1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (single at x8 (PCIE2)).

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (single at x16 (PCIE2) dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4))*.

6 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3), 1 M.2 (PCIe Gen2 x2 & SATA3).

7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps.

Supports AMD Socket AM4 A-Series APUs (Bristol Ridge) and Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge).

ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac SpecsĪSRock X370 Killer SLI/ac Motherboard Key Features The first motherboard we will take a look at is the ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac. There is a huge number of reviews out on the web by this time, mostly centered as gaming platforms, we wanted to see how these new Ryzen processors would work taking on workstation type workloads. Yes, the wait was killing me as I was dying to get started. Patrick mainly used an AMD 1700 which came with a heat sink, meanwhile, I needed to wait for an AM4 adapter to fit my Noctua Heat sinks.

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AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, Ryzen 7 1700X and RyLinux benchmarks.Patrick has already taken a look at several setups and published a host of information about Ryzen 7 chips and Linux. Those systems are doing important work such as having patches developed for OSes so they can properly use AMD Zen. Many are located in two of our California data centers for our DemoEval program so it takes a bit longer to review each.

At STH, we have a number of different test platforms that have been running for over a month and we will review each in-turn. The ASRock board is designed to pair with higher core count Ryzen 7 (and soon Ryzen 5) CPUs and provide a solid platform for a low-cost workstation with more computing power than the Intel Core i7-7000 series. Today we are publishing our review of our first consumer motherboard in a long time, the ASRock X370 Killer SLI/ac motherboard. AMD Ryzen is out in full force at STH and our DemoEval lab.

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