Testseek.com 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.
Unique Cosmetics, Excellent Overclocking Features and Ability, Well Thought Out Software Package, Logical Layout, Very Reasonable Price
The Gigabyte overclocking boards have an outstanding reputation for results. Time and time again, records have been broken with these motherboards. When I found out that Gigabyte was sending us a Z97X-SOC Force for review, I could hardly contain my excite...
Other then its price of 375 EURO there is very little to dislike about the X99 SOC Force. This thing is chucked full with cool stuff. The motherboards offers all that is needed for a long time, features like the 10 SATA 6 Gbps ports, the improved 7.1 cha...
4-Way GPU Support, Voltage test points, Matte Black Finish, Efficient Heatsink Design, SATA Express, Internal USB Plugs, OC Touch Controls, Power IR Digital PWM, Gold Plated CPU Socket
New UEFI is painfully slow, Default UEFI menu is the "Startup Guide" and doesn't support overclocking, Audio quality was bad this time around
We mention this quite often but as overclockers we often demand more from our hardware and want something that is specially built to help us reach insane levels. Sometimes those levels include getting a SuperPi record while others might be simpler like ru...
Running PSC requires too much training, Why a Killer NIC?, no TriSLi
Gigabyte had a tough job on their hands when developing the successor of their Z87X-OC motherboard; a tedious task as it was one of the most utilized socket 1150 boards by the enthusiasts at HWBot. And to cut things short, the Z97X SOC FORCE is another gr...
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...
