Testseek.co.uk have collected 66 expert reviews of the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC Force.
July 2014
(89%)
66 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(78%)
40 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Strong power delivery system and overclocking potential
Extensive range of overclockingorientated features
Solid set of general usage features
Attractive and unique colour scheme
Indepth UEFI implementation wellsuited for overclocking users
DualBIOS
The editors didn't like
No M.2 connector
Potential for interference with large CPU cooler and upper PCIe slot.
Published: 2014-06-26, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
There are many things to like about the Gigabyte Z97X SOC Force.The first of the orange Gigabyte OC motherboards was the X58, which feels like a lifetime ago now. It was a stripped down, no messing, 100% pure bread overclocking machine. Later models, alth...
Published: 2014-06-23, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
After testing and examining the Z97X-SOC Force in detail, one thing is clear – in any analysis of this motherboard it helps to understand the desktop market as a whole. The biggest segment relevant to most motherboards in the $120 and up range is the gam...
Stock performance, Overclocking performance, Board layout and design, Optimized power circuitry, CPU socket layout and spacing, Overclockingrelated integrated features, Optimized memory socket design, Clear CMOS battery button, Price, UEFI BIOS design and
Lack of accessible PCIExpress x1 slot with primary PCIExpress x16 slot occupied, Lack of integrated PLX chip for enhanced PCIExpress x16 slot performance, Inclusion of PCI slots instead of additional PCIExpress x4 or x1 slots
The Z97X-SOC Force is a well designed board, featuring almost anything an enthusiast or professional overclocker would desire in an overclocking motherboard. GIGABYTE improved upon their previous generation design, including additional DIMM slot and overc...
Competition is a good thing, especially for the consumer, and without it we all lose out. Unfortunately in the desktop CPU market right now Intel isn’t facing much in the way of competition and in fact they haven’t been for some time ...
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Published: 2014-05-13, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Competition is a good thing and without it, we all lose out. Unfortunately, Intel isn't facing much in the way of competition in the desktop CPU market right now, and they haven't for some time. AMD's year and a half old Piledriver-based FX processors can...
Published: 2014-05-12, Author: Dan , review by: legitreviews.com
‘ The GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC Force was certainly able to prove itself as a very capable LGA1150 motherboard today. In all honesty though, that's pretty much what I've come to expect from the top tier companies like GIGABYTE though. While the GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC...
If you perused all of the benchmark scores on the previous pages, you’ll know that the new Z97 chipset, and by extension, all of the motherboards we tested here, offered similar, though ever-so-slightly better performance than the older Z87 Express. T...
The GA-Z97X-SOC Force from Gigabyte costs $209.99 US which is a great price for those looking to get a massive overclocking feature set in a single product. Starting off with the design, the GA-Z97X-SOC Force takes the Ultra Durable design and combines it...
As I type this review, I cannot help but feel the extreme need to give the new 9-series motherboard the proper review they deserve but without the new processors from Intel, we are at the mercy of their release cycle.Focusing on the GIGABYTE Z97X-SOC FORC...
