Anche Asrock è pronta per Intel Broadwell, analizziamo nel dettagli le due schede madri:

Fatal1ty Z97X Killer:

Questa scheda vanta 8 fasi digitali Dual-Stack MOSFET, gli slot delle memorie e il primo PCI-E 16x con contatti d’oro il tutto fornito con condensatori 12K Platinum!

Segnaliamo la presenza di un connettore M.2 x2 per i nuovi SSD, la possibilità di utilizzare le tecnologie CrossFire e Sli ( 8x / 8x ) oppure 3-Way CrossFireX ( 8x / 4x / 4x ).

Specifiche:

• ASRock Super Alloy
• – XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
• – Premium Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
• – Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)
• – NexFET™ MOSFET
• – 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
• – Sapphire Black PCB
• Gaming Armor
• » CPU Power – Hi-Density Power Connector
• » Memory – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
• » VGA Card – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2), PCIe Power Connector
• » Internet – Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer™ LAN
• » Audio – Purity Sound™ 2
• Supports 5th Generation, New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
• Digi Power, 8 Power Phase design
• Supports Dual Channel DDR3 3200+(OC)
• 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 3 PCIe 2.0 x1
• Supports AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® Quad SLI™
• Graphics Output Options: D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI
• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec), Supports DTS Connect
• 1 SATA Express, 6 SATA3, 1 M.2 (Gen2 x2/SATA), 8 USB 3.0 (2 Front, 6 Rear), 6 USB 2.0 (4 Front, 1 Rear, 1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port)
• 1 COM Port Header
• Supports ASRock HDD Saver Technology, Full Spike Protection, ASRock Cloud, APP Shop, F-Stream, Key Master, Full HD UEFI

Fatal1ty Z97 Killer:

Questa è una versione meno tirata della precedente, pur avendo formato Atx come la precedente perde un connettore PCI-E 16x, conserva otto fasi di alimentazione ma non sono Dual-Stack MOSFET.

Specifiche:

• ASRock Super Alloy
• – XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
• – Premium Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
• – NexFET™ MOSFET
• – 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
• – Sapphire Black PCB
• Gaming Armor
• » CPU Power – Hi-Density Power Connector
• » Memory – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
• » VGA Card – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
• » Internet – Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer™ LAN
• » Audio – Purity Sound™ 2
• Supports 5th Generation, New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
• Digi Power, 8 Power Phase design
• Supports Dual Channel DDR3 3200+(OC)
• 1 PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 PCIe 2.0 x16, 2 PCIe 2.0 x1, 2 PCI
• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
• Graphics Output Options: D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI
• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec), Supports DTS Connect
• 1 SATA Express, 6 SATA3, 1 M.2 (Gen2 x2/SATA), 6 USB 3.0 (2 Front, 4 Rear), 8 USB 2.0 (4 Front, 3 Rear, 1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port)
• 1 COM Port Header, 1 Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector
• Supports ASRock Full Spike Protection, ASRock Cloud, APP Shop, F-Stream, Key Master, Full HD UEFI

Attendiamo di sapere a che prezzi saranno vendute queste promettenti schede!