Recent content by q-silver

Thanks TCWORLD. That's good to know.

TCWORLD , Interesting... do you happen to know how fast this would run? I wonder if I could get the same performance out of a SATA Express -> PCIe adapter that I get from the single PCIExpress slot that I'm using. In my case I've used a rather expensive ribbon cable with a PCIe card to mount a...

TCWORLD, Great analysis. I've made the same decision for pretty much the same reasons and bought the Z170N-G5 together with a couple Samsung 950 (M.2 NVMe... one on PCIe), fast Corsair DDR4, an i7 6700 and a HDPlex H1.S case. The system is tiny, absolutely silent and ridiculously fast with...

Thanks TCWORLD... OK... I see it now... somehow I thought you were referring to the speed of NVMe rather than the TB interface. My mistake. All looks good here...as you say... now we just need a few TB3 devices or at the very least, a reasonably priced adapter to the older TB2 devices!

2 TB ports? I wonder where the second one is? It sure would be nice to actually test this out on real hardware. TCWORLD: How are you checking the speed of NVMe? I see that HWINFO seems to know that the drive is NVMe. Where do you check the interface characteristics?

A few interesting Thunderbolt 3 devices coming: Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt Adapter (seems pricey at £75) * http://www.startech.com/uk/Cables/thunderbolt-3-cables/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-thunderbolt-adapter~TBT3TBTADAP Thunderbolt to dual monitor: *...

Perhaps DisplayPort will be provided through the thunderbolt port once enabled. Thunderbolt 3 ports are fully compatible with DisplayPort devices and cables. See more at: https://thunderbolttechnology.net/tech/faq

There is certainly no guarantee re TB on the Z170N-G5. Personally I think that they are working on the certification now and that the config screens that have recently appeared in the BIOS to allow them to get an approval from Thunderbolt HQ.. The board does seem to work with the BIOS for one...

I agree with both.. I do not need to drive 2 monitors from the little machine... especially not from the built in i7 based GPU but it would be nice to have 2 x Intel NICs rather than the 'silly Killer NIC'. However, I would not trade TB3 for this... With TB3 I can add another NIC or two (or a...

@Brams , Nice work!... Yes... Definitely a positive sign! Perhaps even more than that... a positive certainty... unless, for some reason they cannot get the certification. It certainly shows that they are working towards it... I agree that GB may not even be allowed to use the term...

Good detective work! So it looks like there is some hope for the mATX but ever dwindling chances for the ITX. That's really a shame... I was hoping to build a silent Skylake system with TB3 using the HDPlex H1.S but I guess I'm going to have to use the much larger H5 with a ATX or nATX board.

@brams: Interesting observation. Do you know if there was anything in the Z170X-Gaming 7 BIOS before the update to unlock Thunderbolt 3? Also... I do not recall Gigabyte saying anything officially about TB in the Gaming 7 before the official announcement. I certainly hope they are able to...

@jb1 : I completely agree. Having dome similar certifications myself my guess is that they do not want to make promises that they cannot deliver on. Intel may also restrict them from even using the term Thunderbolt until after they have completed the certification. I just wish they would...

In the press release it says " has expanded with the certification by Intel of the GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming G1". So perhaps Gigabyte need to get the Gaming 5 through the certification process before saying anything.

Which one? It looks like the GA-Z170X-Gaming G1, GT and 7 now have thunderbolt 3 but all are much bigger than ITX. The GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 seems like it MIGHT have Alpine Ridge but no support for Thunderbolt 3 that I can see.