Good deal even without the cooler. Using this Mobo with the 6700k, I've had no problems with it. :smiley:
Latest comments (19)
iain
23 Jul 17#19
Does anyone know if this is compatible with Samsung 960 Evo M.2 drives? The QVC SSD support list and PCPartPicker suggest not, but I'm not sure why this would be? I've bought the board so want to check, I can't seem to find many others of the Gen 3 NVMe spec that are confirmed to work. Thanks!
Ps. Ebuyer must have run out of the cpu fans they were giving away with this, it's no longer included.
DaaaanM
21 Jul 17#18
Can you update BIOS via USB?
I've bought this but after a kabylake, and my first buld so no other processor to use
djolltax
21 Jul 17#17
Just some info as I was looking to use this with a KabyLake 7500.
I spoke with ebuyer and they could not confirm the BIOS version and were unable to find out what it was. For a KabyLake the BIOS must be later than F.20, if it isn't , then it can be updated but only by putting a skylake processor in place, which I don't have.
As the 7500 I was looking at and a 6500 are similar prices then without knowing the BIOS level and not having a skylake, I can't buy this - but it's still a good deal.
Bootygrabber
20 Jul 17#15
Can this board utilise 3000mhz ddr4? Or is it capped at 2133mhz?
xmaster99 to Bootygrabber
20 Jul 17#16
Yes it can, I am using 3200mhz Ram without an issue.
DaaaanM
19 Jul 17#14
An excuse to start my first build, what do I need next...
nnmtapes
19 Jul 172#13
Currently rocking that exact combo right now, great board. It's also one of the boards you can downgrade the BIOS to enable easy overclocking of non K Intel chips. I have an i5 6400 running at 4.4ghz rather than the stock 2.7ghz.
Banned!? That will teach him for having an opinion!
Sqsq
19 Jul 17#11
Have built many PCs (since 8086 days) and never seen a warped motherboard. Don't use it, send it right back, lest you be blamed for warping due to misinstallation should it fail later on.
Edit: just googled and found many pics of warped motherboards; am surprised this is a thing but I would never accept one.
Lagerfiend
19 Jul 171#10
I have built many pc's cant say i have ever seena warped main board...
komi
19 Jul 17#8
Does this board support SLI?
SeanJuiced to komi
19 Jul 171#9
Only crossfire according to the spec list on the site.
cueball2370
19 Jul 17#7
yes that's correct an unsymmetrical build would cause warping but I would have thought this would e designed correctly to avoid this and warping is not really seen to much , and the boards would not pass certain QA criteria if the warp is over a certain amount so it could have happened during assembly , but you would be surprised how much you can bend a board and it would still be fine .
SavageDonkey
19 Jul 171#3
I got one of these boards from Amazon yesterday.. was warped to hell, went straight back... could they be trying to get rid of their old bendy stock?
plewis00 to SavageDonkey
19 Jul 17#5
It's just because the Z270 boards are out now. I noticed mine was warped but apparently that is normal anyway and once bolted down it's fine. If you think about it, it's huge surface area on thin fibreglass
Pifster to SavageDonkey
19 Jul 17#6
Not sure what the stackup is whilst making these boards but warping can come from either/both an unsymmetrical build and the components on it, so long as the stress screwing it down flat doesn't cause any damage, the warping is fine
jgauld1
19 Jul 17#2
did this chipset really come out 2 years ago? feels like last month
gr8h8me
18 Jul 171#1
Really good deal but I would sell the cooler for £20 and buy a aio. My 6700k runs at 4.8ghz all day long
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Ps. Ebuyer must have run out of the cpu fans they were giving away with this, it's no longer included.
I've bought this but after a kabylake, and my first buld so no other processor to use
I spoke with ebuyer and they could not confirm the BIOS version and were unable to find out what it was. For a KabyLake the BIOS must be later than F.20, if it isn't , then it can be updated but only by putting a skylake processor in place, which I don't have.
As the 7500 I was looking at and a 6500 are similar prices then without knowing the BIOS level and not having a skylake, I can't buy this - but it's still a good deal.
http://overclocking.guide/gigabyte-z170-non-k-overclocking-guide/
Edit: just googled and found many pics of warped motherboards; am surprised this is a thing but I would never accept one.