They both retail for about $170 in the United States, but the ASUS can be found for about $240 in Canada whereas the ASRock is at least $280. Ultimately, we like them both, and which one you should select depends entirely on your own needs. If you choose the ASUS Strix Z270I Gaming, you're getting a brilliant piece of engineering that has the features that would be look for in a compact workstation or gaming PC.
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They both retail for about $170 in the United States, but the ASUS can be found for about $240 in Canada whereas the ASRock is at least $280. Ultimately, we like them both, and which one you should select depends entirely on your own needs. If you choose the ASUS Strix Z270I Gaming, you're getting a brilliant piece of engineering that has the features that would be look for in a compact workstation or gaming PC.
ASUS has long been a favoured and renowned brand for mini-ITX motherboards and after testing the ROG Strix Z270i Gaming it is easy to see why this is the case. Out of the three mini-ITX motherboards KitGuru has tested so far for the Z270 chipset the...
Asus' top-end mini-ITX board is an excellent example of the power you can fit into a tiny package with the latest Intel platform. The combination of Kaby Lake CPUs and the 200-series chipsets mean there is zero performance compromise in choosing the...
For the niche called ITX, more and more motherboards are now available - both for Intel and AMD. A motherboard manufacturer who clearly sees the potential is ASRock, but other manufacturers also have an increasingly extensive range. The market wants to...
So with Z270, I have been impressed with Asus's offerings basically across the board. The current Strix styling really fits what I like to see in a board with the color neutral styling, angular but not overly aggressive touches in the heatsinks, and...
When we reviewed the ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac, we basically fell in love with how feature packed and versatile it was for a mini-ITX motherboard. It had six SATA ports, a full-speed M.2 slot, and ample USB connectivity, all of which made it...
ASUS has brought to market a very good ITX-sized board. The reality is the board has everything one needs and likely more to have an incredibly powerful system be it for gaming or even productivity uses. The black motherboard, grey colored heatsinks,...
Meanwhile you can find benchmark values of 28 recent Z270 and Z170 motherboards in our comparison tables. We do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right...
ASUS has done such a good job designing and building these mini-ITX motherboards, that I have found myself even wanting to use one of these in the last few years. However there are those of us that need high-end desktop features like more cores, more...
the ROG Strix Z270I Gaming's layout has been well thought As we already mentioned on this page there is a total of four straight SATA ports On such small motherboards it's not possible to use all the angled SATA connectors, since the memory would have...