• Supports 7th/ 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 2 DIMMs
• Supports PCIe x16 slot bifurcation in 2×8 mode by riser card
• Intel® USB 3.1 Gen 1 with USB Type-C™
• Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
• Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA interface
• ALC1220 120dB SNR HD Audio with Smart Headphone Amp
• 802.11ac Dual Band 867Mbps wireless supports MU-MIMO and BT4.2
• Dual Intel® GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
• Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors and Hybrid Fan Headers
• Ultra Durable™ Metal Shielding over PCIe Slots
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™
• APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities

Smart Fan 5
With Smart Fan 5 users can ensure that their gaming PC can maintain its performance while staying cool. Smart Fan 5 allows users to interchange their fan headers to reflect different thermal sensors at different locations on the motherboard. Not only that, with Smart Fan 5 more hybrid fan headers that support both PWM and Voltage mode fans have been introduced to make the motherboard more liquid cooling friendly.

All Hybrid Fan Pin Headers

• Hybrid Fan Headers detect whether the cooling device uses PWM or Voltage mode and automatically switches settings accordingly.
• Supports up to 2 amps with built-in overcurrent protection—a must for high-end high current fans.

New Smart Fan 5 Software

• Interoperable Sensors and Fans: Each fan can be customized to operate at different speeds according to any defined temperature source input (except the CPU fan).
• Fan Curve: Customize fan curves based on specific temperatures with the intuitive graphical UI.

Choose from different modes, Quiet to Full Speed, to match your system usage scenario. For each fan or pump, you can use the intuitive fan curve to define trigger thresholds and corresponding fan speeds.

Enhanced BIOS Interface
The enhanced BIOS interface also has the advanced features seen in the Smart Fan 5 UI, such as: the ability to set triggers based on different temperature sensors on the board, fan curve definition and the temperature interval setting, which can prevent fan rotation noise caused by sudden temperature change—all without having to load Windows.

Faster and Better Coverage with Intel® Dual Band 802.11ac WIFI+BT4.2 Module
The onboard 802.11ac WIFI module from Intel® supports up to 867 Mb/s wireless networks and BLUETOOTH 4.2. The bonded 2.4GHz/5GHz Dual Band and 2T2R antenna expands your coverage.

Specifications

• CPU
  • Support for 7th and 6th generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1151 package
  • L3 cache varies with CPU
• Chipset
  • Intel® Z270 Express Chipset
• Memory
  • 2 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
  • Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.
  • Dual channel memory architecture
  • Support for DDR4 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2400(O.C.) / 2133 MHz memory modules
  • Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  • Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  • Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
• Onboard Graphics
  • Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support
  • Support for HDMI 1.4 version.
  • Support for up to 3 displays at the same time
  • Maximum shared memory of 1 GB
• Audio
  • Realtek® ALC1220 codec
  • High Definition Audio
  • 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  • Support for S/PDIF Out
• LAN
  • 2 x Intel® GbE LAN chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
• Wireless Communication module
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
  • BLUETOOTH 4.2, 4.1, BLE, 4.0, 3.0, 2.1+EDR
  • Support for 11ac wireless standard and up to 867 Mbps data rate
• Expansion Slots
  • 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
  • (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
  • 1 x M.2 Socket 1 connector for the wireless communication module (M2_WIFI)
• Storage Interface
  • Chipset:
  • 1 x M.2 connector on the back of the motherboard (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support)
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  • Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
  • USB Chipset:
  • 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB header
  • 6 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
  • 1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 1 support
• Internal I/O Connectors
  • 1×24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1×4-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  • 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector on the back of the motherboard
  • 1 x CPU fan header
  • 1 x system fan header
  • 1 x front panel header
  • 1 x front panel audio header
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header
  • 1 x USB 2.0/1.1 header
  • 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  • 1 x speaker header
  • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
  • 1 x chassis intrusion header
• Back Panel Connectors
  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  • 2 x HDMI ports
  • 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
  • 1 x DVI-D port
  • 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
  • 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 1 support
  • 2 x RJ-45 ports
  • 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  • 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)
• I/O Controller
  • iTE® I/O Controller Chip
• H/W Monitoring
  • Voltage detection
  • Temperature detection
  • Fan speed detection
  • Overheating warning
  • Fan fail warning
  • Fan speed control
• BIOS
  • 2×128 Mbit flash
  • Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
  • Support for DualBIOS™
  • PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
• Unique Features
  • Support for APP Center
  • Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
  • 3D OSD
  • @BIOS
  • Ambient LED
  • AutoGreen
  • BIOS Setup
  • Color Temperature
  • Cloud Station
  • EasyTune
  • Easy RAID
  • Fast Boot
  • Game Boost
  • ON/OFF Charge
  • Platform Power Management
  • Smart Backup
  • Smart Keyboard
  • Smart TimeLock
  • System Information Viewer
  • USB Blocker
  • V-Tuner
  • Support for 3TB+ Unlock
  • Support for Q-Flash
  • Support for Xpress Install
• Bundle Software
  • Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
  • Intel® Wireless Display
  • Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
  • cFosSpeed
• Operating System
  • Support for Windows 10/8.1 64-bit
  • Support for Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit
  • Operating systems supported may vary depending on your processor model.
  • Please download the “Windows USB Installation Tool” from GIGABYTE's website and install it before installing Windows 7.
• Form Factor
  • Mini-ITX Form Factor; 17.0cm x 17.0cm