Skylake Z170 Motherboard Round-Up

[utahraptor]

http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/2010-skylake-z170-motherboard-specs-round-up

MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock, ASUS, EVGA, Biostar

Asus

Asrock

BioStar

EVGA

Gigabyte

 

[utahraptor]

MSI

 

[cruzinforit]

...And none with ANY DDR3 slots. Guess I'm not upgrading for a while. I have 24GB of DDR3-1866, I see no reason to spend the money on what will likely amount to a minimal performance difference for DDR4. Not to mention I'd end up with only 16GB so it's pointless.

 

[dooon]

GAMING Z170T
http://imgur.com/a/vJCBA
GAMING Z170W
http://imgur.com/a/BK3jo

 

[obidamnkenobi]

...And none with ANY DDR3 slots. Guess I'm not upgrading for a while. I have 24GB of DDR3-1866, I see no reason to spend the money on what will likely amount to a minimal performance difference for DDR4. Not to mention I'd end up with only 16GB so it's pointless.

yeah, same. I'm not ditching my DDR3 ram.

I'll also have to wait for a micro-ATX one, hopefully not too long..?

 

[ShintaiDK]

Asrock got at least 3 boards with DDR3L support. Rmemeber, only 1.35V DDR3 works.

 

[obidamnkenobi]

Asrock got at least 3 boards with DDR3L support. Rmemeber, only 1.35V DDR3 works.

well that's shaite. So sounds like my RAM won't work? It's 1.5V for one thing. This one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231358

According to my order history I paid $65, and now listed at $90... lol

 

[CakeMonster]

Time to do research again I guess.

As usual, I'm looking for a low to medium priced board with just the basic Intel stuff, no 3rd party controllers and clutter. But it should still have decent OC capabilities. It seems to be practically impossible to find this every time...

 

[phillyman36]

Asus ROG z170

http://wccftech.com/asus-rog-z170-m...-extreme-maximus-viii-hero-maximus-viii-gene/

 

[Deders]

Does anyone know if kaby/cannonlake will use the same socket?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Are there any companies besides EVGA with a Z170 mini-ITX board at launch? I'm not a fan of EVGA mobos, but I might be interested in an ITX Skylake rig. Well, much moreso if they have an unlocked Pentium or i3 CPU to go with it. Don't want to pay the $$$ for an unlocked quad-core, and I have thermal / power concerns with a quad in an ITX rig too. (Remember, no FIVR, so we need more / beefier mobo VRMs to feed the CPU, which is difficult, to say the least, with ITX form-factor.)

Apparently, there's an ASrock ITX Z170 AC wireless board:

 

[phillyman36]

So far the Evga and the Asrocks is the only mini ITX boards show thus far. Hopefully well have more shown next week.

 

[phillyman36]

Are there any companies besides EVGA with a Z170 mini-ITX board at launch? I'm not a fan of EVGA mobos, but I might be interested in an ITX Skylake rig. Well, much moreso if they have an unlocked Pentium or i3 CPU to go with it. Don't want to pay the $$$ for an unlocked quad-core, and I have thermal / power concerns with a quad in an ITX rig too. (Remember, no FIVR, so we need more / beefier mobo VRMs to feed the CPU, which is difficult, to say the least, with ITX form-factor.)

Apparently, there's an ASrock ITX Z170 AC wireless board:

According to this Asus will have one. Haven't seen any pictures of it yet.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...1-mainboards-for-intels-skylake-s-processors/

 

[tissotti]

Have people spotted boards with PCI slot? Sill wanna keep my Xonar Essence st around.

 

[Deders]

Have people spotted boards with PCI slot? Sill wanna keep my Xonar Essence st around.

There is an MSI board with a slot, it's the one that's not in the gaming series.

 

[phillyman36]

There is an MSI board with a slot, it's the one that's not in the gaming series.

The Krait board

http://www.maximumpc.com/msi-shows-off-black-and-white-z170-krait-motherboard-for-skylake-cpus/

 

[tissotti]

Thanks to both!
I had indeed noticed one or two ATX boards in the very low end with PCI, but started getting worried there not being higher end ones with PCI slots.

That krait board already easies me up before upcoming September Skylake build.

 

[dooon]

Biostar
GAMING Z170T
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=805
GAMING Z170W
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=806
GAMING Z170X
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=807

Gigabyte

Z170X Gaming G1
http://mb.zol.com.cn/527/5270897.html
http://tth-news.be/z170x-gaming-g1-deux-slots-m-2-pci-express-3-0-4x/

MSI
Z170A Gaming M7
http://www.expreview.com/42153.html
Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION
Z170A GAMING M7
Z170A GAMING M5
Z170A GAMING PRO
Z170A GAMING KRAIT
Z170A PC MATE
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20150801_714537.html

 

[SystemVipers]

seems like they keep changing the setup so we have to spend more money on new parts, plus like i saw written that they are phasing out the old PCI slots, I am also wondering what to do, i was looking at the x99 boards and now it's Z170 and skylake, well it's back to reading, need to find out what that will bring to the table. The funny part, my X58 that i put a 5650 in it is still kicking butt... Man that was a good setup, still valid 5 years later.

 

[phillyman36]

More images for MSI

http://wccftech.com/msi-z170a-motherboards-round-up-xpower-gaming-gaming-m9-ack-krait-gaming/

 

[KentState]

Really liked the Asus ROG Hero board in my Haswell system. Think I may go with the same just on past experience.

 

[wiretap]

Now I just need to find a Z170 ITX/mATX with a 2-pin temperature probe input so I can monitor my water loop temperature like on my x58 Asus Rampage III GENE. Hopefully tomorrow some better info will be released on the manufacturer's websites.

 

[YBS1]

Whew....I sure would like to see a mini-itx version of that Gigabyte G1. That's pretty.

 

[nisryus]

Will they have value type of MB (under $80) for general consumers soon after the launch of Skylake?

 

[wiretap]

Will they have value type of MB (under $80) for general consumers soon after the launch of Skylake?

Probably at Microcenter with a processor combo. Maybe they'll send out an email tomorrow or Friday.