ASUS STRIX Z270E Gaming
3rd January 2017Type
MotherboardPrice
$238.00 USASUS STRIX Z270E Gaming Power Consumption Tests
The Kaby Lake architecture is meant to improve overall system power consumption and add to the efficiency. In the case of the Core i7-7700K, we are looking at refined 14nm Plus process which allows Intel to gain improved clock speeds under the same power package.
With the frequency bump, the new chips do end up with higher power consumption both in idle and load states. When overclocked, the Core i7-7700K did went past the 400W barrier due to added power and voltage. We used a Phantek’s PH-TC14PE cooler to keep the chip cooled under stock and overclocked load and the result was a significant increase in the temperatures compared to Skylake generation.
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The ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E Gaming is a very balanced board in terms of features for its price of $238 US. We found it very interesting as a great product designed for gamers that packs all the features a gamer or enthusiast would ever want in a quality priced board.
- Great Design Quality
- Good OC Support
- Metal PCIe Slots
- Intel Optane Support
- Intel 6th and 7th Gen Support
- Dual USB 3.1 (Type-A + Type-C)
- Lots of storage capabilities
- Lots of I/O capabilities
- Onboard WiFi Module
- Onboard Audio design
- RGB AURA Lightning
- Great $238 US Price
Pros
- Non Metal DIMM Slots
- No U.2 SSD Support
- Lots of competition under $250 US
- Kaby Lake Not a Big Improvement From Skylake
Cons
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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