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Re: Z270 availability 2017/01/24 17:37:43 (permalink)
Could we get a time frame for the Stinger model? Newegg shows other models to be available mid February. Is this the same for the Stinger model?
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Re: Z270 availability 2017/01/25 20:39:10 (permalink)
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Could we get a time frame for the Stinger model? Newegg shows other models to be available mid February. Is this the same for the Stinger model?



My guess is late February, if Newegg doesn't have it listed with the other motherboards.
 
 


 
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Re: Z270 availability 2017/02/01 15:20:47 (permalink)
They are officially up for sale!!
 
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Re: Z270 availability 2017/02/03 21:21:52 (permalink)
 
Still in stock - good to see there's enough supply that they didn't all go out the door in the first 10 minutes. Waiting to hear back on user experiences with the Classified K in particular. My new laptop arrives soon (see signature) so I'll have another shot at Windows 10 (Pro) on that and see if I can swallow it enough to handle moving my desktop to Windows 10 Pro as well.
 
 


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Re: Z270 availability 2017/02/04 00:23:16 (permalink)
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The reason why EVGA doesn't have the ALC1220 on their boards is most likely because it's currently a limited partner release from Realtek. Look at their website and there's no specs, press releases, or other info on the 1220 codec. It's a ghost product at the moment.

As far as high quality audio codecs on board though how good do you really think they can get? All of them are pretty poop due to the nature of the power supply they're working with.

Creative's codec realistically doesn't improve sound quality at all. The DAC is of almost identical quality to the one in Realtek's codec. About the only real benefit to it is the heavier duty DSP it comes with...

Realtek's 1220 likewise is doubtful to bring any real quality improvements to on-board audio. Keep the hype in check.

If you want good quality audio get a cheap externally powered DAC with some moderately good Sabre DAC/AMP. No matter how good your onboard codec is, it's going to be pretty poop.



I never liked onboard sound and always used Sound Blaster cards... Never experienced some of the issues other people seemed to with their drivers. I like my current set up, SB Zx with ACM... I can switch from headphones to speakers with a flip of a "switch". I have been eyeing one of these https://en-us.sennheiser.com/audio-amplifier-gsx-1000, looks interesting.


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Re: Z270 availability 2017/02/04 02:15:00 (permalink)
Sound blaster cards, and an integrated sound blaster codec are two *very* different things from a sound quality perspective. The cards have all kinds of extra power isolation and filtration that simply isn't possible on the constrained space of a CPU motherboard. Just like a good USB DAC will be a sound quality upgrade over the creative cards, a half-decent creative card is still a sound quality improvement over even a really well designed sound blaster motherboard.
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Re: Z270 availability 2017/02/05 16:30:15 (permalink)
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I never liked onboard sound and always used Sound Blaster cards... Never experienced some of the issues other people seemed to with their drivers.




+1  Same here.         

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