Gigabyte X170-Extreme ECC Review
Published by Marc Büchel on 10.05.16Connectors and I/O
Gigabyte equipped the GA-X170-EXTREME ECC with a total of eight angled SATA ports. This is enough for any setup no matter if you're it’s your plan to build a workstation or a gaming/multimedia rig. Apart from that four times two SATA 6Gbps ports can be combined to a total of four SATA Express ports. Furthermore all SATA 6 Gbps connectors are directly wired to the PCH. As it can be expected from a high-end motherboard you'll also find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons in the top right corner of the board and there is also a debug display. Right above the first PCIe x16 slot there is an M.2 slot, while the second can be found above the second full-size PCIe x16 expansion slot.
In total you'll find five fan header on the GA-X170-EXTREME ECC which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped workstation or a gaming/multimedia rig with fresh air. It is also very practical that connectors feature 4-pin and therefore allow for PWM control. In this case it's really easy to change rotation speeds from within the BIOS or Windows. The fan headers are located around the CPU socket as well as spread over the motherboard.
Looking at the external connectors directly at the I/O panel Gigabyte equipped the GA-X170-EXTREME ECC with a P/S2 connector, five USB 3.0 ports. one USB 3.1 Type-A and one USB 3.1 Type-C connector, two gigabit ethernet ports, one DisplayPort, an HDMI out, an optical out and an analogue audio panel. According to Gigabyte the two yellow USB connectors offer less signal noise and are therefore especially suitable for attaching high-end audio gear such as USB DACs.
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