Got this one for building a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player x HTPC. Tough board, good accessories, good VRM temperature (at least Midrange-rated - Midrange is the minimum requirement of i7 8700 AVX2 workload), 4K UHD BD playback ready (need test BIOS or future formally upgrade though). But it has 2 shortcomings - no 3-pin fan SMART support & i7 8700 overheat by power overconsuming (it consumed 140W that 25W more than that Z370 ITX MB, which made the CPU temperature 10C higher). Hope that EVGA can tweak them in the future.
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LauRoman - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - link
So doea this mean a decline for evga's niche market?Srikzquest - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - link
This is already available for the past couple of months. https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=111-... and until couple of days back, Its listed for $139 and now its showing as $159MelonGx - Thursday, June 21, 2018 - link
Got this one for building a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player x HTPC.Tough board, good accessories, good VRM temperature (at least Midrange-rated - Midrange is the minimum requirement of i7 8700 AVX2 workload), 4K UHD BD playback ready (need test BIOS or future formally upgrade though).
But it has 2 shortcomings - no 3-pin fan SMART support & i7 8700 overheat by power overconsuming (it consumed 140W that 25W more than that Z370 ITX MB, which made the CPU temperature 10C higher).
Hope that EVGA can tweak them in the future.