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ASRock Announces the Fatal1ty B85 Killer Motherboard

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The ASROCK Fatal1ty B85 Killer Motherboard is here! This is a gaming board, also comes with Killer E2200 Series LAN, Gaming Armor, Key Master and XSplit, but this time it adopts an Intel B85 chipset. You do get Xsplit  3 month premium for free which is worth $24.95. 

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Christmas is right around the corner, and ASRock is ready to celebrate the upcoming merry holidays with new designed Killer Series motherboards! Standing next in line to the former ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer is yet another serious gaming motherboard, which is equipped with Killer E2200 Series LAN, Gaming Armor, Key Master and XSplit, but this time it adopts an Intel B85 chipset - ASRock Fatal1ty B85 Killer! 

 

Heavily equipped not just for gaming, but for winning!

ASRock Fatal1ty B85 Killer is coated in the same red and black color scheme just as other ASRock gaming motherboards to represent intense and fierce gaming. Other than the Killer E2200 Series LAN, it also boasts Gaming Armor for extra performance and stability, which includes Hi-Density Power Connectors for the CPU power, 15μ Gold Fingers for the PCIe slot. Purity Sound 115dB SNR to provide immersive audio effects for entertainment, Key Master with both Sniper Key and Macro Key to turn your ordinary keyboard and mouse into lethal weapons! Plus a free bundle of XSplit 3 month premium for free which is worth $24.95, so that you may broadcast your exciting gaming moments online with the rest of the world! And of course, gold capacitors for extending the motherboards lifespan up to 2.5 times longer, Digi Power for providing smoother power for the CPU Vcore, Triple Monitor technology by HDMI, DVI-D and D-Sub ports on the rear I/O.

Source: http://www.techpowerup.com/195373/asrock-announces-the-fatal1ty-b85-killer-motherboard.html

More information: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20B85%20Killer/

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I love it when they don't specify which NIC it is compared to. Probably some 10 Mbit piece of crap.

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I'm extremely sceptical about the NIC, it doesn't say how it is better, or to what it is compared....

edit: that graph is the most b*llsh*t thing I've ever seen, sense was not made there.

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Easily one of the better B85 boards, but plagued with cheapness and shitty marketing.

 

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Every time I see "Fata1ity" stamped on something, I disregard it as a sub-tier product. Am I the only one?

 

Also, I'll take my Intel NIC over the overhyped "Killer NIC" any day.

 

 

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Killer Pro is old school. Now is Gigabit intel/qualcomm. Ping always stays 0-10ms

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Notes on the Killer 2200 NIC in a guru3d review of another motherboard:

 

In an earlier review we did perform some manual tests. Upload performance on our 120/10 MBit/s internet connection for example:

  • Upload 9.4 Mbit/s over Intel NIC
  • Upload 9.4Mbit/s over Killer NIC
  • Download 122.2 Mbit/s over Intel NIC
  • Download 122.1 Mbit/s over Killer NIC

Ping times then, from the Netherlands towards the USA we are pinging comcast

  • ~100ms on the Intel NIC
  • ~100ms on the Killer NIC

So we can't see the performance benefit on our end but it really is one of the best NICs available on the market, and here you got it integrated into the motherboard, that is a huge plus. So yes admittedly, it is a lovely solution and the software suite is just grand AND you can shape network traffic on your PC and monitor it. Which is just great stuff.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_z87_xpower_review,8.html

 

So basically is the same as the Intel NIC tested, but the software it comes with is very good.

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Killer Pro is old school. Now is Gigabit intel/qualcomm. Ping always stays 0-10ms

Killer E2200 is by qualcomm and is also used in the MSI gaming motherboards serie.

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Killer E2200 is by qualcomm and is also used in the MSI gaming motherboards serie.

The Intel/AMD CPU will suffice the ethernet with it's modern speed. Throw bck the killer NIC back to 2006.

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