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GIGABYTE GA-Z97MX-GAMING 5 Z97 Micro-ATX Motherboard
The leading gaming motherboard has arrived. The GIGABYTE GA-Z97MX-GAMING 5 Z97 MATX Motherboard comes with some great features and specs that make anyone take a second look in terms of buying this motherboard. The GIGABYTE G1? Gaming motherboards are equipped with the GIGABYTE exclusive AMP-UP Audio Technology, which provides the industry?s highest level of onboard audio features and technologies. With GIGABYTE AMP-UP Audio, gamers and audiophiles are able to experience crisp, ultra realistic sound effects while gaming, and the richest possible sound experience when listening to their favorite music and movies. Also, The ALC1150 is a high-performance multi-channel High Definition Audio Codec that delivers an exceptional audio listening experience with up to 115dB SNR, ensuring users get the best possible audio quality from their PC.
The ALC1150 provides ten DAC channels that simultaneously support 7.1-channel sound playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming) through the front panel stereo outputs. Two stereo ADCs are integrated and can support a microphone array with Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC), Beam Forming (BF), and Noise Suppression (NS) technologies. The ALC1150 incorporates Realtek proprietary converter technology to achieve Front differential output 115dB Signal-to-Noise ratio (SNR) playback (DAC) quality and 104dB SNR recording (ADC) quality. And it has a flexible graphics capabilities supported for either CrossFire? or SLI? action, delivering the ultimate in graphics performance for gaming enthusiasts who demand the highest frame rates without compromising on resolution. GIGABYTE motherboards feature an onboard SATA Express connector which provides performance far superior to that of current SATA technologies. SATA Express features data transfer rates of up to 10Gb/s, considerably higher than SATA Revision 3 (6Gb/s), which won?t bottleneck faster NAND flash technologies in cutting edge SSDs. SATA Express combines the benefits of PCI-Express and SATA to provide much higher bandwidth, allowing SATA Express based drives to perform at similar speeds as PCI-Express based drives. Try the GIGABYTE GA-Z97MX-GAMING 5 Z97 MATX Motherboard and see what this motherboard can do for you.
Overall a great mATX Z97 board. There aren't a lot of high end board choices aside from the Gene, Gryphon and Z97M Gaming, but this board is far superior to the Gaming for less and is a good alternative to Asus if you are willing to do a bit of manual tweaking.i7-4790K8GB XPG 1.0R9 280X