Gigabyte Z97X Gaming G1 Motherboard Review

We have come to expect more goodies from our high-end motherboards.  The extras help to justify the additional cost and sometimes help pad the parts bin for when you need replacement cables and video card bridges.  Gigabyte has included everything you see below which includes six SATA6 cables (with locks), manuals, I/O shield, driver disk and Crossfire bridge and three SLI bridges for 2-way, 3-way and 4-way card configurations.

Unlike on other Gigabyte G1 motherboards we didn't get a WiFi card or USB breakout panel.  This is a little disappointing but makes sense considering that just about every modern chassis has front mounted USB 3.0 ports.  The missing WiFi card is a bit of a mystery until you consider that you already have dual LAN onboard and if you decide to run a 4-way graphics you won’t be able to use it anyway.