• Supports 7^th / 6^th Generation Intel^® Core™ Processors
• Dual Channel DDR3, 4 DIMMs
• 2-Way Graphics with Premium PCIe Lane
• PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 Connector with up to 32Gb/s Data Transfer (PCIe NVMe & SATA SSD support)
• 3 SATA Express Connectors for up to 16Gb/s Data Transfer
• 8-channel HD Audio with High Quality Audio Capacitors
• Audio Noise Guard with LED Trace Path Lighting
• Realtek^® Green GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
• APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ Technology

Model

Brand

GIGABYTE

Model

GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3 (rev. 1.0)

Supported CPU

CPU Socket Type

LGA 1151

CPU Type

Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron (LGA1151)

Chipsets

Chipset

Intel Z170

Onboard Video

Onboard Video Chipset

Integrated Graphics Processor - Intel HD Graphics support:
1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60 Hz
1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60 Hz
* The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24 Hz
* Support for HDMI 1.4 version.
Support for up to 3 displays at the same time
Maximum shared memory of 512MB

Memory

Number of Memory Slots

4×240pin

Memory Standard

DDR3 3200(OC)/ 3100(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2933(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2666(OC)/ 2400(OC)/ 2133(OC)/ 2000(OC)/ 1866(OC)/ 1600/ 1333
DDR3L 1866(OC)/ 1600/ 1333

Maximum Memory Supported

64GB

Channel Supported

Dual Channel

Expansion Slots

PCI Express 3.0 x16

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

PCI Express x1

2 x PCI Express x1 slots

(All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

PCI Slots

2 x PCI Slots

Storage Devices

SATA 6Gb/s

6 x SATA 6Gb/s

SATA Express

3 x SATA Express connectors

M.2

1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA & PCIe x4/x2/x1 SSD support)

SATA RAID

0/1/5/10

Onboard Audio

Audio Chipset

Realtek ALC887

Audio Channels

7.1 Channels

Onboard LAN

LAN Chipset

Realtek GbE LAN chip

Max LAN Speed

10/100/1000Mbps

Rear Panel Ports

PS/2

1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

Video Ports

1 x D-Sub port
1 x DVI-D port

HDMI

1 x HDMI

RJ45

1 x RJ45

USB 3.0

4 x USB 3.0

USB 1.1/2.0

2 x USB 2.0

Audio Ports

6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Side Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

Internal I/O Connectors

Onboard USB

2 x USB 3.0/2.0 headers
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

Other Connectors

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x CPU fan header
3 x system fan headers
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
1 x Thunderbolt add-in card connector
1 x serial port header
1 x parallel port header
1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Physical Spec

Form Factor

ATX

Dimensions (W x L)

12.01" x 7.83"

Power Pin

24 Pin

Features

Features

Multi-Graphics Technology
- Support for 2-Way AMD CrossFire technology

I/O Controller
- iTE I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring
- System voltage detection
- CPU/System temperature detection
- CPU/System fan speed detection
- CPU/System overheating warning
- CPU/System fan fail warning
- CPU/System fan speed control
* Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

BIOS
- 2 x 64 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
- Support for DualBIOS
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features
- Support for APP Center
* Available applications in APP Center may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
3D OSD
@BIOS
AutoGreen
Cloud Station
EasyTune
Easy RAID
Fast Boot
Smart TimeLock
Smart Keyboard
Smart Backup
System Information Viewer
USB Blocker
- Support for Q-Flash
- Support for Smart Switch
- Support for Xpress Install

Bundle Software
- Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
- Intel Smart Response Technology
- cFosSpeed

Operating System
- Support for Windows 10/8.1 64-bit
- Support for Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit
* Please download the "Windows USB Installation Tool" from GIGABYTE's website and install it before installing Windows 7.