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EVGA Z170 Classified K Feedback?

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2016/10/20 11:29:17 (permalink)
Pre buying feedback on the EVGA Z170 Classified K board?
 
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    Re: EVGA Z170 Classified K Feedback? 2016/10/20 15:30:18 (permalink)
    Nice MB. Use it with a 6700k. Nice layout and i love the black design. 
    Pros:
    - good oc abilities, got my i7 6700k to 4,7 V but that depends mostly on the chip
    - dual bios: Use more than one BIOS version and easy to use BIOS layout, safed me because i corrupted one BIOS and was able to flash it again while using the other one.
    - runs cool thanks to the massive heat sinks
    - lots of nice goodies like on board reset, power and CMOS buttons, 10 Sata ports, LED for diagnosis and temperature and much more
     
    Cons:
    - BIOS seems a bit slow if you use a mouse
    - IO-shield fits not with all graphic cards
    - PCI-E layout is not suited for SLI because the slots a located too close to each other. Except you use a custom loop watercooling
    - tuning software E-Leet is not working correctly. At least not for me. And every other software like AIDA64 or CPU-Z gives you wrong Vcore values       
     
    If you can live with that, go get it. I would buy it again.
     
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    Re: EVGA Z170 Classified K Feedback? 2016/10/21 11:52:29 (permalink)
    Multi GPU's. Most likely not SLI
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    Re: EVGA Z170 Classified K Feedback? 2016/10/21 16:10:13 (permalink)
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    Cons:
    - IO-shield fits not with all graphic cards

    By IO Shield do you mean the IO cover that runs parallel to the motherboard and goes over the top of the IO?
    If so, it only doesn't 'not fit' with all graphics cards, it doesn't fit with the top end EVGA 1070 card.  I mean, it did fit, but I scratched up the back plate a tiny bit.  Glad that plate was there, had it not been, may have clipped something important.  Stupid dark computer case and inability to see why the video card isn't going in cleanly.
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    Re: EVGA Z170 Classified K Feedback? 2016/10/21 23:14:37 (permalink)
    Yes, i ment the cover. I could not use it because of the massive backplate on my 1070 FTW. So i use the board without it. EVGA, you failed there as with the PCiE layout totally. But the cover is just cosmetics and i use a single GPU, so it works out for me.
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