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As someone that has only gone for ROG boards, I have to say I really like the new colour scheme Asus seems to have gone for on the Z170 boards.
They look much nicer than the standard red and black they tend to use. I'm probably getting older but I find the brash brightly coloured stuff can look a bit childish and tacky.
Nice motherboard.
What's the difference between SATA Express port or SATA 6 Gb/s port???
All XMP is is a non-JEDEC SPD table programmed by the memory vendor in order to apply speeds above that of 2133 (stock). It serves as nothing more than a profile for the primary timings, all subsidiary timings are board controlled. Doesn't make a difference if you set these manually or apply XMP.
Also CPU-Z reads the VID, not vcore
Really liking my i7 6700k in multiplier I set 4.5ghz without any volts and temps are 34c at idle. 65c on full load. The EVGA z170 stinger needs more biis updates to fix performance,but over all happy.
I see the prices are starting to creep upwards! Certainly way above the original estimate of around £270. Glad I got mine when I did.
i cant believe the price these are at now £335.99 and add more for postage, its robbery, i got mine for £275 at the end,