User manual Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Motherboard GA-Z170X-GAMING 7

Supports Intel Pentium/Celeron processors in the LGA1151 socket

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 3866 (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 UDIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)

Support for non-ECC UDIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules

Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)

The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2H_32G connector. The PCIEX4 slot will become unavailable when an SSD is installed in the M2H_32G connector.

3 x PCI Express x1 slots

(All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

2/3-way AMD Crossfire

3 x SATA Express connectors

6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5)

Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

Refer to "1-10 Internal Connectors," for the supported configurations with the M.2, SATA Express, and SATA connectors.

2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 6~7), supporting AHCI mode only

Support for Sound Blaster Recon3Di

TI Burr Brown OPA2134 operational amplifier

High Definition Audio

2/5.1-channel

Support for S/PDIF Out

1 x Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN2)

Teaming is not supported.

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (available through the internal USB headers)

4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (available through the internal USB headers)

1 x USB Type-C port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 support

1 x USB 3.1 port on the back panel

1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector

2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors

3 x SATA Express connectors

8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

1 x I/O shield audio LED power connector

1 x CPU fan header

1 x water cooling fan header (CPU_OPT)

3 x system fan headers

1 x front panel header

1 x front panel audio header

2 x USB 3.0/2.0 headers

2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header

1 x serial port header

1 x Clear CMOS jumper

1 x power button

1 x reset button

1 x Clear CMOS button

1 x ECO button

1 x OC button

1 x audio gain control switch

Voltage measurement points

1 x BIOS switch

1 x DisplayPort

1 x HDMI port

1 x USB Type-C port, with USB 3.1 support

1 x USB 3.1 port

5 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports

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/Mic In, Line Out, Headphone)

CPU/System/Chipset temperature detection

CPU/CPU OPT/System fan-speed detection

CPU/System/Chipset overheating warning

CPU/CPU OPT/System fan fail warning

CPU/CPU OPT/System fan-speed control

Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

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