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ASRock Shows Z170 Motherboards
Nice ! ASRock shows the top dog Z170 Extreme 7 and Z170 FATAL1TY Gaming K6.These new motherboards fall in the 100 series for Intel Skylake processors, bound to be released in a month or so, likely July / August.
The high-end Z170 Extreme 7 comes with a super alloy design. The LGA 1151 socket that allows support of Intel’s Skylake processors is powered by a 8-Pin connector while the board draws power from an ATX connector.
It supports DDR4 memory and has 10 SATA 6 GB/s and 3 SATA Express ports and USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 internal headers on the motherboard. ASRock is offering four PCI-e 3.0 x16, two PCI-e 3.0 x1 slots and three Ultra M.2 slots that operate at speeds of PCI-e 3.0 x4. A Mini PCIe slot can also be seen that can support SSDs or WiFi cards and can easily be used since the M.2 slot above it is risen, check it out.
The ASRock Z170 Gaming K6 then, it is FATAL1TY branded, and though the board looks and feels just like the previous shown model, there are differences. It supports DDR4 memory and has 8 SATA 6 GB/s and 2 SATA Express ports. The motherboard shows a Dual BIOS and also has a Diagnostic LED. It has three PCI-e 3.0 x16, three PCI-e 3.0 x1 slots and a single Ultra M.2 slot that operate at speeds of PCI-e 3.0 x4.
IO wise you will see 8 USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, Killer E2200 LAN port, a 7.1 Channel audio jack, PS/2 port, HDMI and DVI display outputs. Sound is provided through the Purity Sound 3 design that has the technology implemented on an isolated PCB. Check 'r out, I hope to post some more photo's from Computex which i attend next week.
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#5085228 Posted on: 05/31/2015 03:19 PM
I like the fact it has top 1x slot.
if I ever upgrade. I need boards that have the top 1x slot for my sound card.
dont like having sound cards under gpu, due to heat.
bad enough the daughter board for my card sits two slot under my 2nd gpu.
have to admit though.
seems azrock board post faster then gigabyte boards.
I like the fact it has top 1x slot.
if I ever upgrade. I need boards that have the top 1x slot for my sound card.
dont like having sound cards under gpu, due to heat.
bad enough the daughter board for my card sits two slot under my 2nd gpu.
have to admit though.
seems azrock board post faster then gigabyte boards.
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#5085284 Posted on: 05/31/2015 04:51 PM
LGA 1151 pin-layout doesn't seem all that different from the LGA 1150.
LGA 1151 pin-layout doesn't seem all that different from the LGA 1150.
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#5085300 Posted on: 05/31/2015 05:21 PM
AsRock came a long way. And those pics are like porn to me.
AsRock came a long way. And those pics are like porn to me.
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#5085326 Posted on: 05/31/2015 06:15 PM
I like the fact it has top 1x slot.
if I ever upgrade. I need boards that have the top 1x slot for my sound card.
dont like having sound cards under gpu, due to heat.
bad enough the daughter board for my card sits two slot under my 2nd gpu.
have to admit though.
seems azrock board post faster then gigabyte boards.
And have a ton more glitches and absolutely nightmarish support. I've been dealing with ASRock's support for well over a month now and I still haven't received a replacement BIOS chip for my defective one, it was defective out of the box. That is unless you count a damaged one they sent me, after my initial few weeks of waiting, which was literally covered in dirt and had its pins bent horizontally so they couldn't just be bent forward or backward. They also refused to take any the bug reports I gave seriously and basically did nothing about them even though they are serious problems.
This is my first ASRock board in what must be over a decade, and it'll be my last for this decade. I should have bought from Gigabyte or Asus.
I like the fact it has top 1x slot.
if I ever upgrade. I need boards that have the top 1x slot for my sound card.
dont like having sound cards under gpu, due to heat.
bad enough the daughter board for my card sits two slot under my 2nd gpu.
have to admit though.
seems azrock board post faster then gigabyte boards.
And have a ton more glitches and absolutely nightmarish support. I've been dealing with ASRock's support for well over a month now and I still haven't received a replacement BIOS chip for my defective one, it was defective out of the box. That is unless you count a damaged one they sent me, after my initial few weeks of waiting, which was literally covered in dirt and had its pins bent horizontally so they couldn't just be bent forward or backward. They also refused to take any the bug reports I gave seriously and basically did nothing about them even though they are serious problems.
This is my first ASRock board in what must be over a decade, and it'll be my last for this decade. I should have bought from Gigabyte or Asus.
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Jesus christ. i want that extreme7.
I just got myself the extreme6 z97 one, but this one is a beauty.
3 m.2 x4 ports. thats mental. imagine 3x sm951 nvme in raid 0.