Experiences with ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac

paddy-stone · September 17, 2016

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Lb47RG

Hey all, just wanted to get some feedback from people that have the motherboard in the title, or practical experience of it... whether there are problems with it overclocking, general stability, spike protection etc. Anything you can think of that is/can be a problem.

I have linked my pcpartpicker list so you can view it, as you can see I already have some parts of the build that are from my current rig. I am willing to take suggestions for other mobos if they have:-

ac wifi + bluetooth, a good amount of power phases for overclocking, must be itx or m-ATX and an absoloute must of USB type-C that can support outputting to Displayport or have displayport for video out + HDMI 2.0.... I'm not sure if this motherboard actually supports outputting to DP via USB-c, but doesn't matter as this one HAS DP anyway.

Thanks for any feedback on the above mobo, or any suggestions

Lays · September 17, 2016

I'm not sure how many things from their OC Formula line carry over to their lower end offerings, but if they carry over a lot of the BIOS features and general overclocking features that the OC Formula line has, then it'll be a fantastic board.

I've owned 2 Z170 Asrock boards, and both were fantastic.

paddy-stone · September 17, 2016

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paddy-stone · September 17, 2016

5 minutes ago, Lays said:

I'm not sure how many things from their OC Formula line carry over to their lower end offerings, but if they carry over a lot of the BIOS features and general overclocking features that the OC Formula line has, then it'll be a fantastic board.

I've owned 2 Z170 Asrock boards, and both were fantastic.

Yeah, I have used a couple asrock z170 boards for people I have made systems for, but haven't used the one above... which will be for my own personal rig that will be somewhat portable for when I go out of town for a while. I liked the other asrock boards I've used, which is one of the reasons I decided to have a look at this one which has pretty nice I/O and extras for the price... I didn't want to splurge too much as I might end up killing it during transport sometime (but hopefully not), lol.

Thanks for the response, I am glad that you have had good experience with asrock in general, appreciate it