When will this board be back in stock or will it be available again? I would like to order on here directly from EVGA. Also what are the chances it will run this memory kit?
 
http://www.newegg.com/Pro..._-20-231-956-_-Product
 
 
update 8-21-16, EVGA when will this board be coming back as now it has been removed from the website? is no longer in the z170 section. has it been discontinued?

Was looking to try it with a 6700k myself. 

thats what im wondering. If this board discontinued already ill just go x99 then. unless the new boards are coming out real soon.

Looking for 4 way sli which is why i considered this board. Not only for gaming but benchmarks as well. 

MSim
Why cards are you going to run in 4 way SLi?  I thought GTX1080 will only support 2way SLi.

2 way with that new SLI bridge the high bandwidth one. The old school bridges they will run 4way sli no issues. only the new bridges are limited to 2way sli. 

MSim
I'm talking about this.
 

We can confirm that 1080 cards only support up to 2-way SLI and anything above this will not work, no matter the SLI bridge.

 
 

 
where did you get that quote? ive seen it discussed on multiple sites they will do 4 way sli. 

yup but benchmarks and all will still utalize it. so will folding and so on. 

I'm curious about the Z170 Classified's availability as well.  I'd go with a K (I only need two graphics cards); however, 1) I want the Core3D sound chip instead of the RealTek, and (more important) 2) I don't want to put my graphics cards right next to each other in slots 1 & 2--with the plain Classified, I can put them in slots 1 & 4.
 
$110 more just for these two things.  *sigh*  And that's assuming any more Classifieds will even be manufactured.

Any comment from EVGA on this as now i see the board has been removed from the website?

I looked and looked for this motherboard.  There are a few out there still, but they are so insanely priced that it's not worth it.  Plus, I think most the of the fringe places are betting on taking your money, then ordering the board from EVGA.  Pretty sure thats what happened here.  
 
So yeah, this board now has a spirally horn on it's head and is prancing through the mystical forest.  I gave up on one and am looking to take the X99 path. 

Violence I will sell you the 4-way I won for 1 meeeellliiiiooon dollars if that's cool.

Violence.
pretty much what im considering. Really wanted to go the z170 route and not go x99 but im thinking thats the way i might end up going. z170 would have been a nice stable gaming setup i could have folded with also, and not have the higher cost of the x99 setups. 

 
the whole "I want 4 way SLI for benchmarking and folding" makes no sense if you arent going for the X99 platform. You are intentionally gimping yourself by sticking with the z170 platform.
 
In any case I can confirm that the z170 Classified 4 way has been discontinued and we will no longer manufacture this motherboard. I apologize for the inconvenience.

So maybe I could get some advice from anyone smarter than me about this.
I've been eyeballing the 4-way for awhile now, but due to the lack of availability and seeing that it is "coming soon" on the EVGA z170 motherboards page has had me reconsidering.
Thinking now that I know I want to try to SLI two 1080s, I probably don't need the 4-way tech anyways.  So begs the question of whether or not the 4-way has anything else that 1-ups the K variant?
 
Looking at the specs between the two, I see a couple items that stand-out, and apart from that and card size, they are closely the same.  Unfortunately, I don't have the greatest idea as to what these different parts are used for and which is better.

• They both have 4 DIMMs, dual channel DDR4, and up to 64GBs, but the K has 3600 MHz+, and 4-way does only 3200 MHz+
• NICs are different.  K has a "Killer E2400 NIC", while the 4-way has dual intel NICs (i219PHY & i210)
• Of course 4-way has better sound with Creative Labs (I don't actually need this because I bought a separate sound card that is also creative labs, and I'm quite certain it is pretty high up in quality)
• K version has 2x "M.2 Key M up to 32GB/s" while 4-way has 1x of those PLUS 1x "M.2 Key E"
• In the External I/O, most of it is the same but I find it curious that while 4-way has 2 USB 3.1 listed in the specs, but isn't listed in its External I/O
  • However, 1x USB 3.1 header (2 ports) is listed under Internal I/O.

 
So, probably doesn't come at a surprise, but I don't know what DIMMs is.
I gather the NIC is for network connection, but are those intel versions better than the Killer version?
Also, no surprise I don't know what the M.2 Keys are, and which is better between M and E variety.

EVGATech_MDecker

Violence.
pretty much what im considering. Really wanted to go the z170 route and not go x99 but im thinking thats the way i might end up going. z170 would have been a nice stable gaming setup i could have folded with also, and not have the higher cost of the x99 setups. 

 
the whole "I want 4 way SLI for benchmarking and folding" makes no sense if you arent going for the X99 platform. You are intentionally gimping yourself by sticking with the z170 platform.
 
In any case I can confirm that the z170 Classified 4 way has been discontinued and we will no longer manufacture this motherboard. I apologize for the inconvenience.

 
No offense intended, but if that's the case then why was the board made in the first place?