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[ScottiB]

8Pack's favourite Z170 board is now available!

Asrock Z170 OC Formula Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard @ £212.99 inc VAT

Key Features
- ASRock Super Alloy
- OC Formula Kit : Power / Connector / Cooling / Monitor
- Supports 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1151)
- Digi Power, 18 Power Phase design
- Supports DDR4 4500+(OC) memory modules
- 4 PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 PCIe 3.0 x1, 1 PCIe 2.0 x1, 1 Vertical Half-size mini-PCIe
- Supports AMD 4-Way CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® Quad SLI™
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec), Supports Purity Sound™ 3 & DTS Connect
- Intel® Gigabit LAN
- 3 SATA Express, 10 SATA3, 3 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
- 2 USB 3.1 (1 Type-C & 1 Type-A), 8 USB 3.0 (4 Front, 4 Rear)
- V-Probe, Rapid OC, PCIe ON/OFF, XMP Switch, Slow Mode Switch, LN2 Mode Switch
- Supports Full Spike Protection, ASRock Live Update & APP Shop


Technical Details:
CPU - Supports 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1151)
- Digi Power design
- 18 Power Phase design
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
- Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs
- Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
- Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine

Chipset Intel® Z170 Express Chipset

Memory - Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR4 4500+(OC)*/4400(OC)/4300(OC)/4266(OC)/4200(OC)/4133(OC)/4000(OC)/3866(OC)/ 3800(OC)/3733(OC)/3666(OC)/3600(OC)/3466(OC)/3400(OC)/3333(OC)/3300(OC)/3200(OC)/3000(OC)/ 2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2600(OC)/2400(OC)/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
- 15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

Slots - 4 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE6: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8 (PCIE1) / x4 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4)); quad at x8 (PCIE1) / x4 (PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE6))
- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slot (PCIE3) (Flexible PCIe)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE5)
- 1 x Vertical Half-size Mini-PCI Express Slot
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 4-Way CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
- Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ and SLI™
- 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1 and PCIE4)

Onboard Graphics - Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel® InTru™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® Insider™, Intel® HD Graphics 510/530
- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12
- Max. shared memory 1792MB
- Dual graphics output: Support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 ports by independent display controllers
- Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 24Hz / (3840x2160) @ 30Hz
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 60Hz
- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
- Supports Accelerated Media Codecs: HEVC, VP8, VP9
- Supports HDCP with HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports

Storage - 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by Intel® Z170, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 14 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 3 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connectors*
- 3 x Ultra M.2 Sockets, support type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
*Support to be announced
M2_1, SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA_EXP0 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
M2_2, SATA3_2, SATA3_3 and SATA_EXP1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
M2_3, SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and SATA_EXP2 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.

USB On Board
- 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 2 x USB 3.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x Vertical Type A USB 3.0
Rear Panel
- 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM1142) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Intel® Z170) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)

LAN Intel I219V Gigabit LAN

Dimensions ATX form factor


Only £212.99 inc VAT.

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[dreamcat4]

So what's the difference between this board and the Extreme 7+ then?

 

[phate1337]

So what's the difference between this board and the Extreme 7+ then?

this one is "elite tier!".

better power delivery and overclocking capability from what i have seen.

 

[dreamcat4]

So more phases instead of mandatory USB 3.1 front panel it seems. And nice color scheme. Designed to compete with the GA-Z170X SOC Force no doubt.

Don't understand the 'Qual SLI' bit. Since presumably it doesn't have a PLX chip.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Haha what's next? 8 Pack Recommended Elite Tier Hairspray...no wait...

Joke aside it's good to know what hardware would be a good buy from a man that really know his stuff

 

[ScottiB]

Don't understand the 'Qual SLI' bit. Since presumably it doesn't have a PLX chip.

You are correct, this refers to the practice of using two GeForce Graphics cards with dual GPU.

 

[8 Pack]

It's the strongest board on the market as well as many not released for memory oc and efficiency. It's faster clock for clock and clocks CPU higher too. The bios is very easy to use and the auto rules almost perfect. Asrock ocf series is designed and tested by world class overclockers and this is there best yet.

 

[tipes]

It's the strongest board on the market as well as many not released for memory oc and efficiency. It's faster clock for clock and clocks CPU higher too. The bios is very easy to use and the auto rules almost perfect. Asrock ocf series is designed and tested by world class overclockers and this is there best yet.

Nice to see Asrock going in a better direction, and better quality etc.Many used to say Asrock boards were and are rubbish.

Mark

 

[8 Pack]

The z chipset boards in ocf range been as good as anything since z87.

This is the best yet.

 

[DanielSon]

how does the lower tear Asrock boards compare? what do you get for the money over and above the £150 Extreme 6?

 

[8 Pack]

I only test the flagship boards. The ones designed to push the boundaries. Of those boards this is the best. Great with Samsung, AFR and MFR IC memory. Great with clocking CPU and Uncore. Very effiicient in both 3D and 2D.

For the level of quality relatively inexpensive.

 

[SamyBoy13]

Nice looking motherboard. Although price ... quiet high

 

[8 Pack]

Yes this level is always above average in cost but when you compare to other vendors flagship offerings this represents great bang for buck.