ASUS PRIME Z370-A Review – As one of the more affordable boards in the roundup, the Prime Z370-A surprisingly doesn’t scrimp too much on its feature set. It’s certainly eye-catching, with the black PCB offset by a white I/O cover and silver heat-sinks. Like all of the boards reviewed here, this is an ATX board, and has the … Read more
GIGABYTE’S NEW BRAND AIMS FOR MAXIMUM EVERYTHING The Aorus brand name has been around for approximately seven years, but few people know that this is actually an off-shoot of Gigabyte. We’ve been reminded time and again by Gigabyte to not associate the two brands, yet 2016 sees the two merge. Aorus is now the prime … Read more
ASRock Z270 Gaming K6 Review – We’re jumping from the most expensive board in the roundup to the most affordable, in the form of ASRock’s Z270 Gaming K6. As the name indicates, it’s still based on the best chipset in the 200 series, the Z270, yet ASRock has managed to bring the price down to a level … Read more
Asus TUF Z370-PRO Gaming – Oh, how the mighty have fallen Oh, asus, what have you done to our beloved TUF? A brand synonymous with endurance, world firsts, the introduction of dust protection, impeccable cooling, incredible overclocking stability, and a neutral color palette, capable of appeasing even the most accent-phobic of system builders, has been reduced … Read more
Asus ROG Strix X370-I Gaming – Pure engineering genius BENCHMARKS Asus ROG Strix X370-I Gaming MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon X265 (Avg fps) 28.3 27.98 Cine bench R15 Multi (Index) 1,635 1,622 Fry Render (Seconds) 152 158 AIDA64 Memory Latency (ns) 76 90 Power Draw Idle (Watts) 81 56 Power Draw Load (Watts) 168 147 CrystalDisk … Read more
The MSI Z270I Gaming Pro Carbon is on its own in this month’s group test, being cheaper than the premium offerings, but taking a very different route from ASRock’s similarly priced Fatality Z270 Gaming The Z270I Gaming Pro Carbon sports both Type-A and Type-C USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports, while the ASRock board lacks the … Read more
As the cheapest board on test, the Gigabyte Z270N-WiFi doesn’t have many immediate competitors, with just ASRock offering the Z270M-ITX/ac. Both boards lack the visual pizzazz of other boards on test, instead focusing on features, and In some areas, they’re better equipped than their more expensive peers. The biggest difference between the Gigabyte board and … Read more
VERY GOOD FEATURES FOR A REASONABLE PRICE Last but not least we have MSI’s mainstream gaming/performance Z270 product, the Gaming M5. By now we’re starting to see certain trends that all of the motherboard makers have adopted for these boards at this price point, which makes it rather hard to highlight one over the others. … Read more
Let’s continue Intel’s Kaby Lake’s hype train this month with the ASUS Prime Z270-A motherboard. Designed as the next evolution of ASUS motherboards, the Prime series of shows how ASUS engineers are passionate about empowering everyone to enjoy the benefits of DIY PC customization, tuning, and making advanced enthusiast controls easily accessible to the consumer. … Read more
MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC – Finally, something different I was just about to shoot myself after watching Full Metal Jacket and having to do yet another motherboard review of a product that is just like every other board until this sucker came along. It’s substantially more expensive than the competition, so I expected to … Read more
Hailing from MSI’s Arsenal Gaming range in Intel motherboards (a series based on military themes and presenting gaming-centric features), the MSI H270 Tomahawk Arctic also represents the first H270-based board we’ve had in the APC lab. The Tomahawk is also available in a Z270 variant, the aptly named Z270 Tomahawk (black-red color theme) and MSI … Read more
We love Gigabyte Aorus AX370 – Gaming 5 in our recent reviews, and the AM4 equivalent, the Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 looks every bit as good. Making the move from Intel to AMD, Gigabyte has included most of the features from its premium range of Intel boards. You get RGB lighting in the DIMM slots, a clean … Read more