Asus Rog Strix Z270e Gaming Lga 1151 Atx Intel Motherboardl Review

Introduction and Technical Specifications

The Strix Z270E Gaming motherboard is the newest fellow member of the ASUS Strix gaming line with support for the Kaby Lake processor line…

Introduction

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The Strix Z270E Gaming motherboard is among the Z270-based offerings in ASUS ROG Strix product line. The board's integrated Intel Z270 chipset integrates support for the latest Intel LGA1151 Kaby Lake processor line as well as Dual Aqueduct DDR4 memory. With an MSRP of $199, the Strix Z270E Gaming board comes at a premium, more than than justified past its feature gear up.

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The new Strix board does not disappoint with its sleek black advent and ten-stage digital power delivery organisation. ASUS integrated the following features into the Prime Z270-A board: six SATA 3 ports; two Chiliad.2 PCIe x4 capable ports; an Intel I219-V Gigabit NIC; 2×2 802.11ac WiFI adapter; three PCI-Express x16 slots; four PCI-Express x1 slots; ii RGB 12V headers; Supreme FX 8-channel audio subsystem; integrated DisplayPort, HDMI, and DVI video ports; and USB three.0 and 3.1 Type-A and Type-C port support.

Proceed reading our review of the ASUS Strix Z270E Gaming motherboard!

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ASUS enhanced several design aspects with the Strix Z270E Gaming including integrated RGB back up into the PCB separator line and rear panel cage, mount points for custom 3D printed panels along the pinnacle of the board, and metal reinforced PCIe x16 slots for the master and secondary slots.

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The Strix Z270E Gaming'south rear console has an integrated plastic cover console and all the ports you've come to expect in an ASUS Strix board, including USB 3.0 and 3.i ports, a variety of video ports, an RJ-45 GigE port, 2×2 802.11 Wi-Fi ports, and both digital and analogue audio ports.

Technical Specifications (taken from the ASUS website)

CPU	Intel® Socket 1151 for 7th/6th Generation Core™ i7/Core™ i5/Cadre™ i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors Supports Intel® fourteen nm CPU Supports Intel® Turbo Heave Engineering science 2.0 * The Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the CPU types. * Refer to www.asus.com for CPU back up list
Chipset	Intel® Z270
Memory	4 ten DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 3866(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2400(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Retentiveness Dual Channel Memory Architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Contour (XMP) ** Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). * Hyper DIMM support is subject area to the concrete characteristics of individual CPUs.
Graphic	Integrated Graphics Processor – Intel® HD Graphics support Multi-VGA output back up : HDMI/DVI-D/DisplayPort ports – Supports HDMI with max. resolution 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz – Supports DVI-D with max. resolution 1920 ten 1200 @ threescore Hz – Supports DisplayPort with max. resolution 4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz *1 Maximum shared retentiveness of 1024 MB Supports Intel® InTru™ 3D, Quick Sync Video, Articulate Video HD Technology, Insider™ Supports upward to 3 displays simultaneously *1 DP one.2 Multi-Stream Transport compliant, supports DP 1.2 monitor daisy concatenation up to 3 displays.
Multi-GPU Back up	Supports NVIDIA® 2-Manner SLI™ Technology Supports AMD 3-Manner CrossFireX™ Applied science
Expansion Slots	2 x PCIe iii.0/ii.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) ane x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x4 mode) 4 x PCIe 3.0/ii.0 x1
Storage	Intel® Z270 Chipset : 1 x G.ii Socket three, with Chiliad Cardinal, blazon 2242 / 2260 / 2280 storage devices support (PCIE mode only) *2 1 ten M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2242 / 2260 / 2280 / 22110 storage devices support (both SATA & PCIE mode) *3 vi x SATA 6Gb/s port(south) Support Raid 0, i, five, 10 Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology *4 Intel® Optane™ Retentivity Ready *five *2 The Thou.2_1 socket shares SATA_1 port when apply 1000.2 SATA mode device. Adjust BIOS settings to use a SATA device. *3 The Grand.2_2 socket shares SATA_56 ports when utilize M.2 PCIE mode device in X4 mode. Adjust BIOS settings to use SATA devices. *4 These functions will work depending on the CPU installed. *5 Intel® Optane Engineering only supported when using 7th Generation Intel® Processors. Before using Intel® Optane memory modules, ensure that you have updated your motherboard drivers and BIOS to the latest version from ASUS support website.
LAN	Intel® I219V Anti-surge LANGuard ROG GameFirst Technology
Wireless Data Network	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/north/ac Supports dual band frequency 2.4/five GHz Supports MU-MIMO
Bluetooth	Bluetooth V4.ane *10 Support for the Bluetooth specification depends on the Windows version. Win7/8.1 back up up to Bluetooth 4.0.
Audio	ROG SupremeFX 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220A – Dual Headphone Amplifiers – Impedance sense for forepart and rear headphone outputs – Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking – High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input – SupremeFX Shielding Technology – Supports up to 32-Chip/192kHz playback *6 *6 Due to limitations in HDA bandwidth, 32-Bit/192kHz is not supported for 8-Channel sound. Audio Feature : – SupremeFX Shielding™ Technology – Optical S/PDIF out port(south) at back panel – Dedicated sound PCB layers: Separate layers for left and right channels to baby-sit the quality of the sensitive audio signals – Premium Japanese-fabricated audio capacitors: Provide warm, natural and immersive sound with exceptional clarity and allegiance – Sonic Radar III – Sonic Studio 3
USB Ports	Intel® Z270 Chipset : half dozen x USB three.0 port(s) (4 at dorsum panel, bluish, ii at mid-board) Intel® Z270 Chipset : 6 x USB two.0 port(south) ASMedia® USB 3.1 controller : *seven 1 x USB three.1 front panel connector port(s) *7 The USB 3.one front end panel connector shares bandwidth with PCIE_x1_2 and PCIE_x1_4. If the USB 3.1 front header is connected, PCIE_x1_2 and PCIE_x1_4 will be disabled. ASMedia® USB three.1 controller : 2 x USB 3.one port(s) (Type-A + Type-C, Support 3A ability output)
ROG Sectional Features	ROG RAMCache II ROG CPU-Z ROG CloneDrive Overwolf GameFirst 4 *9 ROG GameFirst Four is only available for Windows® 10/8.i 64-bit ROG Aura – Aura Lighting Control – Aura RGB Strip Headers
Special Features	OC Design – ASUS PRO Clock Technology – Full BCLK range for farthermost overclocking performance 5-Way Optimization by Dual Intelligent Processors 5 – Whole system optimization with a single click! five-Way Optimization tuning key perfectly consolidates TPU, EPU, DIGI+ Ability Command, Fan Xpert four, and Turbo App together, providing amend CPU functioning, efficient ability saving, precise digital power control, whole system cooling and even tailor your own app usages. TPU – Auto Tuning, TurboV, GPU Boost – Fan Xpert 4 featuring Fan Auto Tuning function and multiple thermistors Gamer's Guardian: – DRAM Overcurrent Protection – Stainless Steel Back I/O – Highly Durable Components – DIGI+ VRM – SafeSlot ASUS Exclusive Features : – AI Suite 3 – Ai Charger – ESD Guards – PC Cleaner ASUS EZ DIY : – ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 – ASUS EZ Wink three ASUS Q-Design : – ASUS Q-Shield – ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) – ASUS Q-Slot – ASUS Q-DIMM Gaming Aesthetics : – 3D press friendly – Aura-RGB Lighting Digi+VRM Turbo APP M.2 Onboard (The latest transfer technologies with up to 32Gb/s data transfer speeds)
Back I/O Ports	ane x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port(s) i ten DVI-D 1 x DisplayPort i x HDMI 2 x USB three.ane Type-A + Type-C 4 x USB 3.0 (blue) 1 x Optical S/PDIF out five x Audio jack(s) ane x ASUS Wi-Fi GO! module (Wi-Fi 802.eleven a/b/chiliad/northward/ac and Bluetooth v4.0
Internal I/O Ports	one x AAFP connector 2 x RGB Header(due south) one x USB three.0 connector(s) back up(south) boosted 2 USB 3.0 port(s) 3 x USB two.0 connector(due south) back up(southward) additional 6 USB ii.0 port(s) 1 10 M.ii Socket iii with M Fundamental, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIE mode only) one x Thou.2 Socket 3 with M Cardinal, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (SATA mode & X4 PCIE mode) vi x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s) ane ten CPU Fan connector(s) 1 x CPU OPT Fan connector(s) 2 x Chassis Fan connector(s) 1 10 24-pin EATX Power connector(s) 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector(southward) 1 10 Front panel connector(southward) 1 x System panel(due south) (Chassis intrusion header is inbuilt) one x five-pin EXT_FAN(Extension Fan) connector one x Thermal sensor connector(s) 1 x CPU OV 1 x Clear CMOS jumper(s) 1 x ROG extension (ROG_EXT) header(due south) ane x 14-1 pin TPM connector ane x COM port header ane x Loftier AMP Fan header (4-pin) 1 ten T_Sensor Connector 1 x AIO PUMP Header 3 x 3D Mount screw port(due south) 1 10 USB 3.ane front panel connector
Accessories	User's manual ASUS Q-Shield four x SATA 6Gb/south cable(s) 1 x G.two Screw Package 1 x CPU installation tool one x Supporting DVD 1 ten ASUS 2T2R dual band Wi-Fi moving antennas (Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/chiliad/n/ac compliant) 1 x SLI HB BRIDGE(2-Manner-M) 1 x ROG Strix stickers one x 10-in-i ROG cable label 1 x Extension Cable for RGB strips (eighty cm) ane x 3D printing mountain package 1 10 ROG coasters
BIOS	128 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, WfM2.0, SM BIOS iii.0, ACPI 6.0, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 3, CrashFree BIOS three, F11 EZ Tuning Wizard, F6 Qfan Control, F3 My Favorites, Last Modified log, F12 PrintScreen, and ASUS DRAM SPD (Series Presence Detect) retentiveness information.
Manageability	WfM2.0, DMI3.0, WOL by PME, PXE
Operating System Support	Windows® 10 64-flake Windows® 8.1 64-bit *eight Windows® 7 32-fleck *8 Windows® 7 64-fleck *8 *8 Windows® eight.one 64-bit and Windows® vii 32/64-chip are just supported when using 6th Generation Intel® Processors.
Grade Gene	ATX Form Factor 12 inch x ix.6 inch ( 30.five cm x 24.four cm )

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