Green, red and full black
A lineup of upcoming Supermicro motherboards based on Intel's new 200-series chipset have been spotted online and show a couple of different color schemes as well as plenty of new features.
Supermicro has been working hard to get into high-end motherboard segment and while it is still not a big player, it appears that the push will continue as the upcoming 200-series motherboards look like they were meant for overclockers, enthusiasts and modders.
The high-end lineup will include two motherboards, the C7Z270-CG and the C7Z270-PC, both based on Intel's upcoming Z270 Express chipset. Both motherboards will be focused on overclocking, packing high-end VRMs, powered by 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS power connecotrs, features three/four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, six SATA 6Gbps ports and even two M.2 PCIe NVMe slots (placed between PCIe slots) and two U.2 ports.
These two will be based on either green on black or full black color schemes, as you can see from the picture below.
The lineup also includes two cut-down versions, both also based on the same Z270 Express chipset and coming in standard ATX and micro-ATX form-factors, the ATX C7Z270-CG-L and MATX C7Z270-CG-ML. These two motherboards are obviously aimed at more budget oriented and gaming segments and will feature weaker VRM, less storage options, less PCI-Express slots but still come with at least one M.2 PCIe NVMe slot.
Both of these motherboards will use red and black color scheme and feature on board buttons, debug LED, and a rather decent layout.
Unfortunately, there are still no official details on when we can expect Intel's new 200-series motherboards, but we expect them to launch in early 2017, alongside Intel's new 7th generation Kaby Lake desktop CPUs.
As you already know, Intel's upcoming 7th generation Kaby Lake desktop CPUs will be compatible with Intel's 100-series chipset motherboards, with BIOS update, but the 200-series chipset motherboards, will bring plenty of new features, including support for Intel Optane technology and improved I/O capabilities.
Source: Wccftech.com.
Supermicro has been working hard to get into high-end motherboard segment and while it is still not a big player, it appears that the push will continue as the upcoming 200-series motherboards look like they were meant for overclockers, enthusiasts and modders.
The high-end lineup will include two motherboards, the C7Z270-CG and the C7Z270-PC, both based on Intel's upcoming Z270 Express chipset. Both motherboards will be focused on overclocking, packing high-end VRMs, powered by 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS power connecotrs, features three/four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, six SATA 6Gbps ports and even two M.2 PCIe NVMe slots (placed between PCIe slots) and two U.2 ports.
These two will be based on either green on black or full black color schemes, as you can see from the picture below.
The lineup also includes two cut-down versions, both also based on the same Z270 Express chipset and coming in standard ATX and micro-ATX form-factors, the ATX C7Z270-CG-L and MATX C7Z270-CG-ML. These two motherboards are obviously aimed at more budget oriented and gaming segments and will feature weaker VRM, less storage options, less PCI-Express slots but still come with at least one M.2 PCIe NVMe slot.
Both of these motherboards will use red and black color scheme and feature on board buttons, debug LED, and a rather decent layout.
Unfortunately, there are still no official details on when we can expect Intel's new 200-series motherboards, but we expect them to launch in early 2017, alongside Intel's new 7th generation Kaby Lake desktop CPUs.
As you already know, Intel's upcoming 7th generation Kaby Lake desktop CPUs will be compatible with Intel's 100-series chipset motherboards, with BIOS update, but the 200-series chipset motherboards, will bring plenty of new features, including support for Intel Optane technology and improved I/O capabilities.
Source: Wccftech.com.
News by Luca Rocchi and Marc Büchel - German Translation by Paul Görnhardt - Italian Translation by Francesco Daghini
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