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hey guys this is Dimitri and this year's CES was certainly an interesting one for gigabyte not only we were shown their rise in motherboards behind closed doors make sure to check out that video but there were also a ton of other products on display too that were really cool and we were immediately drawn to two never-before-seen z2 70 motherboards and one very unique graphics card the show coverage is possible thanks to Nvidia gigabyte fantex and NCIX so let's start with an ITX form factor and while many of you may be drawn towards larger form factor motherboards for their expanded feature sets gigabytes upcoming z2 70 n gaming 5 may be one of the best-looking mini ITX motherboards we've seen in a long time it has a simple yet effective black and orange color scheme but what lies beneath the surface is what will define this board for its intended market it was designed from the ground up for overclocking enthusiasts so not only is the bias supposed to hold a ton of advanced options for people running liquid nitrogen or ultra high and water cooling stuff but there's also a 6 plus - all digital PWM and memory slots that support extreme memory speeds since this board and the bias are not complete yet a lot of its high-level specifications like officially supported memory frequencies are not known yet but expect that information and the full review coming soon of course there are usual features like reinforced PCIe slots USB 3.1 gen2 connectivity and an integrated Wi-Fi module and the rear mounted MDOT to slot the biggest standout however for this little board is its compatibility with gigabytes new OC touch control panel the secondary PCB connects to the gaming 5i TX via a proprietary slot and when installed it sits at a 90 degree angle to the board itself it actually houses many what's high-end overclocking functions normally found on gigabytes larger super overclocked motherboards but makes them accessible on this very compact form factor so it's crammed full of goodies like six extra pwm fan headers buttons for power reset CMOS reset and a battery Clear button that will surely come in handy they're also manual hard-wired controls for B clock tuning ratio selectors gigabytes ocg R auto overclocking and toggle switches for CPU mode among other things and finally along the bottom edge is a massive selection of voltage readout points unfortunately a pose code readout seems to be missing here and this is all powered by a molex power connector and if you are looking for high overclocks our of a small motherboard it is very difficult to think of anything else that would beat this the other motherboard which really caught our eyes was the Z 270x gaming SOC or super overclocked this series has an ongoing tradition for being one of the best motherboards on the market for extreme overclockers there are four PCIe x16 slots - m dot two slots one of which is Intel opting compatible and a few other overclock and friendly features like a postcode readout and an integrated OC touch buttons you may also have noticed there are two USB 3 ports in an odd location right near the SATA connectors and those are actually perfect when using this board outside of the case within a professional overclocking environment this board is also compatible with the OC touch panel that we talked about earlier for additional overclocking control another interesting move for gigabyte was their introduction of Oris branded products outside of their traditional notebook space the plan here is to position or is branded motherboards graphics cards and notebooks and peripherals also as their premium offerings much like Asus has done with their very successful Republic of gamers lineup meanwhile their more basic gaming series will loosely aligned with the Asus Strix series and from what we saw at CES the Auris motherboards look really good with plenty of high-end features and some interesting capabilities too and expect the reviews of all of them very very soon but there is one more thing on display this is gigabytes new Oris GPU which is based upon gigabytes extreme design but incorporates a few minor cosmetic changes now I say new because the actual graphics core and here is so new we can't even tell you what it is let's just say it will be launching from Nvidia very soon and the positioning of Voris as a premium high-end brand matches perfectly with this course target market it will certainly be an interesting springtime at Harbour Canucks offices so that's it from gigabyte at CES 2017 and as we start to wrap out our coverage stay tuned for just a little bit more and I'll see you in next video