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GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SLI LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

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  • Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron (LGA1150)
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GA-Z97X-SLI
Intel® Z97 Chipset

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  • Supports 4th and 5th Generation Intel® Core™ processors
  • Extreme multi graphics support
  • SATA Express support for 10Gbps data transfer
  • M.2 for SSDs drives with up to 10Gbps data transfer
  • Intel GbE LAN with CFOS internet accelerator software
  • Realtek ALC1150 115dB SNR HD Audio with built-in rear audio amplifier
  • Long lifespan Durable Solid caps
  • APP Center including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ utilities
  • GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™

Overview

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GIGABYTE 9 Series Motherboards

GIGABYTE 9 Series motherboards support the latest 4th & 5th Generation Intel® Core™ processors, bringing together a unique blend of features and technologies that offer the absolute ultimate platform for your next PC build.


Performance
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Extreme Multi-GPU Support

Flexible graphics capabilities supported for either CrossFire™ or SLI™ action, delivering the ultimate in graphics performance for gaming enthusiasts who demand the highest frame rates without compromising on resolution.


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M.2 Onboard Connector

GIGABYTE 9 series motherboards come equipped with an onboard M.2 slot, providing users PCI-Express connectivity for SSD devices. Delivering up to 10Gbps data transfer speeds, M.2 offers users considerably faster storage performance than current mSATA and even SATA Revision 3 (6Gbps) storage devices.

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SATA Express Connector

SATA Express interface provides multiple PCI Express lanes and two SATA 3.0 6Gbps ports, exposed through the same connector, allowing use of both PCI Express and SATA storage devices. Exposed PCI Express lanes are providing a pure PCI Express connection to the storage device, without any additional layers of abstraction.

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Intel® Gigabit LAN

Intel® Gigabit LAN networking, a popular choice with gamers that features several performance-enhancing features such as advanced interrupt handling to help reduce CPU overhead and Jumbo Frame support for extra large data packets.


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cFosSpeed

GIGABYTE motherboards feature cFos Speed, a network traffic management application which helps to improve network latency, maintaining low ping times to deliver better responsiveness in a crowded LAN environment. cFos Speed works in a similar way to an OS driver, monitoring network traffic packets at the application layer, allowing optimization and improved network performance for specific applications.


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Realtek ALC1150 115dB SNR HD Audio

The ALC1150 is a high-performance multi-channel High Definition Audio Codec that delivers an exceptional audio listening experience with up to 115dB SNR, ensuring users get the best possible audio quality from their PC.

The ALC1150 provides ten DAC channels that simultaneously support 7.1-channel sound playback, plus two channels of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming) through the front panel stereo outputs. Two stereo ADCs are integrated and can support a microphone array with Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC), Beam Forming (BF), and Noise Suppression (NS) technologies. The ALC1150 incorporates Realtek proprietary converter technology to achieve Front differential output 115dB Signal-to-Noise ratio (SNR) playback (DAC) quality and 104dB SNR recording (ADC) quality.


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Built-in Rear Audio Amplifier

Specially designed for gamers, GIGABYTE 9 series Ultra Durable™ motherboards utilize a high-capacity amplifier which is able to drive 600Ω loads, giving gamers a fuller range of dynamic sound with crisper details and less distortion when using high quality professional headphones.


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APP Center

GIGABYTE APP Center gives you easy access to wealth of GIGABYTE apps that help you get the most from your GIGABYTE motherboard. Using a simple, unified user interface, GIGABYTE APP Center allows you to launch all GIGABYTE apps installed on your system.


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EasyTune™


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Smart Quick Boost provides users with different levels of CPU frequencies to choose to achieve desired system performance.

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Advanced CPU OC allows users to set CPU base clock, frequency, and voltages, and integrated graphics frequency.

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Advanced DDR OC allows users to set the memory clock.

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3D Power allows users to change power phase, voltage, and frequency settings.

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Cloud Station™

GIGABYTE Cloud Station™ is composed of several GIGABYTE unique apps that allow your smart phones/tablet devices to communicate, share resources, and control desktop PCs via wireless connection.


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HomeCloud
HomeCloud allows users to share the files between your smart phone/tablet device and computer or back up the files from the device to the computer.

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HotSpot
HotSpot turns your computer into a virtual wireless access point and allows you to share your connection with your other wireless devices.

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GIGABYTE Remote
GIGABYTE Remote allows users to remotely control the mouse / keyboard / Windows Media Player on your computer from your smart phone/tablet device.

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Remote OC
Remote OC allows users to remotely control their desktop PC with a powerful suite of software functions that Include overclocking and system tweaking, system monitoring plus the ability to also remotely power down/reset the PC when needed.

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Auto Green
Auto Green is an easy-to-use tool that provides users with simple options to enable system power savings via a Bluetooth-enabled smart phone/tablet devices. When the device is out of the range of the computer's Bluetooth receiver, the system will enter the specified power saving mode.

Safe
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All Solid Caps and Low RDS(on) MOSFETs

GIGABYTE uses All Solid Caps (Capacitors) and Low RDS(on) MOSFETs which are rated to work at higher temperatures to provide a longer lifespan.

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5X (15µ) Gold Plated CPU Socket Design

GIGABYTE 9 Series motherboards come equipped with a gold plated CPU socket, which means that enthusiasts can enjoy absolute reliability and longevity for the CPU socket overtime, without having any concerns about corroded pins and bad contacts.

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Durable
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GIGABYTE Patented DualBIOS™ (UEFI) Design

GIGABYTE 9 series Ultra Durable™ motherboards feature GIGABYTE DualBIOS™, an exclusive technology from GIGABYTE that protects arguably one of your PC's most crucial components, the BIOS. GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ means that your motherboard has both a "Main BIOS" and a "Backup BIOS," making users protected from BIOS failure due to virus attack, hardware malfunction, improper OC settings or power failure during the update process.


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ESD Protection for USB and LAN

GIGABYTE 9 Series motherboards raise the bar in terms of protecting your system, providing advanced electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for both your Ethernet LAN and USB ports, both common sources of ESD-related failures. Each LAN and USB port is paired with a dedicated protection filter that can withstand high electrostatic discharges, protecting your system from common electrical surges and even direct lighting strikes.


Power Failure Protection with Anti-Surge IC

GIGABYTE 9 series Ultra Durable™ motherboards also feature special anti-surge ICs that protect your motherboard, and your PC from any surge in power delivery that may occur, helping to ensure that your PC is equipped to deal with any potentially irregular and inconsistent power delivery.

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Humidity Protection with New Glass Fabric PCB

There is nothing more harmful to the longevity of your PC than moisture, and most parts of the world experience moisture in the air as humidity at some point during the year. GIGABYTE 9 series motherboards have been designed to make sure that humidity is never an issue, incorporating a new Glass Fabric PCB technology that repels moisture caused by humid and damp conditions.

Glass Fabric PCB technology uses a new PCB material which reduces the amount of space between the fiber weave, making it much more difficult for moisture to penetrate compared to traditional motherboard PCBs. This offers much better protection from short circuit and system malfunction caused by humid and damp conditions.

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Cool

All New Heat Sink Design

GIGABYTE 9 series motherboards feature new heat sink designs that offer uncompromisingly efficient cooling on key areas of the motherboard including the PWM area and chipset (PCH). GIGABYTE 9 Series motherboards offer cooling support of the crucial PWM area so even the most aggressive and extreme configurations will be kept well within optimal thermal parameters.

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GIGABYTE OPT Fan Support

Many of today's 3rd party water cooling systems require CPU fan power support for both the cooling fan and the water pump. GIGABYTE 9 Series motherboards feature OPT fan support, an additional CPU fan pin header that can be used to connect a water pump and configured for continuous full speed operation. The OPT Fan is also useful for high performance coolers employing two fans.

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4K Ultra HD Support

4K resolution is the next technological milestone in high-definition content delivery, utilizing approximately 4,000 pixels on the horizontal axis, more than four times today's standard HD pixel density. GIGABYTE motherboards provide native 4K support with integrated Intel® HD Graphics via HDMI.


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HDMI™ - The Next Generation Multimedia Interface

HDMI™ is a High-Definition Multimedia Interface which provides up to 5Gbps video transmitting bandwidth and 8-channel high quality audio all through a single cable. Able to transmit superior, uncompressed digital video and audio, HDMI™ ensures the crispest rendering of digital content up to 1080p without the quality losses associated with analog interfaces and their digital-to-analog conversion. In addition, HDMI™ is compatible with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), allowing the playback of Blu-ray/HD DVD and other protected media content.


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DVI Support

DVI (Digital Visual Interface) is a video interface standard designed for carrying uncompressed digital video data and to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices, such as LCD monitors, digital projectors, and so on. In addition, the DVI interface is compatible with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection).


  • * The entire materials provided herein are for reference only. GIGABYTE reserves the right to modify or revise the content at anytime without prior notice.
  • * Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical interface values from respective Chipset vendors or organization who defined the interface specification. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
  • * All trademarks and logos are the properties of their respective holders.
  • * Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.

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Warranty

  • Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
  • Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years


Customer Reviews of the GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SLI

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  • hector c.
  • 10/24/2014 7:34:31 AM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

1 out of 5 eggsDOA

Pros: nothing Pro to say when it does not work

Cons: Pretty much every single problem Matthew G. had. after finishing getting everything set up I have the same problems, where everything turns on for a few seconds and turns back off and on etc, I actually email neweggsupport@gigabyteusa.com.
but well no replies there.

Other Thoughts: Seems there is quite the mix feeling for this board, i just hoped Mine would worked.

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  • hector c.
  • 10/24/2014 5:42:49 AM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: less than 1 day
  • Verified Owner

1 out of 5 eggs

Pros: Don't have any never got to try the mobo.

Cons: DOA, when I got all the components on it and power it on one case fan and cpu fan will kick on, i can see the gpu kicking on as well for about 2 seconds, 3 seconds max then it turns off for about the same time then kicks back on and off repeting this till i have to turn it off, it only does this without the 8 pin to the top left 12V connected, now if i connect that well its completely dead no signs of life.

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  • Nathan J.
  • 10/23/2014 7:32:22 PM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

1 out of 5 eggsDOA

Pros: Wasn't able to use it, so I don't know.

Cons: Not much else to say that it was DOA.
Set everything up and it would power on and off again within a second and just restart.
Wouldn't POST.

Hoping that the return process is painless..

Other Thoughts: Disappointed that my first purchase from here was DOA..
Not really a boost in my confidence in them.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your GIGABYTE product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyteusa.com with the case number 115303 in the e-mail subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.


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  • Justin R.
  • 10/22/2014 7:00:48 AM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsSolid MOBO

Pros: This guy has already perfectly fulfilled my needs and it's only been 2 days. I installed this in a Thermaltake Commander MS-I (got it for $20 or else I'd have gone more extravagant). Paired it with an i5-4590 and the initial boot was flawless. Haven't tinkered/flashed the BIOS although I don't know that I'll need to. I took my HDD from my old build and Windows failed to boot so I reinstalled as the hardware obviously didn't match up. The board itself fit PERFECTLY in the case. Gigabyte provided 2 free SATA cables and an eSata bracket. Had more than enough ports for everything and each port was explicitly labeled.

Cons: The provided I/O panel is a bit flimsy and was difficult to clip in. There were no provided screws or risers, although maybe I'm wrong to assume there would be. The 24-pin MOLEX connector was a real pain to get the PSU to plug into. Granted, I wouldn't want it to slide in and out real easy, but I was afraid I was going to snap the board when trying to plug it in

Other Thoughts: Every other component I ordered came in 1 day even though I ordered free shipping. This guy was ordered the night before everything else, but took 5 days longer, and I got the warranty. Not complaining, I was just impatient as it was the MAIN part needed for the build. Overall, very satisifed

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  • Matthew G.
  • 10/19/2014 1:47:49 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: less than 1 day
  • Verified Owner

1 out of 5 eggs

Pros: ...

Cons: DOA. Once I had everything put together, I powered up my newly built PC and had one of the fan power supplies not work and a sort of weird power pulse. Basically everything would kick on ok, but after a few seconds the power would shift on and off quickly with nothing displayed on the monitor. All the LEDs, fans, DD, etc would start up, then go down quickly, then back up. About once a second.

I tried pulling all the ram but one stick, removing the GPUs, replaced the power supply and reset the CMOS. Nothing worked.

On closer inspection, it looks like there might be some bent pins in the cpu bay, but I'm not 100%.

Other Thoughts: I think I would be happy with this model if it worked.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your GIGABYTE product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyteusa.com with the case number 115161 in the e-mail subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.

GIGABYTE VIP Support Team

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  • Donald C.
  • 10/15/2014 7:12:34 AM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

2 out of 5 eggsNot quite good enough

Pros: I got a very nice price for this in a bundle.

Cons: The USB 3.0 ports at times will not power devices such a Dell laser mouse. I've seen the usb 3.0 ports fail in pairs (one from each column of ports) the same time, then rebound on the next power up. I've also plugged in a functional usb wireless receiver into the USB 2.0 ports and had the system shut down that moment. I've experienced power up issues that were solved by removing usb devices too. I'm wondering if they made sure these ports had the right current specifications. The power supply is a 900 watt, and while the issue might lie there, I don't think it does. It worked in the previous rig just fine.

Sound: Using 5.1 surround, my rear headphone sounds are reversed. I haven't found a fix for that in 8.1, or the supplied sound interface, other than using external cables.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your GIGABYTE product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyteusa.com with the case number 115018 in the e-mail subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.

GIGABYTE VIP Support Team

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  • Anonymous
  • 10/13/2014 1:31:00 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

4 out of 5 eggsNice Board - pitty about the Fans control

Pros: Great Features. Most of it works. Overclocks my G3258 easily to 4.6 GHz.

manual is pretty good except for the poor graphics - use the pdf on the disk - much better.

Cons: The fan control is not working. have tried numerous options but the fan speed does not increase with temperature. The Gigabyte utilities seem to crash the PC regularly when running under Windows 7.

Other Thoughts: The service department responds within about 24 hours. Not always 100% correct but we get there in two or three steps. Responses seem to be off a menu that support has available to them.

All in all a pretty good buy.

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  • Alan C.
  • 10/3/2014 1:08:52 PM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsworks great

Pros: I have worked with many motherboards before. This Gigabyte is as good as any I used. It's very easy to work with.

Cons: Not much to complain. It doesn't have some extra outputs (i.e. Toshlink audio out). But I don't plan to use it so I rather not to buy something I don't need.

Other Thoughts: For the money, this board is hard to beat. Very easy to use. It comes just the right amount of cables for an average build. If you looking for a reasonable and a solid middle of the road MB, this is a good choice. Highly recommended.

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4 out of 5 eggsGigabyte Durability and Reliability

Pros: -M.2 PCIe socket is the latest and greatest in SSD
-SLI or CROSSFIRE compatibility
-4DDR3 slots upto 3000MHz speeds
-Low Heatsinks make it compatible with almost all varieties of cpu coolers
-115dB HD Audio with built in AMP
-6x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
-1x SATA express connector
-4 USB 3.0 ports on the back
-15micrometer gold plated cpu socket pins --for those who like changing CPUs like underwear
-easy to use bios with explanations of settings
-dual bios backup

Cons: -ram slots are a bit too close to the cpu socket. IF you have a large CPU cooler it may hit the ram.
-visually a generic and boring black and red motherboard
-one usb3 header
-no lights on the motherboard

Other Thoughts: For your average computer builder or tech junky I'd say this is a great board. It's a motherboard that doesn't require much maintenance and works great right out of the box. You have your important inputs plus the addition of the M.2 SSD socket which is the future in SSD technology and makes the board future compatible- saving you money in the long run because you don't have to buy a new one later down the road. The prices of M.2 SSD will become affordable in the future so it's always nice to have this compatibility. The built in audio card was good but not great. If you listen to a dedicated sound card and then listen to this you will notice the fidelity,crispness,and separation is not quite there. Considering the cost that a good dedicated sound card is $100+ this built in ALC1150 is sufficient enough especially if you are not a audiophile. The bios is your typical UEFI and is pretty easy to navigate and adjusts. Overall, I've have not had much issues, Gigabyte is one of my go to motherboards and this one sure delivers. Although it is a bit boring looking it does have nice features and isn't too expensive.

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  • Dustin H.
  • 10/2/2014 10:32:50 AM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsLOVE this board

Pros: -Total Quality
-Has excellent features for the price
-It works!
-Nice BIOS

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Love this board, when I opened the box and took the board out I was instantly impressed with the solid quality of it. It has the best price to features out of all the other Z97 boards. I researched for 3 months before I made my decision; So glad I went with this instead of the Gaming 5, it would have been a waste of money. I use an add-on sound card, I never use integrated.

I paired this with an i5 4670k and 8 gigs of G.Skill Sniper 1866 RAM. For a pure gaming build, this is an awesome choice for a MB. I have used many Gigabyte boards and I refuse to use any other brand. This board will not disappoint! Oh, and just to let you know, the drivers were a breeze to install on Windows 7 HP.

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