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GIGABYTE AORUS Z270X-Gaming 9 Review
Rakesh Sharma Mar 09, 2017   3454

GIGABYTE AORUS Z270X-Gaming 9 Review

GIGABYTE AORUS Z270X-Gaming 9 Review

We are back with another AORUS motherboards from Gigabyte. Earlier we reviewed a mid level motherboard of Gigabyte AORUS Gaming Motherboard series, the Gigabyte Z270X GAMING 5 motherboard and today we are reviewing the flagship AORUS motherboard based on Intel Z270 chipset the Gigabyte AORUS Z270X Gaming 9 Motherboard featuring support to 4-way graphics along with the Creative Sound Blaster certified ZxRi audio solution, integrated EKWB G-Frost hybrid water block, dual M.2 and U.2 connectors, Killer DoubleShot-X3 networking, RGB LEDs, and much more.

Now let's see what GIGABYTE Z270X GAMING 9 board have for us.

Features

  • Supports 7th/ 6th Generation Intel® Coreâ„¢ Processors
  • Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs, DDR4 4133+(OC)
  • Intel® USB 3.1 Gen 2 with USB Type-Câ„¢ and Type-A
  • 4-Way Graphics Support with Dual Armor and Ultra Durableâ„¢ Design
  • EKWB G-Frost 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® Optaneâ„¢ Memory Ready
  • Creative Sound Blaster certified ZxRi 120dB+ Audio
  • Killer DoubleShot-X3â„¢ Pro for the best networking experience possible
  • 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 Thunderboltâ„¢ 3
  • Integrated HDMI 2.0 Support
  • GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOSâ„¢ with Q-Flash Plus USB Port
  • APP Center Including EasyTuneâ„¢ and Cloud Stationâ„¢ Utilities

Specifications

 

 

CPU

Support for 7th and 6th generation Intel® Coreâ„¢ i7 processors/ Intel® Coreâ„¢ i5 processors/Intel® Coreâ„¢ 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
* Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.

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® Thunderboltâ„¢ 3 Controller:

1 x Intel® Thunderboltâ„¢ 3 connector, supporting DisplayPort and Thunderboltâ„¢ video outputs and a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60 Hz
* Because of the limited I/O resources of the PC architecture, the number of Thunderboltâ„¢ devices that can be used is dependent on the number of the PCI Express devices being installed. (Refer to Chapter 1-7, "Back Panel Connectors," for more information.)
* Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version.

Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:

1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60 Hz
* Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version.

Integrated Graphics Processor+MegaChips MCDP2800 chip:

1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60 Hz
* Support for HDMI 2.0 version. (Requires the latest Intel® graphics driver from the GIGABYTE website.)

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

2 x Killerâ„¢ E2500 LAN chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Wireless Communication module

Killerâ„¢ 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
* Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.

Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots.

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2)
* The PCIEX8_1 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_1 slot and the PCIEX8_2 slot with PCIEX16_2. The PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2 slot operates at up to x8 mode when the PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2 is populated.
(All of the PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All of the PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

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

3 x SATA Express connectors

6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0

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