Evga z170 classified and evga z170 ftw

We continue to show our readers the best LGA 1151 socket motherboards for Intel Skylake microprocessors and this time we deal with EVGA with the mighty Z170 Classified and Z170 FTW.

EVGA Z170 Classified

Spectacular motherboard with EATX format and with the EVGA Classified badge that indicates without a doubt that we are dealing with a board with the highest quality components and an excellent overclocking capacity. It is not for less since it offers the possibility of being refrigerated with nitrogen or liquid helium.

It is built with a high quality PCB and eight layers, integrates two 8-pin EPS connectors to ensure electrical power and stability enough to achieve high levels of overclocking, for this it is supported by a powerful 12-phase digital VRM power supply. Surrounding the socket we find the already usual four DDR4 DIMM slots that include a sophisticated voltage regulation module, once again with the overclock in mind.

Regarding the graphics section, we find five PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, with a 6-pin PCI-Express power connector to improve the delivery of electrical power, which will allow configurations with up to four graphics cards. It also has a sixth PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connector to house high-performance SSD drives. As for storage, it has two M.2 connectors (1 x M.2 2280 SSD and 1 x M.2 2240 SSD), four SATA III 6 Gb / s ports and two SATA-Express ports.

Its specifications are completed with high-quality Creative Core 3D 7.1-channel audio, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, USB 3.1 and supposedly Thunderbolt 3.

It is expected for a price of approximately $ 300.

EVGA Z170 FTW

An ATX format motherboard and more modest than the previous model that includes a 10-phase digital VRM solvent power and maintains the 6-pin connector to improve power delivery to graphics cards.

Its specs are rounded out with four DDR4 DIMM slots, four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, one PCI-Express 3.0 x4 slot, one M.2 slot, six SATA III 6Gb / s ports, Creative Core 3D 7.1-channel audio, Gigabit Ethernet and it is possible that it has USB 3.1 although it could not be confirmed.

It is expected for a price of approximately $ 150.

Source: kitguru