ASUS ROG Z170 Lineup Revealed

[WYP]

ASUS' ROG Z170 Lineup has been revealed, showing a more stealthy colour scheme and tonne of new features.

Read more on ASUS' ROG Z170 motherboard lineup.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

I earlier posted this in the motherboard section but it was deleted?

Anyway, love the gunmetal and overall looks! The hero would be the board for me, if..

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

The ranger looks great!
I don't like the hero and the extreme... too "bulky"

 

[ReHWolution]

Such a great lineup, but there's one missing... where's the M8F?

 

[Dicehunter]

Such a great lineup, but there's one missing... where's the M8F?

Will probably come out a month or so later like one of the previous Formula boards

 

[TheF34RChannel]

So anyone considering one of these? I do think that Asus' has got the best looking boards here. Especially the red being an accent rather than a dominant colour. They just look good! I'm curious what they're going to do with their TUF.

 

[Dicehunter]

So anyone considering one of these? I do think that Asus' has got the best looking boards here. Especially the red being an accent rather than a dominant colour. They just look good! I'm curious what they're going to do with their TUF.

Nah, I just got 4x8GB sticks of DDR3 so I really don't want to have to spend another £200 just for memory because most boards will be DDR4 only and some will only have 2 x DDR3 slots.

Gonna wait for Kabylake

 

[Dawelio]

Nah, I just got 4x8GB sticks of DDR3 so I really don't want to have to spend another £200 just for memory because most boards will be DDR4 only and some will only have 2 x DDR3 slots.

Gonna wait for Kabylake

Ohhh... going for the 32GB club are you? ... Welcome matey, welcome

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Nah, I just got 4x8GB sticks of DDR3 so I really don't want to have to spend another £200 just for memory because most boards will be DDR4 only and some will only have 2 x DDR3 slots.

Gonna wait for Kabylake

Yeah only the lower end chipset/boards will feature eDDR3 (or whatever the light DDR3 acronym is).

For now I'm going to sit tight and see what Skylake/Z170 is all about once it releases (and hoping TTL will do both 6600K and 6700K and includes 2500K and 2600K in the comparisons as well, that would be great, and of course try of one or a couple of these ROG boards).

Is there any word on what AIO cooler will fit this socket?

Kaby Lake could have more potential, yeah - unless they focus on the iGPU once again. What are you using 32GB of RAM for?

 

[MadShadow]

Do you guys actually use 32 gigs?

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Do you guys actually use 32 gigs?

I recently went from 8 to 16, which was nice unless it's my imagining things, and I can't see myself going 32 anytime soon.

 

[Dawelio]

Do you guys actually use 32 gigs?

I've done it yes... can quite easily fill up my 32GB lmao :lol:... but then again, I am the crazy Swede

 

[TheF34RChannel]

I wonder what will look better on these ROG boards in a black/red theme; black or red RAM...

 

[NeverBackDown]

No ITX boards? Ugh shame.. wanted to go ITX:/

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

I recently went from 8 to 16, which was nice unless it's my imagining things, and I can't see myself going 32 anytime soon.

(Well note, if you installed more memory then less pagefile is now in use, so it not might be just your imagination ^^)

 

[yassarikhan786]

I'm liking the more understated look of the motherboards. The red on the previous boards was overbearing at times.

 

[Wraith]

Do you guys actually use 32 gigs?

Hell I had 16 and never used anything more than 7, still don't now Photoshop has been close to using 8 when working on 4k images with 20+ layers open.. But that's as extreme as I've managed, even 3d work or rendering doesn't use much more than 5 gig.

 

[Agost]

ROG line means enthusiast and expensive

And only a single M.2?

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Hell I had 16 and never used anything more than 7, still don't now Photoshop has been close to using 8 when working on 4k images with 20+ layers open.. But that's as extreme as I've managed, even 3d work or rendering doesn't use much more than 5 gig.

Even with Adobe premiere/after-effects/Sony Vegas pro, you won't see a huuuge amount of ram beeing used, unless while rendering you have 30 chrome tabs open

 

[Dicehunter]

Ohhh... going for the 32GB club are you? ... Welcome matey, welcome

Thanks man ^_^

Yeah only the lower end chipset/boards will feature eDDR3 (or whatever the light DDR3 acronym is).

For now I'm going to sit tight and see what Skylake/Z170 is all about once it releases (and hoping TTL will do both 6600K and 6700K and includes 2500K and 2600K in the comparisons as well, that would be great, and of course try of one or a couple of these ROG boards).

Is there any word on what AIO cooler will fit this socket?

Kaby Lake could have more potential, yeah - unless they focus on the iGPU once again. What are you using 32GB of RAM for?

Well Skylake will be socket 1151 and judging by the spacing the mounting holes look no different to 1150 so all being well they should fit just fine as I can't see Corsair or the other companies coming out with newer coolers simply because the mounting holes are 2mm off ^_^

the only difference to the actual socket is literally 1 extra pin, 1, So the mounting points should be the same.

Do you guys actually use 32 gigs?

I use ram drives a lot for games as it really cuts down on load times and textures etc... loads so much faster

Plus I really don't like the sight of empty ram slots ^_^