Gigabyte Q270M-D3H, Intel Q270 motherboard socket 1151 [GA-Q270M-D3H]

Mainboards with Q270 chipset have the socket 1151 and support the fast and economical DDR4 memory. Intel's Q270 chipset provides a total of 24 PCIe 3.0 lanes. Some of these lanes are used for M.2 slots, depending on the mainboard. 10 of the maximum 14 possible USB ports supported the 3.0 standard. In addition to the M.2 slots for M.2 SSDs, mainboards with Q270 chipset have up to six SATA 6G connectors. As a business chipset of the upper class, the Q270 chipset supports Intel processors from the seventh generation (Kaby Lake). Supported processor lines include the Core i7 / i5 / i3, Pentium and Celeron.

The Gigabyte Q270M-D3H is a well-equipped Q270 motherboard, which is a good foundation for fast quad core processors of the Core i7 or Core i5 series. The black board comes with four DIMM slots for DDR4 memory in fast dual-channel mode. The mainboard supports ECC and non-ECC RAM depending on the CPU. The connectivity is very extensive, the Micro ATX board provides a total of (some external, partly internal) eight USB 3.0 and six USB 2.0 ports. An M.2 slot and six SATA-6G connections are available for hard disks. The SATA ports also support a SATA Express interface.

Plug-in and expansion cards come in a PCI slot or a PCIe x1 slot, and for graphics cards there are two PCI Express slots in the standard 3.0, one of which is connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes, while the second slot With four lanes. For the use of the integrated graphics unit (iGPU) of the CPU, a DisplayPort, an HDMI port and a DVI as well as a VGA output can be found on the I / O shield of the mainboard. For the sound, a Realtek ALC887 sound chip with Bo (a) approx. For the sound output, the mainboard has an optical S / PDIF connector and five analog jack plugs.

The Q270 motherboard has the following features and support: Intel Optane, Intel Directed I / O Virtualization (VT-d), Intel vPro Technology, Intel HD Audio Technology, Intel Rapid Storage Technology, Intel Standard Manageability, Intel Smart Response Technology, Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP), and Intel Rapid Storage Technology for PCI Storage.

Technical details:
Format: Micro-ATX
Chipset: Intel Z270 ("Union Point")
Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 6th and 7th core generation ("Skylake" / "Kaby Lake")
RAM: 4 × DDR4 (Skylake: DDR4-2.133, Kaby Lake: DDR4-2.400)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electrical x4)
Compatible multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way-CrossFireX (Quad-GPU)
1 × PCI
Internal connections:
6 × SATA 6G (including 2 as SATA Express)
1 × SATA Express (uses 2x SATA 6G)
1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4)
2 × USB 3.0 (one header)
4 × USB 2.0 (two header)
2 × fan (4-pin PWM)
1 × Serial port (COM header)
1 × Clear CMOS jumper
Power / Reset / LED / Front Audio
External connections:
2 × PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
4 × USB 3.0
2 × USB 2.0
1 × Gigabit LAN
1 × DisplayPort
1 × HDMI
1 × DVI
1 × VGA
1 × S / PDIF
5 × audio (Realtek ALC892)
Power supply:
1 × 24-pin EATX
1 × 4-pin ATX 12V