ASUS Z170-A/AR

Condition: R

efurbished (24 HOURS TEST OK. AND EQUIPPED WITH I / O SHIELD.)

Brand

ASUS

CPU Socket

LGA 1151

RAM Memory Technology

DDR4

Chipset Type

Intel Z170

About this item

• Dual Intelligent Processors 5 with 5-Way Optimization

• USB 3.1 Boost

• M.2 and SATA Express Support

• 5X Protection II,DTS Studio Sound

• Refer user guide below

ASUS Z170-A

The Z170-A motherboard is the one we have received from ASUS to review, and our sources tell us that this is a board aimed at the $165 end of the market and thus fits in below the usual $200-battleground. ASUS has put emphasis on style over the last few generations, adjusting and changing the design with a variety of opinions as to the course. The X99-Deluxe in black and white has been one of the best received ASUS designs in recent memory, and thus ASUS has decided to expand on it with the main channel motherboards for Z170.

The Z170-A attempts to go for a bit of everything here. The design gives four DDR4-3400 slots with a PCIe 3.0 x8/x8 design from the CPU, with the last PCIe slot being four PCIe 3.0 lanes from the chipset and sharing bandwidth with two of the SATA ports. For storage we get six SATA ports, two of which are part of the SATA Express connector, and a PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slot that also supports SATA mode. Networking comes from the Intel I219-V controller while audio is from the Realtek ALC892 codec under the Crystal Sound 3 EMI shield.

The rear panel sports all four video connectors which will be somewhat of a rarer design, and also a pair of USB 3.1 ports from an ASMedia ASM1142 controller – here we get one Type-A and one Type-C just below the network port. A number of ASUS features normally reside in the extra non-trivial functionality on the board, such as a TPU (Turbo Processing Unit) for overclocking and an EPU (Energy Processing Unit) as well as dedicated liquid cooler pump headers and full DC/PWM fan header control support. ASUS has also provided iterative updates to its software and BIOS functionality, bringing features such as Secure Erase and GPU Post from previous higher end models more into the mid-range.

WARRANTY 

For the refurbished products, the warranty period provided by the store is 3 months.

RETURN

Buyers are required to express to our designated address (United States Canada EU UK only need to express to our local service center).