Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5, Intel X99 Mainboard - Socket 2011-V3 [GA-X99M-Gaming 5]

However, all power users and hardware fools who opt for a Haswell-E / X99 team, in return not only the brachialste, never before encountered in the consumer area of processor performance, no, they also acquire more features, over which yesterday was rumored still awesome as "tomorrow": How Intel Hexa Core and octa-core monsters come first with integrated DDR4 memory controller so that X99 motherboards have appropriate RAM banks in which the faster while energy-efficient DDR4 RAM potters.

In addition, many X99 boards have the next-gen interface for SATA SSDs called Express (SATAE) and M.2 (NGFF), the first time with the Z97 chipset and the Intel-1150s mainstream processors ("Haswell Refresh" / "Devil's Canyon") reached the market. But unlike the latter, the Haswell There are not only 16, but a full 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes available, so the fastest M.2 SSDs also via 4 lanes can be connected (via compatible motherboard slots) with maximum speed without abzuzwacken data lines to the graphics card.

When Gigabyte Gaming X99M 5 is a lavishly equipped X99 motherboard that provides an ideal base for the mega strong Extreme processors, the Core-i7-5000er series with its 6 or even 8 cores. The black and red board comes with four DIMM slots for up to 32GB DDR4 memory in super speedy quad-channel mode. As the sound chip Realtek ALC1150 3D Bo (a) rd, which can output over five audio jacks and an optical S / PDIF connector 7.1 sound.

The further connectivity falls off on the high-end chipset more than adequate, the micro-ATX board provides a total of (partly external, partly internal) ten USB 3.0 ports and eight USB 2.0 ports available and manages hard drives and SSDs over ten SATA 6G ports (incl. RST and partly RAID support) and a SATAE port and a slot M.2. Expansion cards come in a PCIe 2.0 x1 slot for graphics cards under and three PCI Express slots - partly in Standard 3.0 - ready.

The Gigabyte Gaming X99M 5 delivers on top with black Durable Solid Caps, many OC options, a passive chipset cooling, improved PCB design with two layers of copper, DualBIOS, killer-Fi as well as many other useful features.

Technical details:

     Format: Micro-ATX
     Color: Black, Red
     Chipset: Intel X99
     Base: 2011-V3 (for Intel's "Haswell-E" CPUs)
     RAM: 4x DDR4 (max 32 GB).
     Quad-Channel
     Slots (physical):
     3x PCIe (3.0) x16
     Compatible Multi-VGA configurations: 2-way SLI, 2-way CrossFireX
     1x PCIe 2.0 x1
     Internal connections:
     10x SATA 6G (2x SATA Express thereof)
     1x SATA Express (2x SATA 6G-compatible)
     1x M.2
     4x USB 3.0 (2x header)
     4x USB 2.0 ports (2 header)
     5x fan
     Power / reset / LED / Front Audio
     External ports:
     2x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
     6x USB 3.0
     4x USB 2.0
     1x Gigabit LAN (Killer E2201)
     2x antenna connector
     1x S / PDIF optical
     5x audio (7.1, Realtek ALC1150)
     Power Supply:
     1x 24-pin ATX
     1x 8-pin ATX 12V
     Compatibility: Windows 8.1, 8, 7