Great for skylake and kabylake CPUs. When I was upgrading my pc 2 weeks ago this cost £100, so this is a pretty good price drop.
9 comments
Dan__
10 Dec 16#1
Nice find OP.
This looks decent.
Heat added.
Personally I am waiting on a good deal on a Gigabyte board, just personal preference.
floppydesk
10 Dec 16#2
supports AMD Crossfire only :disappointed: what about nvidia SLI :wink: COLD from me because dont support SLI.
BettySwollocks098
10 Dec 16#3
it has been the same price on Amazon for the last 2 months at least. cold from me
beastlyhax to BettySwollocks098
10 Dec 16#4
But on amazon "Usually dispatched within 1 to 2 months".
Have fun ordering from there :smiley:
Gkains
10 Dec 16#5
You always have to pay extra for SLI though. They don't support x16/4x mode whereas AMD do, so the board has to have at least two x8 slots. If you look at the similar MSI Z170A SLI you'll see that it includes a chip which allows PCIe to run at x8/x8/x4 (that board has three physical x16 slots). That does add to the price.
At least it's not a £100 premium like G-Sync vs FreeSync though. Nvidia could easily change the requirements as even x4 PCIx 3.0 is plenty of bandwidth.
BettySwollocks098
10 Dec 16#6
fair enough didn't see that :smile:
Nexusfifth
10 Dec 161#7
Also if you are not in a terrible rush, Z270 is coming and if you do not already have an older compatible cpu and want to buy kaby lake this needs a bios update for which you 99% need a cpu.
Also next week there is Zen announcment, kaby lake soon as well so I would be patient a bit longer and see how that play out before committing to a single camp.
Szabster
10 Dec 16#8
I envy everyone who is willing to spend extra money on an sli setup. What are you gonna put in there? Two 1070s is your cheapest option if you're going for a new build... Disregard this if you have two older cards in sli already and if your aim is not gaming.
Steelman111
10 Dec 16#9
Just bought one for a new build, seems like a really decent board for the price.
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9 comments
This looks decent.
Heat added.
Personally I am waiting on a good deal on a Gigabyte board, just personal preference.
Have fun ordering from there :smiley:
At least it's not a £100 premium like G-Sync vs FreeSync though. Nvidia could easily change the requirements as even x4 PCIx 3.0 is plenty of bandwidth.
Also next week there is Zen announcment, kaby lake soon as well so I would be patient a bit longer and see how that play out before committing to a single camp.