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Front/Side I/O Question

whalebait99
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I'm looking to replace my motherboard in my PC (HP Omen X), and I know that the back I/O is just an extension of the motherboard, but what about the front/side I/O (which is a part of the case)? How do those work? Do they connect to the motherboard? I'm looking to find a MicroATX board with an LGA1151 socket, but my side I/O has:

  • Separate Mic jack
  • Headphone/Mic combo audio jack with dedicated high performance amplifier and DTS Headphone X
  • 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type A (1 port with Fast Charging)
  • 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type C
  • 7-in-1 Media card reader

All of this was just copied off of their website.

 

Does it even retain to the motherboard? Just looking to find someone who can help explain how all this works.

 

Let me know if there's any info you need/want or if I should be looking at a different board. MicroATX is the only kind that fits (I think???) and LGA1151 is the socket size I would want in order to get an intel i7-8700K processor. If anyone has any other advice, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks! (Also, the two boards I currently have my eyes on is the ASUS TUF Z390M-Pro Gaming and the ROG STRIX Z370-G)

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Front and side I/O are connected to the motherboard with wires, just like custom built desktops.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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23 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

ASUS Z390 is shit. stay away. the Z370-G is alright, but a bit expensive. Go with MSI, GIGABYTE, EVGA (makes good mATX OC), ASRock, but not supermicro.

find one you like I like Z390M Gaming as it is great vrm for its price.

Awesome! Looking into the Z390 right now, and it looks great! Thanks for the help. Doesn't have support for USB-C though...

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