Mainstream motherboard
If you are looking to buy an Intel Kaby Lake processor for gaming, you would certainly like to buy an appropriate motherboard for that usage as well. But while most of the premium gaming motherboard offers functions such as great overclocking or a lot of PCIe slots for multi GPU, some gamers just want a simple motherboard that well, just works. Enter the ASUS STRIX H270F Gaming motherboard.
(H)igh Performance
This full sized ATX motherboard has two large heatsink around the processor slot, which does not get in the way if you are using a large third party cooler. The board itself is matte black with some white, and while it already looks cool, you’ll find that it also supports RGB lighting via a single strip underneath the board. When installed in a casing with a window, this strip will illuminate the inside of your PC for some cool effect.
Graphic Greatness
The STRIX H270F features two PCIe x16 slots, with the second slot running at x4. What amazes us is that ASUS manage to get the board to support multi GPU, albeit only Crossfire on a chipset that on paper does not support multi GPU. This is great news for gamers that would like to upgrade to a second GPU sometime in the future. This motherboard also supports the latest Intel Optane technology via it’s M.2 PCIe x4 slot, altho we don’t think anybody can afford Optane yet cables won’t get in the way of longer graphic cards.
Highlight
1 – ASUS managed to give users a bucket-load of I/Os at the ba
2 – The board supports 3D printing parts!
3 – RGB Lighting are all the rage, and present here
Specs
Socket: Intel LGA 1151
Chipset: Intel H270
Memory: Dual Channel DDR4 up to 3300Mhz (OC)
DIMM Slot: 4
Max Memory: 64GB
PCIe x16 slots: x2
USB: 2x USB 3.1 (Type A + Type C), 6x USB 3.0, 8x USB 2.0
Form Factor: Full ATX
Price: RM689
Benchmarks
PCMark Home: 3620
PCMark Creative: 3778
PCMark Work: 3622
Rating
Value : 8
Features : 9
Performance : 8
Design : 9
Usability : 8
Total Score: 8.4
Verdict: A great trade-off for non overclockers
Byline: by Din
