AsRock's FATAL1TY Z270 K6 has been pictured

Published: 16th November 2016 | Source: wccftech | Author: Mark Campbell

Pictures of AsRock's upcoming FATAL1TY Z270 K6 have been leaked, showcasing what PC builders can expect from Intel's Kaby Lake ready 200-series motherboards.

For this generation, AsRock is using the ever popular red and black colour scheme, with red coloured heatsinks on the motherboard's VRMs. These heatsinks are connected together with a heatpipe for enhanced thermal efficiency. The motherboard will get its power from an 8-pin CPU power connection and a 24-pin motherboard connections, with this motherboard sporting 8 SATA connections and two M.2 slots.

AsRock's FATAL1TY Z270 K6 has been pictured

This motherboard will have a built-in Creative sound Blaster Cinema 3 unit and have three PCIe 3.0 16x slots, and two USB 3.0 headers on the motherboard. The sound processing unit will be electrically isolated from the rest of the motherboard for enhanced audio quality.

On the rear I/O, the board will feature dual Gigabit ethernet ports and two USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports (1x Type-A 1x Type-C), alongside 4 USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI 2.0 port, a DVI-D port and a VGA port.

AsRock's FATAL1TY Z270 K6 has been pictured

Right now Intel has not officially announced when they will be releasing their Kaby Lake CPUs and 200-series motherboards, though specifications and pricing for these CPUs have already been leaked.

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