I missed out on the Asus motherboard recently :disappointed: but instead found this. Looks a good spec and price:
Intel Thunderbolt 3 Certified Motherboard - Powered by Intel's own Thunderbolt controller the new Thunderbolt 3 protocol, which is available over a USB Type-C connector on the back I/O of the GIGABYTE Z170X-Ultra Gaming, brings an unprecedented single-wire bandwidth of up to 40 Gb/s -- twice more than the previous generation of Thunderbolt! This incredible increase in bandwidth is also accompanied with support for different protocols such as Mini DisplayPort 1.2 and USB 3.1, which is backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, opening up a world of new possibilities.
Technical Spec:
Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 Certified Motherboard
Supports 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor
Dual Channel, Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
Intel® USB 3.1 with USB Type-C™ & PD 2.0 100W Support
Best Support for 3 Intel® SSD 750 Devices in RAID 0
2 SATA Express Connectors for Up to 16Gb/s Data Transfer
Intel® GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
High Quality Audio Capacitors and Audio Noise Guard with Ambient LED Trace Path Lighting
Ultra Durable Metal Shielding over PCIe and DDR Slots
Ultra Durable Anti-Sulfur Resistors for Longer Lifespan
Ultra Durable Anti-Rust Rear I/O Connectors
Dual Hybrid Fan Headers with Precise PWM / Voltage Control for Water Pump & Fan
GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ Technology
APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities
Rear Panel Mini DisplayPort-In for Future Feature Upgrade
This is £140+ elsewhere!
Lowest price according to camelx3! See post 1.
14 comments
krazie2004
12 Dec 16#1
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Dan__
12 Dec 16#2
nice find Op but If only it was more cheaper. I'm needing a mobo and cpu bundle or buy them seperate, whichever works out cheaper. Guess ill need to wait some more
dynamodux
12 Dec 161#3
ccl computers its 111 quid for the ultra gaming edition
krazie2004 to dynamodux
12 Dec 161#7
I did originally buy from there, but Ihad a £5 voucher on my amazon account after topping up £100 so this worked out slightly cheaper.
gryllsbear
12 Dec 161#4
I nearly bought this yesterday but couldn't find any reviews from the UK. American reviews from NewEgg seem to be very mixed (sata ports not working). Can anybody shed some light?
Neel to gryllsbear
12 Dec 16#5
If they are using a NVMe SSD like the 950 Pro it will disable some of the sata ports. It does on my Gaming 7 anyway and it's mentioned in the manual.
blazey85
12 Dec 161#6
Looks good, I would jump at this if I hadn't bought the Asus mobo last week. Hopefully that thing goes through as there's a lot of deals I'm passing up....
markcordwell90
12 Dec 16#8
I have this board, its excellent, overclocks very well, stable, leds look cool. Needs bios update or mine did at least, but again easy to do.
gryllsbear
12 Dec 16#9
I had just added this to my basket to check out and the price has gone up to £144.98 :disappointed:
dynamodux to gryllsbear
12 Dec 16#10
see my comment above..
gryllsbear
12 Dec 16#11
Looks like the price has increased on CCL too.
romeospadre
12 Dec 16#12
This or the Asus Hero? MMMMmmm
Madstacks83
12 Dec 161#13
Great thank you! I'm building my first PC and have been looking for a good deal on a motherboard, managed to get it before the price rise.
Opening post
Intel Thunderbolt 3 Certified Motherboard - Powered by Intel's own Thunderbolt controller the new Thunderbolt 3 protocol, which is available over a USB Type-C connector on the back I/O of the GIGABYTE Z170X-Ultra Gaming, brings an unprecedented single-wire bandwidth of up to 40 Gb/s -- twice more than the previous generation of Thunderbolt! This incredible increase in bandwidth is also accompanied with support for different protocols such as Mini DisplayPort 1.2 and USB 3.1, which is backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, opening up a world of new possibilities.
Technical Spec:
Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 Certified Motherboard
Supports 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor
Dual Channel, Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
Intel® USB 3.1 with USB Type-C™ & PD 2.0 100W Support
2-Way SLI™ & CrossFire™ Multi-Graphics Support
NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 22110 M.2 Interface & U.2 Interface for Intel® SSD 750
Best Support for 3 Intel® SSD 750 Devices in RAID 0
2 SATA Express Connectors for Up to 16Gb/s Data Transfer
Intel® GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
High Quality Audio Capacitors and Audio Noise Guard with Ambient LED Trace Path Lighting
Ultra Durable Metal Shielding over PCIe and DDR Slots
Ultra Durable Anti-Sulfur Resistors for Longer Lifespan
Ultra Durable Anti-Rust Rear I/O Connectors
Dual Hybrid Fan Headers with Precise PWM / Voltage Control for Water Pump & Fan
GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ Technology
APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities
Rear Panel Mini DisplayPort-In for Future Feature Upgrade
This is £140+ elsewhere!
Lowest price according to camelx3! See post 1.
14 comments
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