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Loadline calibration helps reduce Vdroop (Vcore drops from set value under large load) and this I have set to High, as this board is a simpler cost option it does not have multiple settings such as "Turbo" " Extreme" etc found in more expensive motherboards. Here you can see I have set a CPU clock ratio of 46X (bclk is 100mhz so 100X46 = 4600MHz) and disabled Turboboost.įurther down the same page I have disabled everything underneath the Hyperthreading option apart from "package C state limit" which cant be disabled fully.

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So moving on how do you get a CPU to 4.6GHz? well that is actually pretty easy, but first you must ensure your CPU cooling is sufficient for any overclocking, below I will show you how to set a solid 4.6GHz without any Speedstep or Turboboost so it remains at 4.6GHz constantly. It is very clean and simple and if you have used a Gigabyte board in the past then navigation of this BIOS will be second nature. Gigabyte have done away with any fancy 3D or "tarty" BIOS pages with this board instead using the "classic" mode to show all the settings, I never used anything but this mode on previous boards anyway so the other layouts will not be missed by me. In the center of the board is where you will find the 32Gb/s M.2 connector and hidden under a metal cover an item called "Turbo B-Clock" which is designed to allow overclocks push the blck from 90-200MHz which is further than previous boards. Top edge of the board just has the 8pin ATX and CPU fan, CPU option fan headers (for twin fan heatsinks etc). Just behind the rear 7.1 audio jacks you will spot another system fan header.

PCI-E X 4 (for 3-Way Crossfire, not SLI).

PCI-E X 8 (takes half the bandwidth away from the 16X slot).

PCI-E X 16 (reduces to 8X with 2-Way SLI/Crossfire).

There is an audio path separation from the main PCB to reduce interference and this is illuminated in a yellow/orange colour when powered ON but can be disabled within the BIOS or you can select Pulse mode or Beat mode so it dances along with the rhythm of the music. This is the audio section made up of the Realtek ALC1150 chip and Japanese NIPPON audio grade capacitors. The bottom of the board is filled with front panel audio connector, two USB2.0 connectors, TPM and LPT (I have never used these) and another system fan header and the front panel connector for the case power+reset cables etc (but use the G connector to make this much easier than fiddling around in the dark).

A system fan header is also located above the 24pin power connector.

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On this edge of the board is the 24pin power connector, two USB3.0 internal headers and 6 SATA 6Gb/s plus 3 SATA Express connectors. The CPU socket pins are gold plated as part of the Ultra Durable branding. So this is the Z170XP-SLI motherboard, it is mainly black (although the PCB is more dark brown close up) with a few touches of red accents on the heatinks, it is not quite normal ATX form factor in width at just 22.5cm.Īround the CPU we find the power phases but with a reduced number of phases to suit the boards budget, Skylake CPU's now have the integrated voltage regulator that was found on Haswell/Devils Canyon processors removed and put back into the hands of the motherboard to control, so boards with a larger number of power phases should make a difference with overclocking. G connector (a quick case cable connector).Do not disturb door card and exclusive offer to prizes leaflet.Four SATA cables (two with 90° connectors).

The board comes in a small cardboard box and I wont bore you with a picture of the rear that has the usual bullet points about the features. The Z170XP-SLI has most major features covered including SLI support, USB3.1, SATA Express, 32Gb/s M.2 and even USB TypeC all covered by a 3 year warranty and a UK based RMA centre. As it is available individually or as part of a CPU and board bundle including the i5 6600K all you need to ensure you have is a compatible heatsink (fittings for socket 0 are the same) as not even retail Skylake 'K' SKU CPUs come with a heatsink and DDR4 RAM as well as the obvious parts such as PSU and drives etc. This should be a very popular motherboard for users wanting to jump onto the intel Skylake and Z170 platform. Today I will give you a quick overview and a quick and easy overclocking guide for the Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI.