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ASRock Z270 Extreme 4 Review
Posted by: on: 01/03/2017 06:07 PM [
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ASRock released the Z270 EXTREME 4. A Kaby lake ready motherboard with proper looks and an AURA RGB LED system that can be controlled from the EUFI BIOS. Other then that you are looking at your normal high-end Intel chipset based motherboard, with a few hidden easter-eggs of course.
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coth
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Senior Member
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Posted on: 01/03/2017 07:04 PM
No U.2 or SATA Express? It's about a time to start ditching ancient SATA.
No U.2 or SATA Express? It's about a time to start ditching ancient SATA.
xLegendary
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Posted on: 01/04/2017 09:39 AM
Great looking motherboard, just want to see reviews from the Z270 Fatal1ty and compare with this one to decide my pick..
Great looking motherboard, just want to see reviews from the Z270 Fatal1ty and compare with this one to decide my pick..
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Don Vito Corleone
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Posted on: 01/04/2017 09:40 AM
I have that one ALMOST ready. Perhaps Friday.
Great looking motherboard, just want to see reviews from the Z270 Fatal1ty and compare with this one to decide my pick..
I have that one ALMOST ready. Perhaps Friday.
Evildead666
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Posted on: 01/04/2017 03:33 PM
Thats what the M.2 PCIe slots are for (and the U.2 connectors).
I see the point of U.2, just that its not really for everyone.
A couple of M.2 slots on a motherboard are fine for Booting, and maybe a games drive/scratch drive in the 2nd slot.
I can live with the rest being on standard SATA drives.
SATA Express needed to die very quickly. Its a lot worse than M.2 or U.2, in speed and complexity, and longevity.
It was bascially stillborn anyway. A knee-jerk reaction from the SATA Group when SSD's hit the SATA3 wall so quick.
(scratch drive = very fast temp drive. ie media encoding, etc...)
No U.2 or SATA Express? It's about a time to start ditching ancient SATA.
Thats what the M.2 PCIe slots are for (and the U.2 connectors).
I see the point of U.2, just that its not really for everyone.
A couple of M.2 slots on a motherboard are fine for Booting, and maybe a games drive/scratch drive in the 2nd slot.
I can live with the rest being on standard SATA drives.
SATA Express needed to die very quickly. Its a lot worse than M.2 or U.2, in speed and complexity, and longevity.
It was bascially stillborn anyway. A knee-jerk reaction from the SATA Group when SSD's hit the SATA3 wall so quick.
(scratch drive = very fast temp drive. ie media encoding, etc...)
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Nice board. I'm a bit weirded out by the lack of electrical components. Not complaining, it's actually impressive. Are they all located on the back?