EVGA Z370 Classified K, Intel Z370 motherboard - socket 1151 [134-KS-E379-KR]

The features of the EVGA Z370 Classified K at a glance:
- 3 × PCIe (3.0) x16 (16 * 8/8/4) & 3 × PCIe (3.0) x1
- 3 × USB 3.1 (Type A & Type C) / 8 × USB 3.0 / 4 × USB 2.0
- 2 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 × 4, PCIe 3.0 × 4 / SATA) / 1 × M.2 Key-E / 6 × SATA 6G
- Supports max. 64 GB of DDR4 RAM up to 4,133 MHz
- CPU overclocking by multiplier & baseclock

The EVGA Z370 Classified K in detail
The EVGA Z270 Classified K is a very well-equipped E-ATX motherboard with Intel's Z370 chipset for Intel's Core 8000 series processors. The black board has three PCIe x16 slots, one of which is connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes, while the other two PCIe x16 slots are electrically connected with eight or four data lines. For plug-in and expansion cards, the board also has three PCIe x1 slots and supports both NVIDIA's SLI and AMD's CrossFireX technology.

Equipped with a total of four DIMM slots for DDR4 memory in fast dual-channel mode, up to 64 GB of RAM can be installed in the four memory banks. The Coffee Lake processors support a memory clock of 2,666 MHz, whereby overclocking can also be used with memory modules up to 4,133 MHz.

To connect disks, the board provides two M.2 slots for ultra-fast NVMe M.2 SSDs and six SATA 6G ports for 3.5 "or 2.5" hard drives and SSDs Available (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 almost 4 GB / s. This makes M.2 PCIe SSDs up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs! For compatibility with SATA M.2 SSDs, one of the two M.2 slots can also be used via the SATA interface. There is also an M.2 Key E slot for the corresponding WLAN or Bluetooth devices.

The motherboard has a new Type C USB port on the I / O bezel, which is particularly thin and can finally be plugged in on both sides. In addition to the Type-C port, the motherboard also provides a backwards-compatible USB 3.1 Type A port. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports with maximum 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 Kaby Lake CPU monitors directly to the back of the motherboard with the built-in graphics processor - HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2 provide two ports. The motherboard offers XMP support and a variety of overclocking features, such as improved VRM cooling and optimized power supply.

Technical details:
- Format: ATX
- Chipset: Intel Z370 ("Union Point")
- Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 8th generation "Coffee Lake")
- RAM: 4 × DDR4 (Coffee Lake: DDR4-2.666, OC max 4.133 MHz)
- Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
- 1 × PCIe 3.0 x16
- 1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x8)
- 1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x4)
- Compatible Multi-VGA Configurations: 2-Way SLI (Quad GPU), 3-Way CrossFireX (Quad GPU)
- 3 × PCIe 3.0 x1
Internal connections:
- 6 × SATA 6G (of which 4 alternatively as SATA Express)
- 1 × SATA Express (occupies 4x SATA 6G)
- 1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280)
- 1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 × 4, SATA, 2242/2260/2280)
- 1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0x2, Key E for WiFi / BT modules)
- 2 × USB 3.1 (a header)
- 2 × USB 3.0 (a header)
- 4 × USB 2.0 (two headers)
- 6 × fan (4-pin PWM)
- 2x RGB header (4-pin)
- 1x BIOS Chip Select
- Power / Reset / LED / Front audio / Front Panel
External connections:
- 1x BIOS / CMOS reset
- 2 × USB 3.1 (1 × Type A and Type C each)
- 6 × USB 3.0
- 2 × Gigabit LAN (Killer E2500NIC)
- 1 × HDMI 2.0
- 1 × DisplayPort 1.2
- 1 × S / PDIF (optical)
- 5x Audio (7.1 Creative Sound Core3D)
Power supply:
- 1 × 24 pin EATX
- 2 × 8-pin ATX 12V