Testseek.com have collected 86 expert reviews of the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7.
October 2015
(90%)
86 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(79%)
410 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Great Overclocking Features and Ability
Logical Layout
Reasonable Price
RGB LED Lighting
Sleek Simplistic Design
Solid State Capacitors throughout the board
4K Support
USB 3.1 via Intel Alpine Ridge Chipset
7.1 Channel Audio
Solid Performance
Gigabyte APP Center
HDMI and Display Port
Dual BIOS
Dual Gigabit LAN
Not too expensive
And offers a huge featureset
Offers great performance
Great overall layout and design
Dual M.2 slots is a nice touch
Features two NICs – it's good to have a backup
Nice audio solution
Including the replaceable OPAMP
Thunderbolt 3
Powerful CPU power subsystem
Advanced overclocking features
Excellent equipment
Including two SATA 6 Gb / s
Nine ports USB 3.1 Gen1 and three SATA Express interface
PCI Express 3.0 support three slots PEG
Very good overall performance
Good efficien
GIGABYTE Quality
Out Of The World Creative Audio System
10K Capacitors
Premium Quality Components
Easy Tune Auto Overclocker
Turbo BClock
Gold Plated CPU Socket
Overclockers Dream
10K Capac
The editors didn't like
For the Price it needs WiFi
BIOS are Sluggish
EFI could use a good fantuning utility to cater to Linux users or those who don't want to deal with it in their OS
Published: 2015-10-16, Author: Luke , review by: kitguru.net
Strong audio solution with good customisability, Intel DSL6540 ‘Alpine Ridge' controller for USB 3.1 connections, Smart layout decisions and chipset lane configurations, Good expansion options, especially in addition to two graphics cards, Unique appearan
Voltage accuracy when overclocked could be better, Dual NICs without teaming seems wasteful, UEFI could be more interactive.
The Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 is a feature-friendly motherboard that shows good performance and offers boutique builders a unique styling option.General performance from the motherboard is as good as expected. We also had no problem pushing our Core i7-6700...
There's little to dislike with the Z170X-Gaming 7 - it is packed with features, looks great and overclocks well too. The colour scheme is likely to be polarising though, and as with the Asus Maximus VIII Hero, while there's a multi-colour lighting system...
Combine all of the above with solid overclocking, support for the latest components, good software suite and class leading performance and we have a board which is more than worthy of our gold award. An exceptional Z170 board...
Top of the line performance, Plenty of features, Layout is easy to work with
Garish design, Only six USB ports on rear IO
If you want a high-end, feature-packed Z170 motherboard then the Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 is a great choice. While it's styling might not be to everyone's taste, it offers up pretty much all the features you could possibly want, with superb performance to...
Extremely fresh and attractive white colour scheme, RBG LED adds end user customisation, Performance is extremely strong, Excellent audio codec, Extremely low power consumption,
Intel I219V LAN chip doesn’t perform as well as in other boards, Neutral, Storage performance is becoming limited by the external hardware, rather than the motherboard itself, “Don’t let the fresh white colour scheme and flashy LED’s distract you, the Gig
PricingThe Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 is currently available in the UK from OverclockersUK for the reasonable price of £175.99. In the US, you can purchase it from Newegg.com for $219.99 and is currently offered with a free mouse for a limited time only.Summ...
ON switch LED Debugger, Upgradable OPAMP, PCIe Shielding
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The Z170X Gaming G7 is a great motherboard that features a number of excellent features, and has good performance to boot.(previously published in issue October 2015)...
The Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 retails at RM 1039, it's a feature rich board that makes it well worth the price for anyone that's going for the Z170 setup...
Published: 2016-05-11, Author: Miguel , review by: hardzone.es
Abstract: Sin temor a equivocarme estamos ante la mejor placa Gaming, con el chipset Intel Z170, que ha pasado por nuestro laboratorio y os puedo decir que han sido muchas. El audio y la red, bases en las que se sustentan las placas de gama alta en este segmento so...
Diseño y acabados excepcionales, Con USB 3.1 (tipo A y C), USB 3.0, DisplayPort, M.2., Fortificada con detalles Ultra Durable, Buen rendimiento en general, BIOS UEFI muy completa
Consume ligeramente un poco más que otras placas Z170
Lógicamente, y a excepción de alguna que otra sutil diferencia, las placas con chipset Z170 siguen rindiendo lo mismo ahora que cuando salieron (la Gaming 7 un poco más en RAM, ya que la frecuencia era algo superior al modelo de referencia). Puede haberse...
