Gigabyte H270 Gaming 3, Intel H270 Motherboard - Socket 1151

The features of the Gigabyte H270-Gaming 3 at a glance:

Black ATX motherboard from Gigabyte
2 x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16 / x4) & 2x PCIe (3.0) x1 & 2x PCI
2 x USB 3.1 (Type A & Type C) & 8 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0
2 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4) / 6 x SATA 6G
1 x HDMI / 1 x DVI-D
Integrated LED lighting (RGB Fusion)
The Gigabyte H270 Gaming 3 in detail

As an ATX motherboard with Intels H270 chipset for the core processors of the 6000 and 7000 series, the Gigabyte H270 Gaming 3 offers four DIMM slots for DDR4 memory in fast dual-channel mode. Up to 64 GB of DDR4 RAM are accommodated by the four memory banks as a whole, and depending on the processor, the motherboard is compatible with DDR4 RAM with a clock speed of 2.133 MHz (with Skylake CPU) or DDR4-2.400 (with Kaby Lake CPU).

The motherboard has two PCIe x16 slots, one of which is connected to the chipset with full 16 lanes, while the other PCIe-x16 slot is electrically connected to four data lines. It supports AMDs CrossFireX technology, allowing up to two AMD Radeon graphics cards to be installed. The board also has two PCIe x1 slots and two classic PCI slots for plug and expansion cards.

For the connection of data carriers, the board provides two M.2 slots for particularly fast NVMe M.2 SSDs as well as for 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hard disks or SSDs a U.2 port And six SATA-6G connectors (including RAID support). The M.2 ports are connected to the chipset via four PCIe lanes in the 3.0 standard and, in combination with the NVMe protocol, enable a data transfer rate of just under 4 GB / s. Thus, M.2 PCIe SSDs are up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs!

On the I / O panel, the motherboard has a new type-C USB 3.1 port, which is particularly thin and can be inserted on both sides. In addition to the Type C port, the motherboard also provides a down-compatible USB 3.1 type A port. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports at maximum achievable speeds of 10 Gbps! For input devices and other gaming peripherals, the I / O panel has four USB 3.0 ports and two USB 2.0 ports.

If no graphics card is available, the integrated graphics processor of a Skylake or Kaby Lake CPU can be used to connect monitors directly to the back of the motherboard – with two HDMI and DVI-D connectors. The motherboard also boasts outstanding 7.1 sound with Realteks ALC1220 chipset, two internal USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 headers, two 4-pin header for chassis fans, two 4-pin headers for CPU A 4-pin header for pumps, a TPM header, a serial port header, and a clear CMOS jumper. The integrated LED lighting integrated into the board is also based on RGB Fusion and can be configured in various colors.

Technical details:
Format: ATX
Chipset: Intel H270 (Union Point)
Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 6th and 7th core generation (Skylake / Kaby Lake)
RAM: 4 x DDR4 (Skylake: DDR4-2.133, Kaby Lake: DDR4-2.400)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (electrical x4)
Compatible multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way-CrossFireX (Quad-GPU)
2 x PCIe 3.0 x1
2 x PCI
Internal connections:
6 x SATA 6G
2 x SATA Express
1 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280/2110)
1 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280)
4 x USB 3.0 (two headers)
4 x USB 2.0 (two header)
1 x CPU fan header (4-pin)
1 x CPU Waku Header (4-pin)
2 x System Fan Header (4-pin)
1 x System fan / pump connection (4-pin)
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x RGB LED header
1 x S / PDIF-out header
1 x TPM header
1 x Serial port header
1 x parallel port header
1 x Thunderbolt Add-In Card Connector
1 x clear CMOS jumper
External connections:
1 x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
2 x USB 3.1 (each 1 x Type-A and Type-C) 4 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0
1 x RJ45 LAN port (Killer E2500)
1 x HDMI
1 x DVI-D
6 x audio
Power supply:
1 x 24 pin
1 x 8-pin