ASRock FATAL1TY Z270 GAMING-ITX/AC LGA1151/ Intel Z270/ DDR4/ SATA3&USB3.0/ M.2&SATA Express/ WiFi/ A&GbE/ Mini-ITX Motherboard

Great board Multiple pwm connections Lots of data connectors Great oc capabilities and mosfet cooling UEFI is very brain dead simple Started up with 2x8 kingston hypX I5-7600k and xfx rx480 4gb no prob WARNING I used a phantects c7 it's cpu cooler and it will not fit due to chips in the way of the fins

Awesome little motherboard! The WiFi cable and module is not that good, I had to buy a separate one. For gaming, the latency kept dropping off and on every 16-20 seconds. The signal strength is little low too.

Bought this based on positive reviews on tech web sites for a new build. The first board lasted me about about 2 months with intermittent loss of power on back ports and finally just died. I RMAd it but the way that stuff works it could be several hoops and weeks before I got a replacement (if they approved it). So I purchased my 2nd board here at Amazon and it was DOA. I returned it (wasn't allowed an exchange?) and I stubbornly bought a third one at a different retailer (probably shouldn't have). So far its now held up for nearly a year which is the good part. The not so good stuff? Let's start with Ram slots, most have a capacitor between them which gives the slots enough space for the ram. This board did not, nor the equivalent amount of space. My GSkill ram which was ASrock recommended barely fit with the heat spreaders scrapping against each other. If the ram and its heat spreaders had been a millimeter thicker they would not have fit at all. Speaking of capacitors there are two near the front of the PCI express slot--you normally find them out of the way next to the slot--they were actually bent forward a bit which blocked the front of my graphics card from slotting in correctly. I had to very gently push them back up straight, so the card wouldn't damage them. Placement of USB 3 front connector, blocked SATA connector access if you had locking cable. This proved to be vastly annoying when trying to trouble shoot the hardware for issues. The fan controller software is primitive and doesn't work consistently. There were other minor shortcomings which I wont bother with. It isn't all bad, I do like their BIOS and they were quick with a BIOS update for the Spectre vulnerability. Also I did eventually get a refurbished replacement for my first board, which is currently sitting in the closet as a backup. I've used several different companies over the years (Asus, ECS, gigabyte, XFX, etc), but this was my first ASrock mobo. This is definitely the worst or maybe 2nd worst build I've had in terms of mobos in the 15 years or so that I've been building computers for myself, friends, family and small businesses. I don't think I will go with them again or at least not for a long time after this largely frustrating experience.

Lasted about 45 days and then kept saying no boot device. Removed SSD and reinstalled. Then it won't boot at all. Submitted RMA request but manufacturer did not respond and will not reply to emails. Had to buy a different board and case since the new board was microATX. Don't waste your money... buy other name brand motherboards. Really dissappointed in ASRock...:-(

I think this is the only 200 series chipset Mini ITX board with HDMI 2.0/HDCP2.2 output along with DP/HDCP2.2 output. It makes this uniquely positioned as an awesome home theater PC setup board. This is the board we use for building out system using 4K Blu Ray optical drives because of the BIOS support for Intel SGX, and the HDMI 2.0 output from the board. I have it spinning 4K HDR blu-rays out via both the DP and the HDMI links out to 4K/60/HDR displays.

pros: So far, I have owned this motherboard for 7 months. I have an i7-7700k, I was able to easily overclock it to 5ghz stable with a Noctua NH-L12. Very easy to use. I have yet to see this thing crash during regular use. *knock on wood* Also, motherboard fits perfect in my Silverstone mini-itx case. cons: Motherboard said it was running pretty hot while in the bios. (75 degrees Celsius and up!) I don't know if it is a glitch or it was actually running that hot. However, I updated the bios and it went down to ~30 Celsius.

I love it.

This board improves on the features of the Z170 board. The Wifi connectors are mounted on thicker gauge metal in the Z270 mb so they don't bend out of alignment like the Z170 mb. Z270 mb has 7.1 CH HD audio with discrete connectors on backside. No need to acquire HD audio device for front panel to access 7.1 CH HD content as with Z170 mb. Thunderbolt connector on Z270 compatible with USB 3.1 and USB-C displays. Total of 3 monitor ports: HDMIx1, DisplayPort1.2x1, and Thunderbolt Display, all three up to ultra 4K resolution. There are 6 SATA3 channels available, 2 more than Z170 mb. Ultra M.2 socket supports 32Gbps (Gen3X4). Supports NVME and Intel Optane technology. Still located on underside of mb. Accommodates icore chips 6th and 7th generation, with support for 4000 MHz OC with 7th gen processors. Unless you have a compelling reason to get the latest features, hold off buying the z270 mb and wait for the next upgrade. Apparently, the 7th gen icore chips don't have a significant advantage over the 6th gen chips, except for speed 4.2 Ghz for i7 7th gen and 4.0 Ghz for i7 6th gen

Works as intended

Compro ASRock da molti anni e, che dire... è davvero un gioiello questa scheda. Una miriade di funzionalità in un unico piccolo formato. Dall'antenna WiFI alla porta Thunderbolt, questa scheda madre alloggia un concentrato di tecnologia non indifferente. Volete il top delle performance? Dietro la scheda c'è uno slot M2 per SSD o Intel Optane, a voi la scelta. La Thunderbolt si dimostra a prova di futuro e le porte USB non mancano. Temperature nella norma. Davvero un bel prodotto, ma la cosa migliore? Il form-factor M-ITX che permette di inserire questo gioiello in case piccoli. Non riesco davvero a trovare un difetto, e al momento della stesura di questa recensione è sulla soglia di compiere due anni di servizio.

i5-7600 , Crucial SSD 512GB , Crucial MICRON DDR4 8GBx2 , Zotac GTX1070 6GB , ATX電源600wとパーツのみで11万円内で構築しましたが快適です。 付属のwifiアンテナの掴みが多少悪い気もしますが、ワイヤレスでコンパクトなゲーミングPCがこの価格で作れるのはいい時代になったと思います。

I purchased this motherboard for the built-in 4k 60Hz HDMI output and the optical (SPDIF) audio output. Nice color scheme and quality construction.

good stuff and works very well.