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Review: SuperMicro C7Z170-SQ motherboard
In this review we look at a SuperMicro C7Z170-SQ motherboard from their new Gaming series. SMC is predominantly active in the server market, however they have a new gaming line of consumer grade mainboards, and that we have to check out. Armed with that new Core i7 6700K processor this product comes with okay aesthetics. But how will it compete with the big names like MSI, ASUS and Gigabyte?
Read the full review here.
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#5182179 Posted on: 11/03/2015 03:16 PM
Wow, the IO is very small....And no shields on the motherboard along side small looking heatsinks for 250 euros which is about..$270? That's pretty steep, I think the board would do better in a lower price range.
Wow, the IO is very small....And no shields on the motherboard along side small looking heatsinks for 250 euros which is about..$270? That's pretty steep, I think the board would do better in a lower price range.
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#5182198 Posted on: 11/03/2015 03:59 PM
Most of the time you use few of the IO... i have seen far smaller on high end.
Heatsinks show the pro origin of SMC
lol it is very effective but small...
most "gamer"'s huuuuuuuge heatsink are just average... but they are cute... lol
About the price i agree all the way. a bit too expensive.
Wow, the IO is very small... small looking heatsinks for 250 euros... I think the board would do better in a lower price range.
Most of the time you use few of the IO... i have seen far smaller on high end.
Heatsinks show the pro origin of SMC
lol it is very effective but small...
most "gamer"'s huuuuuuuge heatsink are just average... but they are cute... lol
About the price i agree all the way. a bit too expensive.
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#5182425 Posted on: 11/03/2015 09:30 PM
This is Supermicro boys. You get what you need and only that. That's why their boards really are the most stable boards on the planet. My Proxmox rig runs on a Supermicro board and it's infallible. I know a few people who own Supermic's as well & they would tell you the same. I have 2 HBA's with a RAID5 running between them, both PCIE 4X running off a Xeon 1230 (v1). Never had a single throughput issue with the mechanical HDD's (2TB WD Reds. I serve HD media to up to 6 people at a time and run VM's too).
Great boards that never fail from my experience.
Furthermore I have seen gaming boards with IPMI's from them which is an awesome feature, we can login via a separate network card and monitor system vitals. That's huge. Smart move by them.
My next gaming board will 100% be a Supermicro. I can't wait to try them.
This is Supermicro boys. You get what you need and only that. That's why their boards really are the most stable boards on the planet. My Proxmox rig runs on a Supermicro board and it's infallible. I know a few people who own Supermic's as well & they would tell you the same. I have 2 HBA's with a RAID5 running between them, both PCIE 4X running off a Xeon 1230 (v1). Never had a single throughput issue with the mechanical HDD's (2TB WD Reds. I serve HD media to up to 6 people at a time and run VM's too).
Great boards that never fail from my experience.
Furthermore I have seen gaming boards with IPMI's from them which is an awesome feature, we can login via a separate network card and monitor system vitals. That's huge. Smart move by them.
My next gaming board will 100% be a Supermicro. I can't wait to try them.
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despite i would buy a SMC or a Tyan for my server or workstation (indestructible and compatible with nearly everything),
I don't know if i would buy a "gaming" board from them...
Same as if MSI does server board... Gygabite does but it's "mac donald's" level.
only exeption ASUS.
but who know? with better product they can be great gaming brand...
nice review HH