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ASRock Z170 Extreme4 (Intel LGA-1151) Motherboard Review

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Oh. My. GOD.

IKR !? ;-; too bad they were sold out before they were available I Kri everi time

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oh man , I'm waiting for reviews on that board ... The amount of power phases it appears to have is insane. I might snag one too if they get good reviews and don't cost too much

 

 

OC Formula has 17 I believe, and soc force has ~24.

 

Oc formula will probably be a better board still, the last gens of it have been god tier for benching.

 

 

damn gigabyte O.o 24phase wow ... too bad the board is hideous ... actually almost all 170 series boards so far are imo 

 

speaking of power phases , see this http://www.galax.net/US/980tihofLN2.html ? i want one but cant find any fr sale ;-; 

 

Bear in mind they're using doublers, the actual phase count isn't as high as it looks if you just count the chokes.

 

For example, the Asrock Z97 OC Formula claimed to be 12+4 phases, but is actually 6+2 with an IR3598 doubler (it's not just Asrock that does this, just an example).

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Bear in mind they're using doublers, the actual phase count isn't as high as it looks if you just count the chokes.

 

For example, the Asrock Z97 OC Formula claimed to be 12+4 phases, but is actually 6+2 with an IR3598 doubler (it's not just Asrock that does this, just an example).

 

 

If you count the chokes on the Z170 OC formula, there is 17 of them, If you count the chokes on the Z170 SOC force, there is 24.

 

Do you mean full phases like VRM->Choke->Capacitor?

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Speaking of Asrock, I'll ptobably be picking up a Z170 OC formula. Nice review!

The OCF is super sexy. The black and yellow one, right? God, if they used that color scheme in an ITX form factor, i would be all over it.

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The OCF is super sexy. The black and yellow one, right? God, if they used that color scheme in an ITX form factor, i would be all over it.

 

Yeah it's this one:

 

It already has quite a bit of records on hwbot already, fastest RAM speed of all time so far!

 

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i have to say it looks gorgeous :wub:

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If you count the chokes on the Z170 OC formula, there is 17 of them, If you count the chokes on the Z170 SOC force, there is 24.

 

Do you mean full phases like VRM->Choke->Capacitor?

 

Yeah the actual number of PWM phases.

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This is probably the prettiest ASRock board Ive ever seen.

Nice review

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Wow , this board looks pretty cool! I'm probably getting this one over the Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI if its price won't go higher in Germany next week.

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Whats the difference between Extreme 4 an 4+, other than the front panel?

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Whats the difference between Extreme 4 an 4+, other than the front panel?

Nothing. Save a few bucks and go with the Extreme4.

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On 08/07/2015 at 3:29 AM, goldfries said:

Wow, ended up becoming an EVGA topic! :D I have their 980Ti with me but they're the ACX models. 

Hey Goldfries, you never updated us on how well the z170m extreme4 board OCs. Did you ever get the chance to test it? Any idea how the OC would stack up against ROG Gene VIII?

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Ooooo a nice looking Asrock board 

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