X570 motherboards with Killer NIC?

Tanin'iver · 27 Apr 2021 at 18:16

I'm looking for any X570 chipset motherboards that include Killer NIC technology - I think the current wired chips for that are the E2600 and E3000.

So far I've only found the MSI MEG X570 Godlike that includes it:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...-x570-chipset-eatx-motherboard-mb-34c-ms.html

Does anyone know of any others?

If you are going to reply with something like "don't get Killer NIC it's rubbish get XYZ instead", please don't bother. I've seen all the debates about the technology, I like their software suite and find it works well for my needs.

mickyflinn · 28 Apr 2021 at 10:12

Not sure if this has what you need

Killer E3100 2.5G LAN
Killer AX1650 802.11ax WiFi 6

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570 PG Velocita/

Tanin'iver · 28 Apr 2021 at 10:20

mickyflinn said:
Not sure if this has what you need

Killer E3100 2.5G LAN
Killer AX1650 802.11ax WiFi 6

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X570 PG Velocita/

Yep that has what I need, thanks

Sadly Overclockers don't seem to sell that model and it isn't in stock at another site I sometimes use either. Thanks for the info though!

mickyflinn · 28 Apr 2021 at 10:29

Tanin'iver said:
Yep that has what I need, thanks

Sadly Overclockers don't seem to sell that model and it isn't in stock at another site I sometimes use either. Thanks for the info though!

It is available, obviously i would recommend overclockers.

Tanin'iver · 28 Apr 2021 at 10:38

mickyflinn said:
It is available, obviously i would recommend overclockers.

I don't see it, got a link please?

The only one I found on Overclockers is the Z590 for Intel CPUs, not the X570:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...-lga-1200-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-17w-ak.html

mickyflinn · 28 Apr 2021 at 10:45

Tanin'iver said:
I don't see it, got a link please?

The only one I found on Overclockers is the Z590 for Intel CPUs, not the X570:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asro...-lga-1200-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-17w-ak.html

Sorry its not available at overclockers looked at the same board , embarrassing.

Could ask them if they could order one.

pp111 · 29 Apr 2021 at 15:56

Tanin'iver said:
I'm looking for any X570 chipset motherboards that include Killer NIC technology - I think the current wired chips for that are the E2600 and E3000.

So far I've only found the MSI MEG X570 Godlike that includes it:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...-x570-chipset-eatx-motherboard-mb-34c-ms.html

Does anyone know of any others?

If you are going to reply with something like "don't get Killer NIC it's rubbish get XYZ instead", please don't bother. I've seen all the debates about the technology, I like their software suite and find it works well for my needs.

I agree, actually. I think Killer got a really unfair deal from users. It's good and it's user friendly. I think part of the issue was that some people just didn't understand what it was doing and judged it by superficial performance figures. There are other pieces of software that can do the same thing, but Killer was a nice little all-in package.

denigor777 · 2 May 2021 at 09:16

I find Netlimiter easy to use as one of those software alternatives.

Quartz · 2 May 2021 at 09:37

Tanin'iver said:
I'm looking for any X570 chipset motherboards that include Killer NIC technology

Tanin'iver said:
If you are going to reply with something like "don't get Killer NIC it's rubbish get XYZ instead",

Speaking as a former IT technician, I will tell you that I have seen ever so many problems resolved by just using a plain NIC.

EsaT · 2 May 2021 at 09:47

pp111 said:
I agree, actually. I think Killer got a really unfair deal from users. It's good and it's user friendly. I think part of the issue was that some people just didn't understand what it was doing and judged it by superficial performance figures.

On the contrary many people understood it exactly as complete marketing scam for illiterate it is:

At least 99% of internet connection network and its lag for that multiplayer game is completely outside control of single user.
Basically for every millisecond of lag locally there's at least ten times more in WAN part.
And if you're knowingly clogging your own local end of connection full of traffic during gameplay, that's simply "your own damn vault".
Neither can it do anything if other users sharing same internet connection clog it.

pp111 · 2 May 2021 at 10:14

EsaT said:
On the contrary many people understood it exactly as complete marketing scam for illiterate it is:

At least 99% of internet connection network and its lag for that multiplayer game is completely outside control of single user.
Basically for every millisecond of lag locally there's at least ten times more in WAN part.
And if you're knowingly clogging your own local end of connection full of traffic during gameplay, that's simply "your own damn vault".
Neither can it do anything if other users sharing same internet connection clog it.

I don't accept that at all. I think people expected it to perform miracles and of course it could not do that. I don't understand why people get so inflamed about it. It allows you to readily control the traffic from your own PC without having to manually shut everything down when you are playing. In combination with Killer router it also allows you to limit other devices on your network that are causing issues. Overall it's a friendly, good solution, but only if you have a problem!! I think the issue lay in peoples expectations. It's a bit like gaming VPN's, it's not going to solve a problem if you don't have one.

EsaT · 2 May 2021 at 14:59

pp111 said:
I don't accept that at all. I think people expected it to perform miracles and of course it could not do that. I don't understand why people get so inflamed about it. It allows you to readily control the traffic from your own PC without having to manually shut everything down when you are playing. In combination with Killer router it also allows you to limit other devices on your network that are causing issues. Overall it's a friendly, good solution, but only if you have a problem!! I think the issue lay in peoples expectations. It's a bit like gaming VPN's, it's not going to solve a problem if you don't have one.

Miracles are exactly what it claims to do.

Most downloading/uploading tools themselves have bandwidth limit settings, so nothing there which can't be done for free.
Which are sensible to use even when web surfing to leave bandwidth for browser...
And neither are QoS/bandwidth limits exactly rarity in routers.

Tanin'iver · 2 May 2021 at 15:10

Thanks for hijacking my thread with yet another pointless debate about this technology, it's not like I even specifically asked people not to do so in the original post... Un-subscribing from it now.

mickyflinn · 2 May 2021 at 15:32

Tanin'iver said:
Thanks for hijacking my thread with yet another pointless debate about this technology, it's not like I even specifically asked people not to do so in the original post... Un-subscribing from it now.

Did you look for the Asrock motherboard suggested ?