ASROCK X370 KILLER SLI AC UPGRADE
ASROCK X370 KILLER SLI AC FULL

WeвЂ™ll be comparing it with a high-end enthusiast grade motherboard from Asus вЂ“ the ROG Maximus X Hero.Selling my Excellent condition AsRock X370 Killer motherboard. Using an Intel Core i7-8700K, IвЂ™m expecting the ASRock Z370 Killer SLI/ac to produce some impressive results. The Z370 chipset offers a maximum of 24 x PCIE 3.0 lanes, dual channel DDR4-2666 memory support, as well as support for Intel Optane memory. Take a look at the chart below which shows all the 8th Gen Intel Core processors currentlyВ available. The young and vibrant company targets from mainstream to enthusiast MB segments for different kinds of users, owning reputation around the world market with its reliability and proficiency. With the 3C design concept, вЂњCreativity, Consideration, Cost-effectivenessвЂќ, the company explores the limit of motherboards manufacturing while paying attention on the eco issue at the same time, developing products with the consideration of eco-friendly concept.ДЄSRock has been growing fast and become world third largest motherboard brand with headquarter in Taipei, Taiwan and branches in Europe and the USA. ASRock strives to build up its own brand. is established in 2002, specialized in the field of motherboards. This is a snippet from what ASRockВ has to say about themselves on their website:ДЄSRock Inc. I would like to thank ASRockВ for providing the reviewВ sample. Please note that this motherboard and all Z370 chipset based motherboards, do notВ support and is currently not compatibleВ with older 6th or 7th Gen Intel Core processors LGA1151 (Skylake/Kaby Lake).

LetвЂ™s move and see what the ASRockВ Z370 Killer SLI/ac Motherboard can do for us in terms of performance and overclocking. To the ordinary buyer and consumer like myselfвЂ¦ itвЂ™s extremely annoying, especially when youвЂ™ve invested in the previous 7th Gen platform (Z270/Kaby Lake).

ASROCK X370 KILLER SLI AC UPGRADE

And the MOST crazy thing is вЂ¦ theyвЂ™re not even compatible with each other! So not upgrade path for existing Z270/Kaby Lake owners. But within only 6 months, Intel released the Z370 chipset with all brand new 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors. Early this year around January/February, Intel released their Z270 chipset to cater for all their 7th Gen processors (Kaby Lake), which at that time was the latest and greatest. I guess AMD must have really took them by surprise.

And whatвЂ™s more, the prices are extremely competitive in comparison to AMDвЂ™s Ryzen processors, which have been a huge success.

ASROCK X370 KILLER SLI AC FULL

The Core i7-8700K now feature six cores with 12 threads and even the lower model, the Core i5-8600K now have full six cores. DonвЂ™t get me wrong, these CPUs are quite something. It offers a pretty decent set of features including, support for 2-way multi-GPU, DDR4 ram upto DDR4-4266+ (OC), Intel Optane, 7.1 HD audio, HDMI out, DVI out, RGB LED, Intel Gigabit LAN and dual band 802.11ac WiFi.В For expansion, it comes withВ 2 PCIe 3.0 x16, 4 PCIe 3.0 x1, 1 M.2, 6 x SATA3 ports and a total 9 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (1 Front Type-C, 2 Front Type-A, 1 Rear Type-C, 5 Rear).Д«efore I start, I just wanted to say how вЂњpissed-offвЂќ I am about the whole thing with IntelвЂ™s recent release of their latest 8th Gen processors (Coffee Lake). Looking at the specifications and price, the ASRockВ Z370 Killer SLI/ac is designed and aimed at theВ mainstream user who wants the latest technologies, with good performance at an affordable price point. It utilizes the latest Z370 chipset from Intel and supports all of their latest 8th Gen processors (Coffee Lake) using the LGA1151 socket. Thanks to ASRock, weвЂ™ll be taking a look at theirВ Z370 Killer SLI/ac Motherboard.

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