**Exclusive Z97 Motherboard - Very Special Launch Price! **

ScottiB

ScottiB

ScottiB

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The Gigabyte Z97X SOC Force is exclusive to OcUK in this country.

Don't be fooled by the cut down Z97X SOC, the SOC Force is the only true Gigabyte OC Series Motherboard thanks to its 8 Phase Digital Power design.

Similar in spec to the legendary Z87X-OC, favourite amongst the world's serious overclockers but with a few extra features to push it into the stratosphere. Pick up the latest version of the overclocker's favourite board, ONLY from Overclockers UK

This board has already been used to break numerous world records and 8Pack has taken one for his current multi-GPU record attempts so I'm so confident about the quality of this board that I want to get into as many forum hands as possible. Therefore I'm offering it at a silly price to celebrate the arrival of my first lot of stock!

This price is not likely to be repeated any time soon and I'm not sure how long I can keep it this low so be quick!

Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard **Overclockers UK Exclusive**

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Specifications

CPU Support
Supports 4th Gen Intel® Core™ / Pentium® / Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket

Chipset
Intel Z97

Memory Support
4 x DDR3 DIMMs 1066/ 1333/ 1600/ 1866(OC)/ 2133(OC)/2400(OC)/ 2666(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 3000(OC) up to 32GB max

Multi-GPU Support
Support for 4-Way Crossfire
Support for 2-Way SLI

Display Outputs
1 x HDMI port
1 x DisplayPort
1 x DVI-I Port
1 x Dsub port

Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16
1 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
2x PCI slot

Storage
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
SATA Express

Networking
1x Qualcomm® Atheros Killer E2201 chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Audio
Realtek ALC 1150 - 8 Channel HD Audio

Connectivity
2 USB 2.0 (Headers)
2 USB 3.0 (Headers)
4 USB 3.0 Rear Ports
4 USB 2.0 Rear Ports

Form Factor
ATX Form Factor

Warranty
3 Year Manufacturer Warranty

Was £169.99 Inc. VAT

Only £154.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
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Looks an overclocker's tweaking dream, but what happened to incorporating m.2 ports? With the new tech m.2, I'd be all over this like a rash at the promo price, but the apparant lack leaves me with a dilemma given I don't update my pc that often.
 
Started some testing with this board and its the most efficient Z97 board with single GPU I have tested so far.

Memory tuning and compatibility is excellent and stability spot on. I tried with Hynix C and Samsung based IC mems mainly with C9-12-12-21 1T TRFC 114 being possible at 2800mhz. As far as CPU overclocking goes my 4770K was doing the same frequency on LN2 as the Maximus V Xtreme which is of course a much more expensive board. Modern 3D ie Heaven,11 and 3D Mark up to 6.4 ghz.

The OC was my favourite ATX board in this sector of the market on Z87 and it certainly looks like the Force is a worthy successor to this excellent board. Gigabyte have taken what they already excelled at and pushed it a step further.
 
Omar said:
ScottiB - The spec on the Z97X-Gaming GT board is also incorrect, it is listed as having the Core3D sound chip and dual LAN ports (Killer and Intel), but the Gigabyte site says this board only has one Killer LAN port and only the SoundBlaster software on top of the Realtek chip, not the Core3D chip.

Product page: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-487-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2811

Gigabyte Spec: http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4969#sp
Click to expand...

Thanks, fixed yet another spec sheet mistake
 
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