EVGA Z270 FTW K, Intel Z270 motherboard socket 1151 [132-KS-E277-KR]

The features of the EVGA Z270 FTW K at a glance:

3 × PCIe (3.0) x16 (16/8/8) & 1 × PCIe (3.0) x1 & × PCIe (3.0) x4
2 × USB 3.1 (Type A & Type C) / 10 × USB 3.0
3 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4) / 1 × U.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4) / 6 × SATA 6G (2x SATA Express)
Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 3,600 MHz
Intel Optane Memory Support
CPU overclocking via multiplier & base clock
The EVGA Z270 FTW K in detail

The EVGA Z270 FTW K is a very well equipped ATX motherboard with Intel's Z270 chipset for Intel's core processors of the 6000 and 7000 series. The black board has three PCIe x16 slots, one of which is connected to the chipset with full 16 lanes, while the other two PCIe-x16 slots are electrically connected with four or eight data lines, respectively. For board and expansion cards, the board also has a PCIe x1 slot and supports both NVIDIA's SLI and AMD's CrossFireX technology.

The mainboard has four DIMM slots for DDR4 memory in fast dual-channel mode. Up to 64 GB of RAM are included in the total of the four memory banks, and depending on the processor, the board supports a memory clock of either 2.133 MHz (with Skylake CPU) or 2.400 MHz (with Kaby Lake CPU), overclocking also using memory modules up to 3.600 MHz Can be.

To connect data carriers, the board provides three M.2 slots for especially fast NVMe M.2 SSDs as well as two SATA Express ports and six SATA 6G connectors for 3.5-inch or 2.5- Inch hard drives and SSDs (including RAID support). The M.2 ports are connected to the chipset via four PCIe lanes in the 3.0 standard and, in combination with the NVMe protocol, enable a data transfer rate of just under 4 GB / s. Thus, M.2 PCIe SSDs are up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs! The special features of the EVGA Z270 FTW K include the fast killer E2400 network adapter, the M.2 & U.2 ports as well as the support of Intel's Optoelectronic memory technology with 3D XPoint architecture.

The mainboard has a new type C USB port on the I / O panel, which is particularly thin and can be inserted at both ends. In addition to the Type C port, the motherboard also provides a down-compatible USB 3.1 type A port. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports at maximum achievable speeds of 10 Gbps! For input devices and other gaming peripherals, the I / O panel also has six USB 3.0 ports.

If you do not have a graphics card, you can connect monitors directly to the back of the motherboard, thanks to the integrated graphics processor of a Skylake or Kaby Lake CPU - two modern connections are available with HDMI and DisplayPort.

Technical details:

Format: ATX
Chipset: Intel Z270 ("Union Point")
Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 6th and 7th core generation ("Skylake" / "Kaby Lake")
RAM: 4 × DDR4 (Skylake: DDR4-2.133, Kaby Lake: DDR4-2.400, OC max. 3.600 MHz)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electrical x8)
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electrical x8)
Compatible multi-VGA configurations: 2-way SLI (Quad-GPU), 3-Way-CrossFireX (Quad-GPU)
1 × PCIe 3.0 x4
1 × PCIe 3.0 x1
Internal connections:
6 × SATA 6G
2 × SATA Express
1 × U.2
2 × M.2 (Key-M / 110 mm)
1 × M.2 (Key-E / 40 mm)
4 × USB 3.0 (two headers)
2 × USB 2.0 (one header)
7 × fan (4-pin PWM)
1 × Power button
1 × Reset button
1 × CMOS reset button
External connections:
2 × USB 3.1 (each 1 × Type A and Type C)
6 × USB 3.0
2 × Gigabit LAN (Killer E2400)
1 × HDMI 1.4b
1 × DisplayPort 1.2
5 × Audio (Realtek ALC1150 + Optical)
Power supply:
1 × 24-pin EATX
1 × 8-pin ATX 12V