discussion ASUS Z170-A Skylake Motherboard Review Comment Thread

[SKYMTL]

The ASUS Z170-A may be one of the most affordable Skylake motherboards but its feature set and overclocking abilities are nothing short of impressive.

Read more here: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...944-asus-z170-skylake-motherboard-review.html

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[Dwayne]

Not trying to nit pick, but I see Z107 a few times on the first page and it is throwing me off

 

[SKYMTL]

Think I got them all in the revised edit.

 

[WolfBane]

man that is one nice board and i love the UEFI setup and defiantly love the water pump connector as well as 3.1 usb.

Can this board still use a 1150 or 1155 water block as well ?


Hell of a good read and review

 

[SugarJ]

See the picture with the water block mounted. Or yes. :biggrin:

 

[WolfBane]

:thumb:

See the picture with the water block mounted. Or yes. :biggrin:

 

[Darksword]

I wouldn't call 16 lanes as "PCI-E Lanes Aplenty".

But that's just me.

 

[Vittra]

Oh?

16x PCI-E 3.0 lanes on CPU
20x PCI-E 3.0 lanes on chipset

Previous chipsets, including X99, are 8x PCI-E 2.0 lanes on chipset. That is a very significant change with all the connectivity options we are being offered in the present day, most notably Thunderbolt 3/USB 3.1 and the shift towards PCI-E/NVMe connectivity for SSDs.

 

[belgolas]

Is it 20 + 16 or only 4x PCI-E 3.0 plus 16?