Test: Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force

Konklusion

Bundkortet her har fået navnet "Force" som var navnet på det helt store OC bundkort i Z87 serien, men dette bundkort har ikke fået en PLX chip og 16 fasers strømforsyning, men virker faktisk meget strippet som det OC bundkort jeg har sammenlignet med.

Innovation/Teknologi - 4
Jeg synes ikke at Gigabyte har leveret ret meget nyt med dette bundkort, men det er også ganske fint, for det har Z97 chipsettet som er det vigtigste her. Den tidligere OC serie havde hvad man kunne ønske sig, her har Gigabyte så bare smidt et andet netkort og en isoleret lyd del oveni.

Bundle/Tilbehør - 4
Der er hvad der skal bruges i pakken, men ikke meget mere. Den medfølgende OC Brace er rigtig dejlig, og kablerne til at aflæse spændinger er også dejlige at have med når der skal overclockes.

Design/Layout - 4
Designet er faktisk det samme som på den tidligere serie af OC bundkort, og det er et design der fungerer rigtig godt, jeg kan især godt lide USB 2.0 portene der sidder ved siden af SATA portene.

Software/BIOS - 4
BIOS'en er blevet meget nemmere for nybegyndere at rode i. Skal man kun bestemme hvad der skal bootes op på, er den nye hovedmenu rigtig god. Jeg ville dog gerne haft mulighed for at sætte XMP profil på RAM i Startup Guide, da jeg stadig ser mange være forvirret af denne indstilling, og mange kører faktisk ikke med deres RAM's fulde hastighed, fordi de ikke kender til indstillingen.

Ydelse - 4
Vi ser at dette OC kort sommetider halter lidt efter Gaming kortet, men generelt leverer det en rigtig god ydelse.

Pris - 4
Det tidligere Force kort kostede over 3000kr. så en pris på lidt under 1500kr. er bestemt til at vende hovedet efter, men med Z97 får man heller ikke PLX chip, hvilket jeg har svært ved at forstå. Men prisen er bestemt rigtig god, så græder man knapt så meget når det brænder.

UK summary

The motherboard here is called "Force" which was the name of the big OC motherboard in the Z87 series, but this motherboard has not got a PLX chip and 16 phases power supply, but actually works very stripped as the OC motherboard I have compared it with.

Innovation/Technology - 4
I do not think that Gigabyte has delivered significant innovations with this motherboard, but it is also quite fine, because it has Z97 chipset which is the important thing here. The former OC series had what one could wish for, here Gigabyte then just thrown another network card and an isolated audio section on top.

Bundle/Accessories - 4
There is what is needed in the package, but not much more. The accompanying OC Brace is really nice, and the cables to read voltages is also great to have when it comes to overclocking.

Design/Layout - 4
The design is actually the same as in the previous series of OC motherboard, and it's a design that works really well, I especially like USB 2.0 ports located next to the SATA ports.

Software/BIOS - 4
The BIOS has become much easier for beginners to fiddle with. Should we just decide what is to be booted up, the new main menu is really good. However, I would like to have had the opportunity to set the XMP profile on RAM Startup Guide, since I still see many be confused by this option, and many do not actually running with their RAM's full speed, because they do not know the setting.

Performance - 4
We see that this OC board sometimes lags a little behind the gaming board, but in general it delivers very good performance.

Price - 4
The former Force board cost over 3000 DKK, so a price of just under 1500 DKK is destined to turn heads, but with the Z97 there will not be no PLX chip, which I find hard to understand. But the price is certainly very good, so we will not weep quite as much when it burns.

Test: Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force

Innovation / Teknologi	4
Bundle - Tilbehør	4
Design - Layout	4
Software - BIOS	4
Ydelse	4
Pris	4
Samlet	80%