EVGA Z170 platform

[jos]

Source:http://www.tomshardware.com/news/evga-z170-stinger-ftw-classified-motherboards,29269.html

[That Norwegian Guy]

More DDR4 crap, get to the DDR3 already.

[Sintezza]

hmm no heatsink on the top of the board for the FTW version....

Thats a miss, for the rest good looking.

 

edit:  8 pin power connection also not the most ideal location on the FTW board, but thats ofc personal.

And the top pci-e slot is very close to the ram slots.

It does look to me that they have learned from their previous fails, and use on side opening clips for the ram slots.

[N3D9ed]

Ooh, the Classified one is smexy...

[TroubleKlef]

Those heat sinks look like rubber wtf

[Carde]

At least put a cover over the rear IO...

[Real_PhillBert]

I really like the minimalist color schemes. 

 

Is that Classified board E-ATX? The sheet says its ATX, but it appears to extend about an inch or so past the mounting holes.

[Norman_the_Owl]

More DDR4 crap, get to the DDR3 already.

What? I kinda think those are supposed to be switched

[Faceman]

A nice looking board and then they ruin it with that orange "FTW" text.

[That Norwegian Guy]

What? I kinda think those are supposed to be switched

 

Not really, no.

 

Skylake has both DDR3 and DDR4 support, I couldn't be less interested in DDR4 when I already have 32GB of DDR3 memory.

[Sintezza]

i suppose that most Z170 boards will be probably DDR4 only.

[Norman_the_Owl]

i suppose that most Z170 boards will be probably DDR4 only.

Yea, the highest end platform isn't going to stick with an old standard if it doesn't have too

[Jerakl]

I really like the minimalist color schemes. 

 

Is that Classified board E-ATX? The sheet says its ATX, but it appears to extend about an inch or so past the mounting holes.

 

Now that I go back and look at it, it does look more like E-ATX. Seems a lot wider than the ATX board in the middle

[Real_PhillBert]

Now that I go back and look at it, it does look more like E-ATX. Seems a lot wider than the ATX board in the middle

 

That kinda cuts down the case options...

 

I really wish the Define R5 could accept E-ATX boards.

[Jerakl]

That kinda cuts down the case options...

 

I really wish the Define R5 could accept E-ATX boards.

>Modding

[Real_PhillBert]

>Modding

 

There is always a solution.

[Nowak]

Eh... I kinda like the Asus boards better. Also, why is the CPU power header in the top-middle instead of the top-right?

[Norman_the_Owl]

Not really, no.

 

Skylake has both DDR3 and DDR4 support, I couldn't be less interested in DDR4 when I already have 32GB of DDR3 memory.

Is it DDR3L? Because only DDR3L will be supported

[MonkeyFace]

The lack of BIOS support for Z77 Stinger really turned me off from buying another EVGA motherboard. 

 

It looks pretty though.