Gigabyte unveils Z170 G1.Sniper Skylake Motherboard

[WYP]

Gotta love a motherboard that is that little bit unique. Have a look at Gigabyte's new Green Z170 G1.Sniper Motherboard.



Read more on Gigabyte's Z170 G1.Sniper other board.

 

[Doomslayer]

As i said in the other thread.

HAHAHAHA Fail Gigabyte why put 2 PCI slots on a Z170 HAHAHA Fail :lol:

 

[CreatiXx]

As i said in the other thread.

HAHAHAHA Fail Gigabyte why put 2 PCI slots on a Z170 HAHAHA Fail :lol:

why not?

 

[Doomslayer]

why not?

Well look at the other brands namely ASUS there gaming series boards don't have PCI

IMO PCI should just die in higher end boards i can understand why they still but it into the likes of H170 and so on.

 

[CreatiXx]

wouldnt that mean no more sound cards and etc??

 

[Doomslayer]

wouldnt that mean no more sound cards and etc??

No.....You can use Sound cards on PCI express or better yet run a DAC

 

[vajoiner]

ugh my thoughts exactly. that and the vga port in the back. its like they have a surplus of these parts lying around and need to get rid of them.

 

[TPC]

Well look at the other brands namely ASUS there gaming series boards don't have PCI

IMO PCI should just die in higher end boards i can understand why they still but it into the likes of H170 and so on.

It's one of the cheapest, decent z170 board available. It's no where near high-end and I still know a small amount of people who need a PCI slot. Nothing to make fun of.

 

[Doomslayer]

It's one of the cheapest, decent z170 board available. It's no where near high-end and I still know a small amount of people who need a PCI slot. Nothing to make fun of.

IMO it's a Z170 motherboard and it should have no PCI slots on it, You're not going to change my mindset on it.

 

[Feronix]

IMO it's a Z170 motherboard and it should have no PCI slots on it, You're not going to change my mindset on it.

Tbf if you have an older Sound card for instance it's a relief that you don't have to spend money on the same card but with a PCI-E connection just to be able to keep using a card that you were already satisfied with.

Asus and MSI still have them on a lot of Z170 boards too. Out of 73 Z170 motherboards on this page, 23 still have a PCI slot, so it's not like every motherboard you buy has a couple of them, but if you need one, they are available.

Besides, there are plenty of features on motherboards that I don't use? I don't see why having these slots on there and not using them is such a problem when the slot layout still allows for a dual GPU + PCI-E 1x slot setup.
They're black anyway, so it's not like they're a massive eyesore and adding more PCI-E 16x/1x lanes would do anything either considering the maximum amount of lanes available from the CPU on this platform.

 

[Doomslayer]

Tbf if you have an older Sound card for instance it's a relief that you don't have to spend money on the same card but with a PCI-E connection just to be able to keep using a card that you were already satisfied with.

Asus and MSI still have them on a lot of Z170 boards too. Out of 73 Z170 motherboards on this page, 23 still have a PCI slot, so it's not like every motherboard you buy has a couple of them, but if you need one, they are available.

Besides, there are plenty of features on motherboards that I don't use? I don't see why having these slots on there and not using them is such a problem when the slot layout still allows for a dual GPU + PCI-E 1x slot setup.
They're black anyway, so it's not like they're a massive eyesore and adding more PCI-E 16x/1x lanes would do anything either considering the maximum amount of lanes available from the CPU on this platform.

Well if you paying $400 on a motherboard and it still has PCI in my book that is a fail and i know for a fact with the ROG & Sabertooth boards from ASUS those don't have PCI

 

[Lazlo]

Well if you paying $400 on a motherboard and it still has PCI in my book that is a fail and i know for a fact with the ROG & Sabertooth boards from ASUS those don't have PCI

Considering your username it's a little bit ironic that you despise backwards compatibility that much.

 

[Doomslayer]

Considering your username it's a little bit ironic that you despise backwards compatibility that much.

I do, As i have said in earlier posts i understand why they put PCI on H & B series motherboards i just can't see the point in having it on a Z series motherboard cause the Z series is the top of line for motherboards (I'm not counting X series).

Also PCI is just an ugly looking slot IMO.

 

[Zoot]

It's well priced to be fair. I was expecting it to cost a lot more.

Only a bit more expensive than my ASRock Z170 board.

 

[GodsOwnLegion]

As i said in the other thread.

HAHAHAHA Fail Gigabyte why put 2 PCI slots on a Z170 HAHAHA Fail :lol:

Tbh that hahahaha is a bit of a fail most people who would buy the z170 chipset would be using either a crossfire or sli setup if not overclocking so apart from using more expensive pci-e sockets and taking valuable pci-e bandwidth from gpus why not use them people still have WiFi and sata raid controllers that utilise pci and there is a pci-e slot by the cpu should you need. I find your fail comment useless and not very well informed or educated which I belies the reasoning for forums. So for someone with less tact and knowledge I put this to you why are you so salty about their design. Btw this is not a $400 board this board retails at around £91 incl shipping.

 

[Doomslayer]

Tbh that hahahaha is a bit of a fail most people who would buy the z170 chipset would be using either a crossfire or sli setup if not overclocking so apart from using more expensive pci-e sockets and taking valuable pci-e bandwidth from gpus why not use them people still have WiFi and sata raid controllers that utilise pci and there is a pci-e slot by the cpu should you need. I find your fail comment useless and not very well informed or educated which I belies the reasoning for forums. So for someone with less tact and knowledge I put this to you why are you so salty about their design. Btw this is not a $400 board this board retails at around £91 incl shipping.

I'm talking about Australian pricing not US or Europe, Z170 motherboard aren't cheap hear not like in the US & Europe.

 

[GodsOwnLegion]

Oh as well the Asus boards at the same price point namely the z170-p, the z170-k and the more expensive z170-a all have legacy pci slots

 

[Doomslayer]

Oh as well the Asus boards at the same price point namely the z170-p, the z170-k and the more expensive z170-a all have legacy pci slots

Even so i don't like those boards either

 

[GodsOwnLegion]

Well if you paying $400 on a motherboard and it still has PCI in my book that is a fail and i know for a fact with the ROG & Sabertooth boards from ASUS those don't have PCI

All this is answered in the post I provided. You never stated you liked them but you compared this board to both the sabertooth and the rog line up both of which are not even remotely in the same price segment as the the sniper. Also those asus boards mentioned by me are relative in price to the UK and Europe where the AUD is roughly half the GBP so the prices stack up correctly and are not overpriced but actually inline with what we would pay here in the GB.

Posts merged - Please do not double post

Oh and also to be fair to gigabytes their actual branded gaming z170 boards don't have pci slots either but you just goes to show what a little research does for you and I just have to add to the most of them are cheaper than both the sabertpoth and the rog line up and all are cheaper than the topmost rog board

 

[AlienALX]

Tbh that hahahaha is a bit of a fail most people who would buy the z170 chipset would be using either a crossfire or sli setup if not overclocking.

What a complete and utter load of old seasoned nonsense.

Do you realise just how few run Crossfire or SLI?

Gigabyte have left the PCI slots on this to appeal to people with older computers that may still run something PCI. And tbh? you would be absolutely amazed at how many people still run old rigs with old PCI devices in them. I see so many threads on OCUK where people are still running a Q6600 or one of the later quads and ask what to upgrade to.

Put it this way, had I spent $400+ on the Asus Xonar 2 PCI at launch I would want to still be using it.

What if you are selling to a company who are looking at replacing 20 workstations with newer ones *but* have some sort of PCI encryption card that they don't want to replace?

It's far more clever than any one here would know. I'd actually believe that Gigabyte knew more about the market and what it wants than some dude who posts on a forum.