A good base for a powerful small-form-factor system. Gigabyte hit many of the right notes with the £200 X99 Gaming 5 motherboard released back in August. Sensible layout and a good choice of extras was only compromised by a BIOS that we felt was a little too clever for itself.

Intel's premium consumer PC platform is now being given the micro-ATX makeover by Gigabyte. The X99M Gaming 5 follows in the footsteps of its full-sized namesake but adds a few touches of its own.