Posted on Wednesday, November 04 2015 @ 14:18 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
ASRock showcases its Fatal1ty Z170 Professional Gaming i7, an upcoming motherboard aimed at high-end gamers. It features 12-phase VRM, four DDR4 memory slots, four PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot, three M.2 SSD ports, ten SATA 6Gbps ports, Purity Sound 3, and USB 3.1 Type-A plus C. Pricing and availability is unknown.
The ASRock-Fatal1ty Z170 Professional Series Gaming i7 is currently the highest performance gaming motherboard available. Built for serious gamers with Intel's Z170 chipset. Our motherboard is designed with 12 power phases and supports the 6th generation Intel® Core processors and the latest DDR4 memory modules. This powerful combination allows the ASRock-Fatal1ty Z170 Professional Series Gaming i7 to dominate your competition while playing the most complex PC games. In addition to the three native graphic output options, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort, power users can further maximize graphics performance via the motherboard's four PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots that fully support 3-way CrossFireX or Quad SLI.
Superior onboard LAN and audio is essential for high performance gaming motherboards, that's why ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Professional Gaming i7 is equipped with Dual gigabit Intel® LAN chips, plus ASRock's new proprietary audio solution Purity Sound 3. As for the data transfer and storage side, this professional series gaming motherboard holds ten SATA3 connectors, three SATA Express connectors. For maximum performance we've also included three more Ultra M.2 slots that allows M.2 SSD or Intel® 750 U.2 SSDs to be built into a monstrous PCIe SSD RAID 0 array. For unmatched connectivity flexibility you'll find eight USB 2.0 ports including the customizable Fatal1ty mouse port, also eight USB 3.0 ports, and two USB 3.1 Type-A and Type-C ports!
Specifications:
ASRock Super Alloy
Gaming Armor - CPU Power / Memory / VGA Card / Cooling / Internet / Audio
Supports 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1151)
Supports DDR4 3866+(OC)
4 PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 PCIe 3.0 x1, 1 PCIe 2.0 x1, 1 Half-size Mini-PCIe
Graphics Output Options: DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort 1.2
Digi Power, 12 Power Phase design
NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec), Supports Purity Sound™ 3 & DTS Connect
10 SATA3, 3 SATA Express, 3 Ultra M.2
2 USB 3.1 10Gb/s (1 Type-A + 1 Type-C), 8 USB 3.0 (4 Front, 4 Rear)
8 USB 2.0 (6 Front, 1 Rear, 1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port)
Supports Full Spike Protection, ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
