Intel Skylake Workstation? Why not! ASUS introduced the motherboard Z170-WS, which was designed specifically for this application. Model Z170-WS refers to the design of the ATX format and is distinguished by functionality - in the end, we are dealing with a motherboard that should provide better performance. Stand LGA allocated to the processor 1151, and for memory there are four slots with support for 2 channel DDR4 sets with a capacity of up to 64 GB. Do not forget about proper nutrition, because the manufacturer applied the section in the system 8+4+1 with reliable cooling and two 8-pin EPS 12V connectors.
Four PCI-Express slots for cards 3.0 x16 and one PCI-Express 3.0 x4 - this way you can combine four video cards in 4-way Nvidia SLI or AMD CrossFireX mode. But it is necessary to bear in mind, that in case of using several video cards, additional PCI-E 6-pin power is required.
Looks good set of connectors for hard drives and drives, since they have six SATA ports 6 Gb/s, two M. 2 32 Gb / s and one U. 2 32 Gb/s.
Additional features are also noteworthy., such as, for example, quick access buttons for turning on / rebooting and restoring default UEFI settings and a diagnostic display.
The rear panel is equipped with a functional set of ports - here in particular, four USB ports 2.0 and 3.0, two USB ports 3.1 (A+C), two Intel gigabit network adapters and Crystal Sound audio system connectors.
Specification of motherboard ASUS Z170-WS:
- format: ATX;
- stand: Larga 1151;
- chipset: Intel Z170;
- RAM: 4x DDR4 16 GB 3733 MHz;
- connectors for expansion cards: 4x PCI-Express 3.0 x16, 1x PCI-Express 3.0 x4;
- connectors for hard disks and drives: 6 x SATA 6 Gb / s, 2x M. 2 32 Gb/s, The. 2 32 Gb/s;
- connectors on the rear panel:four USB ports 2.0;
- four USB ports 3.0;
- two USB ports 3.1 (A+C);
- button USB BIOS Flashback;
- button for saving POST logs;
- HDMI and DisplayPort outputs;
- two RJ45 sockets of gigabit network interface cards;
- audio connectors 8 channel sound card (including S / PDIF).
It is not yet known when and at what price it will go on sale.. One can only suspect, that it will be one of the most expensive models for LGA 1151.
