Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard (4x DDR3, 6x USB3.0, 8x USB2.0, HDMI, DVI-I, DSUB)

My review echoes what 'Darren Porter' stated below; after researching the many many choices, I bought this one and it's great! It's easy to install and has great performance for gamers and overclockers (e.g., GTA 5, X-Plane 10, etc.). Packaging was excellent too, shipping in the usual anti-static bag and two SATA cables. If you are a first-time PC builder, then remember that you need to buy other cables going to/from the motherboard (e.g., ATX 12V and 24V cables to power supply, and front panel cables connecting motherboard to the power button, audio ports and HD activity light etc.) Everything is where you'd expect it to be on an ATX motherboard, and it fits very well into my Xigmatek Utgard case. Very strong motherboard when you hold it, with red lights around some edges and a BIOS which is quite easy to use.Minor odd behavior with my W8.1 64-bit rig: CD/DVD drive not always detected despite latest CD/DVD firmware and latest motherboard BIOS, and some times one or two reboots are needed to detect my Operating System (it always finds it). Entering BIOS and quiting with or without changes can some times lead to a blue-colored screen stating OS cannot be found/fatal error on my PC, but a restart always fixes this. I think that these glitches are probably unique to my PC and not due to the motherboard itself; more likely they're due to a slight conflict between several bits of hardware and/or minor difficulty upgrading W7 to W8, which can happen in computing let's be honest. I cannot fault the motherboard.It also comes with extra software such as a hardware monitor (great for voltage- and temperature-monitoring, including fan speeds of other hardware), and installing drivers such as LAN/ethernet and audio was easy (I downloaded these from the web site to ensure they are latest versions).Overall, if in doubt and/or on a budget but looking for excellent value-for-money, I recommend this highly!

I bought this motherboard as part of a self build project with my son for Christmas. The standard and quality of the product is and is very solid. I'm no expert and relied on the manufacturer's selling pitch and specs. I was amazed at all the other reviews and gained a lot of information on the parts that i was going to use, so thank you for all the help fellow Amazoners. I like the look of this motherboard its durable, has a lot of extras and with my build spec is very upgradable. The build was pretty simple, The instructions are thorough with a little help from you tube etc.My build was as follows:-Gigabyte Gaming 5 MotherboardIntel I-5 4690K Processor4 x 8Gb Hyper X Fury Red Ram boards240 Gb Hyper X Savage SSDGigabyte NVidia GTX 750 ti 2Gb Graphics card.I also threw in some silent fans which are blue on start-up. I fully intend to increase the performance of this build in the future, probably with the addition of more drives, an improved Graphics card etc.

Worked Great, for about 2 weeks then it did not work at all, would not recommend. Spend a bit extra and for the msi gaming 5.UpdateI have since sent it back to gigabyte and it is now working great, had if for 3 months and could not be happier with the product and also gigabytes customers service. Only complaint is they mad me pay to ship it to them and back to me, this cost around £30 and I feel as it was in warrenty they should have paid for it. Other than that it is a great product and would recommend

This is worth buying. I highly recommend this motherboard even if your new to building gaming computers. I enjoy the M.2 SSD slot as I use it and my computer can boot up in 5 seconds. Great overclocking abilities. Easy BIOS to use, and all the slots on the motherboard is label so you know where everything plugs into.

There are many great things about this motherboard, the fact that you can press F2 in the bios to switch between UI modes (I use classic since it's easier to overclock with because of how simple the UI is) the on-board sound card is phenomenal. The Red LED's that light up on the motherboard when you switch on your PC (makes everything feel that much more premium) and let's not forget the generous amount of USB ports on the IO as I have a lot of USB peripherals and i'm not a fan of USB Hubs this is a must have for me. This board also has great build quality and let's not forget the Ethernet Internet speeds are insanely fast. Highly recommend.

It failed after few months and I had to spend quite some time to find the problem, and then, unmount the whole PC to put a new motherboard in. I bought a Black Edition one next as they get exhaustively tested before they ship.

This was really great. Easy to install, the instructions are simple enough for a first time PC builder to follow, and it looks amazing. As soon as you pull it out of the box it feels like it's a top quality item. 10/10 would buy again.

got the job done for a month, then the ethernet port stopped working so i have to use wifi which sucks for gaming. Tried going on their website for help but the customer service is awful. save up and get an ASUS one. They're much better quality and customer service is better