EVGA is among motherboard manufacturers attempting to get products ready in advance of Intel's upcoming Skylake CPU, showing Z170 boards that appear near production-ready. These include the Z170 Stinger, FTW, and Classified.
Z170 StingerZ170 FTWZ170 ClassifiedForm FactorMini ITXATXATXExpansion Slots1x x16x8-x8-x4-x4-x1x8-x8-x8-x8-x4Memory Slots2x DDR44x DDR44x DDR4SATA Ports468Rear USB 6x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.06x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.06x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0VideoDisplayPort, HDMIDisplayPort, HDMIDisplayPort, HDMIAudio5 Analog, 1 Optical5 Analog, 1 Optical5 Analog, 1 OpticalNetwork1x Gig-E1x Gig-E2x Gig-E |
---|
Following EVGA tradition, the Stinger is a mini ITX part. Featuring a 6-phase voltage regulator for overclocking, it includes two DDR4 DIMM slots and a single PCIe 3.0 x16 slot internally.
FTW adds a few more slots and the ability to split the upper sixteen lanes across the first two x16 slots in x8-x8 mode. Z170 Classified adds third party controllers and PCIe bridges to support four graphics cards in x8 mode (or two in x16 mode), two extra SATA drives (totaling eight) including SATA-Express capable ports, an M.2 slot, an extra USB 3.0 front-panel header, and dual gigabit Ethernet.
Follow us @tomshardware, on Facebook and on Google+.