Gigabyte H370 Aorus Gaming 3 WIFI, Intel H370 motherboard - socket 1151 [H370 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI]

 The new features compared to the direct predecessor include, for example, the native support of up to four USB 3.1 and 3.0 ports for the first time, so that no additional chips need to be used. In addition, Intel Optane, SATA RAID (0, 1, 5, 10) and up to two of the extremely fast PCIe M.2 SSDs are supported.
The features of the Gigabyte H370 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI at a glance:
2x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16 / x4) & 3x PCIe x1
2x USB 3.1 (Type A / C) & 1x USB 3.0 Type C
Total 5x USB 3.0 & 6x USB 2.0 (internal & external)
2x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 / x2) / 6x SATA 6G
Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2.666 MHz
Remarkable RGB LED lighting with four RGB headers
Integrated WLAN 802.11ac & Bluetooth 5.0 module
The Gigabyte H370 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI in detail
The Gigabyte H370 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI ATX motherboard for the Intel Core processors of the 8000 series has a total of two PCIe x16 slots, one of which is connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes, while the other is connected with four data lines is. The board supports AMD's CrossFire technology and offers the option of installing multiple graphics cards. For additional plug-in and expansion cards, the board also has four PCIe x1 slots and an M.2 key slot, which already includes an Intel CNVi Wi-Fi module for WLAN 802.11ac and Bluetooth 5.0.

Up to 64 GB RAM can be operated in the four DIMM slots for DDR4 RAM in fast dual-channel mode. RAM modules up to a 6666 MHz memory clock are supported by the Coffee Lake CPUs. Furthermore, the motherboard offers an M.2 slot, which is connected to the chipset via four PCIe 3.0 lanes and support the extremely fast NVMe SSDs. The NVMe protocol allows a data transfer rate of almost 4 GB / s. This makes M.2 PCIe SSDs up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs! Another M.2 slot is connected via PCIe 3.0 x2 and SATA. Six SATA 6G ports also allow you to connect to conventional drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives.

The Gigabyte H370 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI has a particularly thin and two-way plug-in USB 3.1 type C port and a USB 3.1 Type A port on the I / O panel. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps! Two USB 3.0 and four USB 2.0 ports allow you to connect additional peripherals. A LAN socket for the Intel i219V LAN chip and audio outputs for the Realtek ALC1220 audio codec are also located on the I / O panel. The external connection repertoire is rounded off by one HDMI and one DVI-D connection each for image reproduction via the integrated graphics unit of the processor.

Internally, the mainboard can be equipped with one USB 3.0, one USB 3.0 Type C and one USB 2.0 header, as well as one S / PDIF Out, one Clear CMOS and TPM header and one Serial Port Connector and a Thunderbolt Add-on Card connector. In addition to a 4-pin CPU cooler header, the board provides a 4-pin pump header and two 4-pin chassis fan headers. One of the special features of the Gigabyte H370 AORUS GAMING 3 WIFI is the obvious RGB illumination of large parts of the mainboard, which can be expanded with two 4-pin RGB and addressable 3-pin RGB headers each. The digital RGB headers can be switched by additional power jumper between 5 and 12 volts. The lighting is controlled by Gigabyte RGB Fusion.

Technical details:
Format:
ATX
chipset:
Intel H370
Base:
1151 (v2) (for Intel 8th-generation CPUs ("Coffee Lake"))
R.A.M:
4x DDR4 (Coffee Lake: DDR4-2.666, 64GB max)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1x PCIe 3.0x16
1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x4)
Compatible multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way AMD CrossFire
4x PCIe x1
1x M.2 key for an Intel CNVi wireless module (occupied)
Internal connections:
6x SATA 6G
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4; 2242/2260/2280/22110)
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x2 & SATA; 2242/2260/2280)
1x USB 3.0 Type-C (a header)
2x USB 3.0 (one header)
2x USB 2.0 (one header)
1x 4-pin CPU cooler header
1x 4-pin pump header
2x 4-pin fan headers
2x addressable 3-pin RGB headers
2x power jumper for addressable RGB headers (5 or 12 volts)
2x 4-pin RGB header
1x front panel header
1x front panel audio header
1x serial port connector
1x Thunderbolt add-on card connector
1x S / PDIF-out header
1x clear CMOS jumper
1x TPM header
External connections:
1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
2x USB 3.1 (1x Type A & Type C each)
2x USB 3.0
4x USB 2.0
1x HDMI
1x DVI-D
1x Gigabit LAN (Intel I219V)
6x audio (Realtek ALC1220 codec)
Power supply:
1x 24 pin ATX
1x 8-pin ATX 12V
1x 6-pin PCIe connector