[PConline evaluation] This time evaluation of several X99 motherboards, but it is the flagship products of several large companies, often seeing five or six thousand Dongdong cool, of course, but people will really buy their pockets will not Too much, after all, five or six thousand are enough to set up a high-performance gaming computer. So today we got a X99 motherboard with a relatively affordable price - Gigabyte X99P-SLI. The electricity supplier quotes 2699 to send 8GB of memory. It has a price advantage, with a cheap 6-core Extreme i7 performance is also a trick ~
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â— Ultra durable material classic black PCB style
The board is still the classic style of the ultra-durable series. The design of the CPU power supply module heat sink and the South Bridge heat sink is very calm and beautiful. The dark black is dotted with a hard-lined Phnom Penh. Since positioning is the mainstream level, there are not many luxurious decoration designs. Fortunately, there are 8 memory slots on both sides to remind you that this is an X99 motherboard.
Expansion slot
The number of extra PCIe channels is an advantage of the X99 motherboard, so this Gigabyte X99P-SLI is also equipped with a lot of PCIe slots, and the long slots are all made of alloy curing, ensuring that the use of long-term use of the month can support the heavy Graphics card. Up to four CFs or SLIs are supported, but the current 10 Series Pascals are currently open only to dual SLIs, and the dual is also very powerful. The remaining slots for PCIe SSDs are also excellent.
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32Gb/s M.2 SSD interface
The mainboard provides an M.2 SSD interface with a theoretical bandwidth of 32 Gb/s. The maximum size is 2280. If you remove the PCIe x1 interface and change it to 22110 M.2, it will be better.
Disk interface
Because the positioning is the mainstream X99 motherboard, it is not equipped with the most ubiquitous U.2 SSD interface, and the number of SATA ports is very abundant, to meet the needs of the vast majority of players, up to 10 SATA 3.0 devices General users are dissatisfied, after all, ordinary power supplies do not have as many SATA power supply interfaces.
I/O backplane interface
As an X99 motherboard, such an I/O interface does seem to be relatively thin, but it is not without its highlights. The current highest speed and positive and negative pluggable USB 3.1 Type-C interface is very practical, and the red one is the A interface. With Intel's ThunderboltTM 3 certification, it is capable of both displaying output, powering, and transmitting data. Below the second row there is a DP-IN interface. It can be said that this is an interface prepared for the future. It can be connected to the DP OUT interface of the graphics card. Combined with the red interface, it can output power and display signals to the display device at the same time.
The motherboard electricity supplier quoted at 2,699 yuan, while giving away a memory of 8GB DDR4 2400, is a relatively cheap price in the X99. Suitable for players who have limited budget but want to use 5 Series, 6 Series Extreme i7.
â— Dismantling: Ultra-durable materials are guaranteed
CPU power supply module
Ultra-durable heat sinks are covered with black solid-state capacitors and server-grade inductors to effectively protect the core components of the motherboard. The chip part adopts the power supply control chip provided by IR and PowIRstageTM, and can effectively divide the current of each phase of the power supply to make the heat dissipation more uniform.
8PINCPU power supply interface
8×DDR4 memory slot
For players with large memory requirements, the X99 motherboard is undoubtedly the first choice, supporting four channels, supporting XMP, and a maximum frequency of 3400MHz.
AMP-UP audio module
The audio module uses an audio shield. Under the shield is the ALC1150, supplemented by Nichicon professional audio capacitors, and an independent left and right channel PCB layered design to ensure that the sound signals are not interfered with each other. In addition, there is an LED audio divider for embellishment.
Intel USB 3.1 Solution
It is also the most high-end USB 3.1 solution, which ensures high-speed USB 3.1A&C interface transmission at the I/O backplane.
Intel Gigabit LAN chip
The most common chip in the high-end motherboard, I218V.
Heat pipe between CPU heat sink and South Bridge heat sink
Board bottom expansion interface
Evaluation used M.2 SSD - RD400
The main board material can be said to balance the cost and stability, and it is also a major feature of the ultra-durable series. There is no such thing as a very luxurious pile, but the place where durability is determined is not sloppy - well, let's take a look at the run score evaluation.
â— Test platform description:
A-DATA P550 480G Graphics Card
The evaluation can be divided into three parts, the first part is the BIOS trial, the second part is the enhanced version of the performance test, and finally the heat test.
Test platform screenshot
The hardware uses i7-6950X, 4x8GB 2400 memory, and GTX1080, all of which are currently the most high-end configurations.
â— Classic GIGABYTE Black Style BIOS:
Main interface
Core hardware state
Convenient adjustment frequency
BOOT option
Chipset options
NVMe option turns on automatically
Power Management
Save Settings
Everyone who sees the reviews knows that it's not easy to play new tricks in the BIOS. Gigabyte just keeps the original BIOS.
â— benchmark performance test:
To understand how the motherboard performs, we have added Gigabyte's flagship X99 DESIGANRE EX.
In the benchmark performance test, you can see that the Gigabyte X99P-SLI's default performance is very similar to Gigabyte's X99 DESIGNARE EX performance, so it can be judged that the motherboard can stably play the hardware performance.
Motherboard temperature test:
In the temperature test section, we mainly examined the problems of the CPU power supply of the mainboard. This part of the temperature is the place where the main board generates a large amount of heat, and it is also the key to the stability of the mainboard. We used the Fluke Ti25 thermal imager to test and recorded two data when idle (CPU, video card is empty) and full load (CPU full, video card is empty).
Idle temperature (left), full load temperature (right)
At that time, the evaluation room temperature was about 24°C. From the thermal imaging test chart, we can see that in the idle condition, the temperature of the power supply module is only 35.3°C, and after full load, it is only 44.6°C. It can be said that it is a very low temperature. With overclocking requirements, there is still a lot of overclocking space, and one of the characteristics of the Extreme Series CPU is to fully unlock the overclocking function. Most players who use this level of hardware have certain overclocking requirements.
â—PConline evaluation room summary:
The biggest advantage of the motherboard is to ensure that the materials are solid on a sufficiently low-cost basis. If you were originally a mainstream i7/E3 user with a limited budget but want to test the Extreme i7, this motherboard may be suitable for you. The warranty also provides 4 years of free warranty, indicating that Gigabyte is still very confident about ultra-durable materials.
On the extended function: the maximum support for four graphics cards, there are currently popular M.2 SSD interface, USB 3.1 A & C interface, Intel Thunder 3 interface, or relatively strong, and be regarded as the only missing is the most expensive U. 2 SSD interface, but the corresponding U.2 SSD device is also more expensive. If it is not intended to use U.2 devices, then this is not a problem.
Price: It is the cheapest X99 motherboard in the ATX form factor at present, and the price is close to the people, solid workmanship, combined with the brand's guarantee and four-year warranty, this motherboard is worth starting.
Insufficient places: As an X99 motherboard, the I/O backplane looks too thin, and consumers will find it much more comfortable to add a few USB 3.0 ports.
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