GIGABYTE Launches the X170-Extreme ECC Motherboard

[jabbadap]

Not much point trying an i5 or an i7 as the chipset doesn't support overclocking.
Might make a decent crunching rig though.

Not sure about that. If you look at this gigabytes manual, you can see that there is normal OC tab where you can change cpu clock ratios. But yeah you are right chipset does not support OC, so there might be an error in manual(might be just copy paste from some z170 board, at least theres no F2a bios for x170 board).

 

[hobo6102]

i7s and i5s work. ECC will not be supported though. You need an Intel chip with an ECC memory controller to drive ECC dram e.g: Xeons

TDP has nothing to do with the chipset, TDP has to do with the VRM which is motherboard maker dependent.

 

[Jay H.]

I was perusing the pics and was quite pleased to see that beside the first M.2 slot, near the CPU, is a metallic square etched with "Turbo BCLK".

 

[jaggerwild]

So let me ask you this (for the "enthusiasts"): You (most likely not) buy this mobo for aesthetics reasons? If so, you are beyond redemption..

I won't answer your question as I'm not an "ENTHUSIAST", I posted what I did cause it seems Gigabyte is reaching instead of doing what they have always done well. As if they wanna compete with Asus for motherboard plate forms, didn't Asus buy them out long ago but left them as a separate company?

 

[Grings]

As a side note Noctua fans would go much better with this than the black and red motherboards you usually see...dammit why dosent anyone make beige cases anymore...

 

[Jay H.]

These guys are saying they were able to overclock a Xeon cpu to within 4.2-4.5 GHz. (It's in Spanish.)
https://www.profesionalreview.com/2016/03/21/gigabyte-x170-gaming-3-ws-review/