Testseek.com have collected 18 expert reviews of the Gigabyte GA-Z97N Gaming 5 and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Gigabyte GA-Z97N Gaming 5.
September 2014
(76%)
18 Reviews
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Abstract: An energy friendly HTPC or a monster gaming gaming PC: with the latest generation of mini ITX motherboards anything is possible in a small form factor case. We tested a total of 15 ITX boards for Intel Haswell processors, in a price range of 50 to 200 p...
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Published: 2014-11-03, Author: Ryan , review by: eteknix.com
DualBIOS, High quality audio, Excellent networking options: Killer NIC and Intel 802.11AC, No performance penalty for its size
No SATA Express or M.2, Cheaper rival products offer similar spec & experience, Software is fragmented and a bit clunky,
PricingGigabyte's Z97N-Gaming 5 motherboard costs $153.99 at Amazon and Newegg in the USA. Here in the UK Overclockers stock this motherboard for £115.99. A 3 year warranty is provided by Gigabyte.SummaryWith the Z97N-Gaming 5 motherboard, Gigabyte have m...
Abstract: There’s only one expansion port, and that’s a PCI-E 3.0 x16 slot for a graphics card. Other than that, there are two memory slots for up to 16GBs of RAM with an overclock ceiling of 3,200MHz, and one USB3 and one USB header. These, combined with the afore...
With great on-board audio backed up by by Creative's SoundBlaster X-Fi MB3 Software Suite, solid benchmarks results and a reasonable price tag, the GA-Z97N-Gaming 5 is a fantastic mini-ITX motherboard. It's a shame that neither M.2 or SATA Express made it...
When deciding to go with a mini- ITX board there is always a concern that we will lose out on a whole load of features which are normally present on a larger board. Of course some of them are guaranteed to be missing, for example multiple 16x PCIe slots b...
If push came to shove, we would chose the MSI Z97I GAMING AC Motherboard over the Gigabyte GA-Z97N GAMING-5, though mainly down to the BIOS and the FPS performance at times. The Gigabyte GA-Z97N GAMING-5 is currently 113.99 on Amazons UK site which is...
Published: 2014-07-28, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: With every new chipset release, a large part of the community is always interested in the smaller form factor builds. Building a small yet powerful system seems to be an expanding niche, and for Intel's Z97 platform we took three of the cheaper mini-ITX m...
Abstract: Those with more modest needs can get by with Intel's tiny Next Unit of Computing (NUC). Those who need more expansion slots can default to micro-ATX. But if you're the kind of person whose only required add-in board is a beefy GPU, as many are, chances ar...
For a board that overclocks, comes with WIFI/WIDI/Bluetooth, Killer LAN and SoundBlaster Audio it's hard to beat at $179. There are other enthusiast boards that are more expensive and you would need to look at the key features to see if there were any dea...
Since the GIGABYTE Z97N- GAMING 5 is Mini-ITX motherboard, you should expect a cheaper price tag, since you just don't get the same amount of features as bigger, more feature packed motherboards. At the moment, the GIGABYTE Z97N- GAMING 5 is going to set...
