In the spotlight today we have the ASRock Z370 Extreme4. As has always been the case, Extreme4 moves in as a mid-range option, carrying strong features and hopeful performance. Some of these features include, dual M.2 slots, USB 3.0 and 3.1 headers and NVIDIA SLI/AMD Crossfire support.
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The ASUS ROG Rampage Vi Apex comes from a long line of overclocking motherboards that symbolize the epitome of what a high-end motherboard should be. Of course, these days, the lines between high-end, gaming, overclocking and mainstream all tend to blur. For instance you can game on any motherboard and high-end hardware can apply to both gaming and overclocking.
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Gigabyte’s previous mainstream Intel Gaming 7 board was clad in white shrouds and heatsinks, so design-wise, things have changed a heck of a lot. We’re now dealing with a much darker, meaner-looking motherboard in the Z370 Aorus Gaming 7, but while it costs a few notes more, there are indeed a few additions to the specs table too.
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While ASUS’s original X299 motherboards are still very well equipped to handle Intel’s HCC (up to 18C) parts, Intel even used them for reference scores for the 7980XE, the Rampage VI Extreme features some reworked socket circuitry and improved VRM cooling to better handle the new CPUs. The motherboard actually doesn’t even support Kaby Lake-X CPUs, and only supports the new Skylake-X CPUs, and as such is focused on supporting the new CPUs to their maximum.
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The Tyan Tempest HX S7100 geared for multi-GPU setups with 7x PCIe slots, four of which provide full electrical x16 links. That gives the capability of running four dual width, full length 12.3” GPU’s popular for a range of professions from engineering and creatives to AI and DeepLearning.
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If bragging rights are the point of overclocking, the X299 OC Formula may be your perfect companion. If program performance is the point of overclocking, the X299 OC Formula is easily matched. On balance, a lower price may have earned this model an award.
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The MSI X299 SLI Plus is a budget friendly way to get into the high performance LGA 2066 socket, while offering great features. For testing in this review I will be using the Intel Core i5-7640X which has an unlocked multiplier, runs at 4 GHz, and features quad cores and threads.
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The MSI X299 Gaming M7 ACK is part of the company’s Enthusiast Gaming-based boards and sits pretty high up in the X299 product stack. These boards are packed full of useful features that set the brand apart, such as PWM controlled fan headers, a 2-amp header for use with a water cooling pump, DDR4 Boost, Steel Armor on the PCIe and DIMM slots, Mystic Lighting support, Killer Network hardware, and so very much more.
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The ASUS Republic of Gamers (aka ‘ROG) is a family of premium gaming products ranging from video cards to motherboards to peripherals, but every enthusiast knows the foundation of any build is the motherboard. If you look up the definition of ‘Hero’ and ignore the bit about a sandwich, you are left with “a person who is admired or idealized…
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Of course, there is a slightly more obvious difference, which is that the Z370-E includes silver heatsinks, and in the flesh these do actually look pretty good and make a change from the dark grey or black colour schemes we’ve been seeing of late while still managing to maintain a colour-neutral scheme to complement RGB lighting.
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