Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Motherboard

Product Information

Despite being a high valueperformancemotherboard, it’s still choked full of fan connectors.You can build out tomax thecooling potential with plenty of fans or water cooling. It’s still compatible with the ASUS Fan EXT card via the EXT_FAN header included on board, or just use the FanXpert software provided in AI Suite. The Z170 Pro Gaming Aura can support up to six fans via either DC or PWM modes, with the 4-pin connectors spaced evenly around. The AI Suite software can react to up to seven temperature zones, four of which are included onboard covering CPU, VRM, PCH and a general motherboard temp, plus three external sensors that are available add-ons via 2-pin connectors. The traits required for a good “Gaming” motherboard, aside from a competitive price, are still largely recognised as being strong audio, networking, performance and an aggressive styling – though the overall concept of a gaming motherboard is somewhat difficult to grasp since any motherboard can be used to power a gaming machine. Killer™ E2400 is a high-performance, adaptive gigabit Ethernet controller that offers better online gaming and media performance compared to standard solutions. It doesn't look like my machine was built with a TPM. I am wondering whether I can get one to match this motherboard ( Asus Z170 Pro Gaming) and where to find it. Would a TPM 2.0 for this board need to come from Asus, or are there other options? In addition there's a third PCI-Express 3.0 16x slot (4x mode max: ideal for PCI-E SSDs) and three PCI-Express 3.01x upgrade slots. If you're interested in using the Intel processor graphics instead, the Z170 Pro Gaming Aura is a rarity in that it's rear IO panel has a full complement of common display connectors: DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI-D and d-sub.

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As is typical of any new platform launch motherboard vendors have spent the last year or more preparing new designs, features and innovations to set themselves apart from the competition when the all-important launch day arrives. Leading the innovation charge is typically the high-end Asus Republic of Gamers product line, as is indeed the case this year too, but such prestigious innovations and premium styling come with a price point to match. Asus responds to this with its latest budget-oriented gaming motherboard, the Z170 Pro Gaming.

Features

There are an extraordinary number of Z170 motherboards currently available to buy, of which a substantial proportion of these directly target the growing PC Gaming market. While it is true that Gaming motherboards tend to be more expensive than non-Gaming counterparts, due to the extra design work and features implemented on them, Gaming motherboards are still available at surprisingly aggressive price points.

Specification Z170A GAMING PRO | MSI Global - The Leading

In layman's terms, the Z170 Pro Gaming motherboard is similar to Republic of Gamer motherboards of a few generations ago. It may not provide all the bravado-laden extras and expensive wizardry of flagship ROG products, but it still makes a solid foundation for a gaming system.It doesn't look like my machine was built with a TPM. I am wondering whether I can get one to match this motherboard (Asus Z170 Pro Gaming) and where to find it. Would a TPM 2.0 for this board need to come from Asus, or are there other options? However, theZ170 Pro Gaming Aura gets far more than just an aesthetic upgrade, with core updates across the board: 3D print your personal style However, 6th and 7th Generation Intel processors, both support firmware based TPM solutions. On an Intel motherboard it's known at PTT which will satisfy the TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11. You can enable this functionality by updating your firmware to the current version.