Let’s move and see what the ASRock Z370 Killer SLI/ac Motherboard can do for us in terms of performance and overclocking. To the ordinary buyer and consumer like myself… it’s extremely annoying, especially when you’ve invested in the previous 7th Gen platform (Z270/Kaby Lake).
#Asrock x370 killer sli review upgrade
And the MOST crazy thing is … they’re not even compatible with each other! So not upgrade path for existing Z270/Kaby Lake owners.
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But within only 6 months, Intel released the Z370 chipset with all brand new 8th Gen Coffee Lake processors. Early this year around January/February, Intel released their Z270 chipset to cater for all their 7th Gen processors (Kaby Lake), which at that time was the latest and greatest. I guess AMD must have really took them by surprise. And what’s more, the prices are extremely competitive in comparison to AMD’s Ryzen processors, which have been a huge success. The Core i7-8700K now feature six cores with 12 threads and even the lower model, the Core i5-8600K now have full six cores. Don’t get me wrong, these CPUs are quite something. 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).īefore I start, I just wanted to say how “pissed-off” I am about the whole thing with Intel’s recent release of their latest 8th Gen processors (Coffee Lake). Looking at the specifications and price, the ASRock Z370 Killer SLI/ac is designed and aimed at the mainstream user who wants the latest technologies, with good performance at an affordable price point.
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It utilizes the latest Z370 chipset from Intel and supports all of their latest 8th Gen processors (Coffee Lake) using the LGA1151 socket. Thanks to ASRock, we’ll be taking a look at their Z370 Killer SLI/ac Motherboard.