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The new impact is available at newegg for $248.99. Hard to resist.
Not really, since it's the most expensive board by a fair amount and it has severe trade-offs.The new impact is available at newegg for $248.99. Hard to resist.
Has any body read the manual for the Maximus VIII Impact, motherbord diagram shows ASM 1142k. I has a good look at the photo on Anandtech and the postion on the photo vs. the drawing confirms there is an ASMedia chip in the same position thogh its hard to make out the actual number of the IC. I think can't think why they'd put Alpine Ridge on there and an ASM 1142. Does anybody have any idea
Looks like the ASRock board it is for me then. Just need to get a mini-PCIe to M.2 adapter for that Intel 8260 wifi card.
I have it, what do you want to know exactly ?
Same mobo and F4 BIOS won't allow my 2666 mem to run at that either.Just got hold two days ago on a GA-Z170N-WIFI. It's globally a good full featured board, running my SL 6700k delidded at 4.7Ghz (1.4v)
Pros :
- Cheap
- Lot of high end features (x4 M.2, SATA Express, etc.)
- Stable
- Available
Cons :
- with current BIOS (F4), I can't get my GSkill 3466MHz to run anything higher than 2300Mhz
- shitty PWM FAN control, my computer went from silent to loud. It's like a 10 years ago fan management engine.
- lack of back USB ports (4+1)
I might jump on M8I when it gets on stock here in Switzerland.
I see it as they limit themselves to the facts and steer away from personal preference. The board has only be launched for a day, so not much clarity about the lack of the M.2 has been given anywhere.Regarding Anandtech, I've moved on from them long ago. They are too afraid to criticise obvious shortcomings on products, just to keep their relation with manufacturers. For this little preview of the VIII Impact, they didn't mention M.2 at all. And I bet they won't in the full review either, if they do one (usually months later).
I've no idea what you'd pay, but a 400GB U2 is £320 over here and for that you can buy a 256GB NVMe M2 plus a 1TB SSD for data.
To be honest I doubt real world you'd notice the difference between a mainstream SSD against top of the range NVMe but then again I didn't hear one person say - oh I hope it launches with a U2 instead of M2. If anyone is really set on U2 SFF drives maybe uATX in a larger case with M2 to U2 adapters is the best option?
Here the Intel 750 400gb is 50% more than the Samsung 950 Pro 512gb so, yeah it is a huge negative.
Asus fu'k this up, no way around it.
I see it as they limit themselves to the facts and steer away from personal preference. The board has only be launched for a day, so not much clarity about the lack of the M.2 has been given anywhere.
Is the lack of M.2 an issue ? It depends if you need or want it. But it's not a negative per sé.
I remember people being very negative about M.2 over a year ago when it first showed up on the desktop, being useless as it's a "laptop format"...
U.2 will have this rise in interest too when the first halo product is launched. It arguably has been already, the Intel SSD 750.
Not really, since it's the most expensive board by a fair amount and it has severe trade-offs.
Do not be fooled that the ROG sticker means "best choice". It was arguably with the M6I and M7I, but I don't feel they made the right choices on this version.
The overclocking part on other boards is often less restricted than the cooling or PSU capacity in most compact SFF cases, it's not like the other Z170 chipset boards can't run a good overclock.
Would you lose bandwidth / speed by using a U.2 to M.2 adapter?
I agree U.2 needs to replace SATA, but at the same time, the cable is clunky. If Asus had kept both M.2 and U.2, and put U.2 port at the opposite side, then it would have been another story. Then they could brag. But now, we are obviously left with disappointed feelings about this.
Does there even exist any U.2 to M.2 adapters? I have only read about M.2 to U.2.
Ail, Great build, I have the same board on order, it is my first Gigabyte board. Would you mind taking a detailed photo of the primary bios chip, its the one in between the two mounting nuts for the M.2 slot. I need to know the type of flash chip used.
USB 3.1. I got tired of waiting for the Wifi and went for the gaming. It was only $20 more.Any reason to go for the Gaming 5 over the normal Z170N-WIFI? Apart from the fancy heatsink and killer lan(bad), they seem kind of similar. In fact I think the all black theme looks better.
Will check the full Rez photo later to see if it is visible and post up.
EDIT:: Was not able to find any older pics that had the chip text visible. I was able to thread the needle and get a shot of it in the case. Not the best but hope it helps.
Asrock out in UK, and plenty of places in Germany too - easy enough to get bits from there and often available before usI'm located in the UK and I don't think it is out yet over here.
But I am hoping to buy this on my travels when I visit Hong Kong early next month...
I put a system together using the Gigabyte z710 gaming 5 motherboard last night. I had a win7 key that I intended to upgrade to win10, and found out that installing from USB 3.0 is complicated, since the installer will prompt for usb drivers and will halt if you don't. I ended up initiating the install on another system via USB2, then moving the drive over to the new system right at the first reboot, then the installation continued. Once installed, win7 still didn't have USB3 or lan drivers, so I had to copy them to another sata drive to install.
Having a sata optical drive to install from disc, or having a header to plug into the usb2 pin-out on the motherboard would have simplified things. Otherwise, you could slipstream the drivers onto your usb drive installer. But it's pretty clear that win7 is now a dinosaur, and everyone should step up to 10.
The system works perfectly on win10, I'm very happy with my purchase. Planning on moving from a sata ssd to m.2 when the 950 pro m.2 hits.