GIgabyte Motherboard GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE Motherboard

GIGABYTE GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE (rev. 1.0) LGA 1151 Intel Z270 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Motherboards - Intel. Gigabyte is proud to announce the addition of the Z270X-DESIGNARE to GIGABYTEs 200 Series Family. The DESIGNARE motherboard, as the name implies, is geared towards the creative minds of content creators. This series of motherboards was first introduced in the Intel 100 Series Chipset to promote Nvidia Quadro graphics cards. By placing it through tried and tested benchmarks with real world environment settings, the DESIGNARE Motherboard is optimized for content creators of all levels.

GIGABYTE's 200 series motherboards boast the most advanced LED system in the market today. With more customizability than ever and a convenient and intuitive UI thanks to the RGB Fusion App, you'll have a blast making your GIGABYTE your own. LED enthusiasts now have even more options with the ability to customize multiple zones independently. For a more functional use, the bright and vibrant LEDs can be configured to display the PC's temperature or load. For even more LED goodness RGBW strips are now supported for more true and vibrant whites.

The Gigabyte GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE motherboard supports LGA1151 processors and will fit in a standard ATX case. This board is powered by the Intel Z270 chipset and has support for 4 x 288-pin DIMM memory sticks with a max memory of up to 64GB. You can choose memory speeds of up to DDR4-2133 / 2400 / 2666 / 2800 / 3000 / 3200 / 3300 / 3333 / 3400 / 3466 / 3600 / 3666 / 3733 / 3800 / 3866. This motherboard has 2 SATA ports and 1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet built-in. Advanced features of the motherboard include: support for RAID, support for Crossfire, support for SLI, stylish Silver design.

• Intel Z270
• Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron (LGA1151)
• DDR4 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

Manufacturer：GIGABYTE
MPN：GA-Z270X-DESIGNARE (rev. 1.0)
CPU Socket Type：LGA 1151
Processor Type：Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron (LGA1151)
Supported CPU Technologies：* Not Compatible with Intel 8th Gen CPUs
Chipset：Intel Z270
Onboard Video Chipset：Integrated Graphics Processor - Intel HD Graphics support:
1 x DVI-D port, max.: 1920x1200@60 Hz
* The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
1 x HDMI port, max.: 4096x2160@24 Hz
* Support for HDMI 1.4 version.
Maximum shared memory of 1GB
Number of Memory Slots：4×288pin
Memory Standard：DDR4 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
Maximum Memory Supported：64GB
Channel Supported：Dual Channel
PCI Express 3.0 x16：1 x x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

1 x x8 (PCIEX8)
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.

1 x x4 (PCIEX4)
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX1_2 and PCIEX1_3 slots. When the PCIEX1_2 or PCIEX1_3 slot is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operates at up to x1 mode.
PCI Express x1：3 x PCI Express x1 slots

(All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
SATA 6Gb/s：6 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA Express：2 x SATA Express connectors
M.2：1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support)
1 x U.2 connector
SATA RAID：Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
* Refer to "1-8 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA connectors.
Audio Chipset：Realtek ALC1220
Audio Channels：7.1 Channels
LAN Chipset：Intel GbE LAN chip
Max LAN Speed：10/100/1000Mbps
PS/2：1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
RJ45：1 x RJ45
USB 3.1：1 x USB Type-C port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
USB 1.1/2.0：2 x USB 2.0
S/PDIF Out：1 x Optical
Audio Ports：5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)
Onboard USB：1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 header
1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
Other Connectors：1 x CPU fan header
1 x water cooling CPU fan header
2 x system fan headers
1 x system fan/water cooling pump header
1 x RGB (RGBW) LED strip extension cable header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
Power Pin：1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
Features：Multi-Graphics Technology
- Support for NVIDIA Quad-GPU SLI and 2-Way NVIDIA SLI technologies
- Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies

I/O Controller
- iTE I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring
- Voltage detection
- Temperature detection
- Fan speed detection
- Overheating warning
- Fan fail warning
- Fan speed control
* Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

BIOS
- 2 x 64 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
- Support for DualBIOS
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features
- Support for APP Center
* Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
3D OSD
@BIOS
AutoGreen
BIOS Setup
Color Temperature
Cloud Station
EasyTune
Easy RAID
Fast Boot
Game Boost
ON/OFF Charge
Platform Power Management
RGB Fusion
Smart Backup
Smart Keyboard
Smart TimeLock
System Information Viewer
USB Blocker
USB DAC-UP 2
V-Tuner
- Support for Q-Flash
- Support for Xpress Install

Bundle Software
- Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
- Intel Optane Memory Ready
- cFosSpeed

Operating System
- Support for Windows 10 64-bit (for 7th Gen CPU)
- Support for Windows 10 64-bit/Windows 8.1 64-bit/Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit (for 6th Gen CPU)
* Please download the "Windows USB Installation Tool" from GIGABYTE's website and install it before installing Windows 7.