Gigabyte reported that it has seven new workstation motherboards coming to showcase with Intel’s C232 and C236 chipsets. In spite of the fact that these sheets are in fact outlined as workstation items, they convey various elements that we would hope to see on lover motherboards. Gigabyte additionally declared another Z170 chipset motherboard. Before we analyze the elements on each motherboard, it’s vital to take note of a naming tradition that Gigabyte is utilizing.
By Gigabyte agent, the components and network alternatives of the workstation C236 chipset are indistinguishable to the shopper H170 chipset, and the C232 chipset is the same as the B150 chipset. Understanding this, Gigabyte selected to put “X170″ in a motherboard’s name to connote the utilization of a C236 chipset, and “X150″ to show a C232 chipset.
At the top of the line, Gigabyte discharged two motherboards that are basically the same, the GA-X170-Gaming 7 WS and the Gigabyte-GA-X170-Extreme ECC. As far as their physical configuration and cosmetics, when we were demonstrated these motherboards at CES they were precisely the same, with the exception of one had a sticker that said “Amazing ECC” set over the “Gaming 7 WS” imprinted on the board.
The Extreme ECC variant does, as the name proposes, highlight support for ECC DDR4, and it is focused on additional as a workstation item, yet generally there isn’t anything distinctive about these sheets. Gigabyte has not discharged the majority of the specs yet, but rather both motherboards will have three SATA Express ports, two M.2 Key M openings, and two extra SATA-III (6 Gbps) associations not arranged to be utilized as SATA Express, giving clients a lot of capacity choices.
They will likewise have a Creative SoundCore 3D sound chip and utilize two NICs, one delivered by Intel and the other a Killer E2400. Both sheets have USB Type-C connectors on the back I/O board, however Gigabyte didn’t state what convention they utilize. As a marginally bring down end choice, Gigabyte will offer the GA-X170-Gaming 3 WS.
This board has altogether diminished VRM cooling equipment contrasted with the other X170 sheets, and it has extensively less power stages, however regardless it has enough that clients shouldn’t should be worried about what processor they utilize. Network choices on this board are genuinely like the GA-X170 Gaming 7 WS board.
Regardless it has three SATA Express and two M.2 Key M spaces, however it has two less SATA-III ports than the more costly sheets. It likewise has just a solitary Killer E2200 NIC, and Gigabyte didn’t dole out the remaining board particulars. The price and availability haven’t been reported yet.