Skylake m-ITX Motherboards

crazy8s · 13 Oct 2015 at 20:46

ASRock Fatal1ty will be the one for me once it eventually gets stocked somewhere

jwsg · 13 Oct 2015 at 21:36

The Asus Z170i can't be found but the Asrock has been available for some time now.

phillai · 14 Oct 2015 at 10:50

ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac definitely looks good so far! Quick video about it here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZctNgvP8UY0

Anything likely to be better than this within the next few weeks?

Legion · 14 Oct 2015 at 14:37

phillai said:
ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac definitely looks good so far! Quick video about it here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZctNgvP8UY0

Anything likely to be better than this within the next few weeks?

The ASRock is the one to go for with the Maximus VIII Impact having no Ultra M.2 slot.
It's the best board so far and there's nothing else been announced for Z170 ITX worth looking at tbh.

phillai · 14 Oct 2015 at 16:45

@Legion

Thanks for that info, probably the mobo I will buy for sure in the next few weeks... Or whenever it is out!!

jwsg · 14 Oct 2015 at 19:26

The Asrock has been available in UK but maybe has sold out for now, but we are in the EU so can still be obtained.

The only problem is waiting for the outrageous pricing of the 6700K to subside.

Legion · 19 Oct 2015 at 11:21

Updated!

redlobsterchris · 22 Oct 2015 at 11:19

Thanks Legion.

LePhuronn · 22 Oct 2015 at 12:55

So underwhelmed by the boards and the stupid price of the 6700K I'm very tempted to just go Asrock X99E-ITX and a 5230K. It'll be cheaper too.

nox_uk · 25 Oct 2015 at 13:31

LePhuronn said:
So underwhelmed by the boards and the stupid price of the 6700K I'm very tempted to just go Asrock X99E-ITX and a 5230K. It'll be cheaper too.

That's what I did

. Just got let down by basically none of the boards being spot on

Nox

LePhuronn · 25 Oct 2015 at 17:57

nox_uk said:
That's what I did .

How are you finding dual channel RAM in the real world? Any tangible drop in performance?

nox_uk · 26 Oct 2015 at 12:19

i've never had quad channel memory so i can't really compare

but my mind was made up when i read a review somewhere of the dual channel memory vs quad channel on x99. it changed benchmarks by a fair bit, but stuff like gaming, it was negligible FPS.

I've got some corsair that i took a risk on, as it's not on any compatibility list, and i needed a bios update before they would work. but then the compatibility list for this board shows quad channel kits, so i know it's not exactly correct

Nox

nox_uk · 26 Oct 2015 at 12:23

i think it was this stuff:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...channel-kit-black-cmk32gx4m2b3-my-459-cs.html

but i'd need to check if it's relevant to you

can always ask someone to drop 2 sticks from a quad setup and report?

Nox