On Friday, Gigabyte claimed the “world’s first” title with the launch of its new Thunderbolt 3-certified motherboard, the Z170X-UD5 TH. This board is the first to utilize Intel’s new technology, which uses two USB Type-C connectors stuffed into the board’s I/O panel on the rear. Customers can expect single-wire speeds of up to 40Gb/s, twice that of the previous-gen Thunderbolt 2 technology, which is only capable of speeds of up to 20Mb/s.
“This incredible increase in bandwidth is also accompanied with support for different protocols such as 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,” the company says.
According to the specifications, the new motherboard supports Intel’s sixth-generation Core processors, dual-channel DDR4 memory (four slots), and 4K video at 60 frames per second via two displays or 5K video output with just one connected display. And thanks to the dual USB Type-C ports, this board also supports daisy-chaining up to 12 Thunderbolt-based devices.
Overclocking your processor with this board should be a cinch using the onboard Turbo B-Clock Tuning IC. The company says that users can change the BCLK Frequency to whatever they want. Ranges from 90MHz to 200MHz are also now possible.
Additional ingredients users will see in Gigabyte’s new board include two-way Nvidia SLI and three-way AMD Crossfire support, making this a great board for PC gamers. There’s also ultra-durable PCIe metal shielding, PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 connectors, SATA Express with speeds of up to 16Gb/s, and Realtek’s ALC11250 chip for multi-channel high-definition audio up to 115dB SNR.
“The GIGABYTE Z170X-UD5 TH packs in many features which will make your next PC the ultimate machine such as the cFosSpeed internet acceleration software over the Intel GbE LAN which will help deliver better network responsiveness and improve network performance,” the company says.
For people who want a little bling bling crammed into their latest build, the Gigabyte motherboard includes LED lighting that runs along the Audio Noise Guard path. What’s rather nifty about this lighting is that you can program the LEDs to blink along with the rhythm of the current song, or make the LEDs pulse “at a soothing pace.”
To see the full set of specs, check out the GA-Z170X-UD5 TH here. The company did not say when the board will be available or how much it would set you back.
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