Gigabyte Z170 shown at Computex.

[setter]

I quite like the look of the boards, still tempted to upgrade but will wait for proper reviews and pricing.

Still not sure myself, been kinda tempted to go X99. But ill wait and see how skylake overclocks before making any decision's.

 

[C64]

The PCBs have 2oz of copper in them, its part of their ultra durable 4/5 spec, yes they have dual BIOS and the ability to save BIOS profiles to a USB stick for example.

The capacitors are Nippon chemicon and super long life and high quality.

Certainly not flimsy either

I guess appearance is deceiving then he says after just realising one of them even has 2x copper pcb written on it, what are the heatsinks made of ?
I like the look of the UD3 but what is the point if DDR4 is so pricey though hmm.I noticed they all have the new audio chip which is odd they should think about making a board with basic or no onboard audio to get the cost down.Pretty certain already the UD3 will overclock skylake just fine.

 

[Nelly]

I like the look of the UD3 but what is the point if DDR4 is so pricey though hmm.

I doubt the memory will be that expensive, probally get 8GB of DDR 4 for around £60

I bought my G.Skill Trident 8GB 2400C10 for £55 in December 2012 from a competitor, because it was £20 cheaper at the time. I'll probally get around £40 back when I sell them, so don't mind an outlay of £30 to £40 for DDR4.

 

[haszek]

Another z170 motherboard from gigabyte SOC version
Black+orange

http://www.purepc.pl/plyty_glowne/gigabyte_z170xsoc_force_plyta_glowna_dla_intel_skylake

 

[Snookums]

That g1 actually dropped my jaw.

 

[Jokester]

Ah, slight echoes of the DFI NF4 Lanparty boards with the dayglo orange.

 

[stulid]

Hoping that's just the flash making it look that dayglo, but apart from that it looks a bit toy'ish, probably perform well like Z97, but its not much of a looker.