HDMI port
  • 1 x DisplayPort
  • 1 x Thunderbolt™ 3 connector (USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support)
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
  • 5 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
  • 2 x RJ-45 ports
  • 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  • 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In/Mic In, Line Out, Headphone)

I/O Controller    

  • iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring    

  • Voltage detection
  • Temperature detection
  • Fan speed detection
  • Overheating warning
  • Fan fail warning
  • Fan speed control

BIOS

  • 2 x 128 Mbit flash
  • Support for DualBIOS™
  • Support for Q-Flash Plus
  • The USB flash drive used must be a USB 2.0 flash drive.
  • PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features 

  • Support for APP Center
  • 3D OSD
  • @BIOS
  • AutoGreen
  • BIOS Setup
  • Color Temperature
  • Cloud Station
  • EasyTune
  • Easy RAID
  • Fast Boot
  • Game Boost
  • GIGABYTE HW OC APP
  • ON/OFF Charge
  • Platform Power Management
  • RGB Fusion
  • Smart Backup
  • Smart Keyboard
  • Smart TimeLock
  • System Information Viewer
  • USB Blocker
  • USB DAC-UP 2
  • V-Tuner
  • Support for 3TB+ Unlock
  • Support for Q-Flash
  • Support for Xpress Install

Bundle Software

  • Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
  • Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

Operating System  

  • Windows® 10 64-bit (for 7th Generation Intel® Processors)
  • Windows® 10 64-bit / Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 7 32-bit / 64-bits (for 6th Generation Intel® Processors)

Form Factor 

  • ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

Box Contents

  • GA-Z270X-Gaming 8 motherboard
  • Motherboard driver disk
  • User’s Manual
  • Quick Installation Guide
  • Four SATA cables
  • I/O Shield
  • One Wi-Fi antenna
  • One Wi-Fi antenna retention cover
  • One GC-SLI2P SLI bridge connector
  • Two RGB (RGBW) LED strip extension cables
  • Two thermistor cables
  • One G Connector
  • Two Velcro Cable Ties
  • One pack of back I/O dust covers

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