GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming 6 Motherboard

Gigabyte has introduced the new Z170X-Gaming 6. The gamers oriented mainboard has 11-phases for the CPU and comes with an updated design. Black and dark red with metal shielding protected PCI slots.

The colleagues at TPU noticed this rather silent release as Gigabyte themselves did not send in the press release. The LGA 1151 socket that allows support of Intel’s Skylake processors is powered by a 8-Pin connector while the board draws power from an ATX connector.

• Supports 6^th Generation Intel^® Core™ Processor
• Dual Channel DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• Intel^® USB 3.1 with USB Type-C™-The World's Next Universal Connector
• 3-Way Graphics Support with Exclusive Ultra Durable Metal Shielding over the PCIe Slots
• Dual PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 Connectors with up to 32Gb/s Data Transfer (PCIe NVMe & SATA SSD support)
• 3 SATA Express Connectors for up to 16Gb/s Data Transfer
• 115dB SNR HD Audio with Built-in Rear Audio Amplifier
• Killer™ E2200 and Intel^® Gaming Networks
• High Quality Audio Capacitors and Audio Noise Guard with LED Trace Path Lighting
• APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ Technology

It supports DDR4 memory and has six SATA 6 GB/s and 3 SATA Express ports and USB 3.0 and two USB 3.1 internal headers on the motherboard. They are  three PCI-e 3.0 x16, two PCI-e 3.0 x1 slots and two M.2 slots that operate at speeds of PCI-e 3.0 x4. A Mini PCIe slot can also be seen that can support SSDs or WiFi cards. You get two gigabit ethernet controller, one intel and one E2201 KillerNIC.