The Asus Republic of Gamers STRIX Z370-I Gaming is the first mini-ITX motherboard that to arrive with Intel’s new Z370 chipset and revised LGA 1151 socket – which means it’s the first small board we’ve seen to support Coffee Lake processors. This new mini-ITX board tries to cram in as many features as possible onto its 17cm-square black PCB: there are two M.2 sockets, loads of USB 3.1 ports, improved memory speed support and the ubiquitous RGB LEDs.
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Today we are having a look at a LED-laden, gaming-focused, ATX motherboard from GIGABYTE: the Aorus AX370-Gaming 5. If a user wants LEDs for Ryzen at under $200, here is one of the primary contenders. Being part of GIGABYTE’s gaming product line means we get SLI support, and GIGABYTE is using a gaming-focused network controller (one of two) and some overclocking options for the processor.
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The ASRock X299 OC Formula, on the other hand, is ready to push 450W easily (provided the VRM has the required airflow), making it one of the few boards out there ready to push the new i9-7980XE CPU I have sitting here on my desk. These CPUs can pull that 250W at stock, if not more, when Turbo is enabled. So if you’ve got plans on getting one of Intel’s HCC CPUs, you best pay attention to this motherboard that is ready to break past such limits.
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Intel’s 8th Generation Core processor, code named Coffee Lake, is living up to the hype. The gaming performance and clock speed potential of the Intel Coffee Lake “K” series is unprecedented. Some of you (those lucky enough to get your hands on a CPU) may still be wondering which motherboard should you consider putting your Coffee Lake beast into? We submit for your review, the ASUS Maximus X Hero.
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MSI is using the transition to Z370 as an opportunity to freshen its mainstream boards’ styling cues. The Pro Carbon still takes after automotive themes, but I daresay it’s grown up a bit since our experience with its Z270 cousin. No, we’re not looking at real carbon fiber on this board’s I/O shroud, but the subtle patterning on these accents is pleasant-looking enough.
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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. For expansion, it comes with 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).
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MSI have included some very welcome additions on this X370 motherboard, including an additional M.2 slot, along with a custom designed heatsink ‘M.2 SHIELD FROZR’, to reduce the chance of your M.2 drive throttling. However, the party piece of the X370 GAMING M7 ACK is revealed in its name, ‘AC’ ‘Killer’.
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Ten SATA III ports and 3 M.2 sockets ensure that even the most drive-rich setup is catered for. If you’ve ever found yourself having to condense smaller drivers into one larger one for port reasons, fear not, the XPOWER has you covered. Equally plentiful are USB 3.1 sockets.
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At a price of €195,- the new Prime is the new mainstream aware series, yet has that distinctive ASUS feel, and that can only mean good stuff. It has great looks and all the features you probably seek for a Z370 motherboard. The motherboard has been fitted with the usual suspects, including a Gigabit based Ethernet jack and on the board, you may house two M2 SSDs.
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Our first review of an ASUS Z370 motherboard is here, and the motherboard we are looking at is the ROG Maximus X Apex. The APEX line of motherboards is positioned to accomplish two things; to be the overclocking king and to be different, very different.
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