ASRock Forums : Fatal1ty 1151 Boards, no USB 3.1? Why? https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:53:22 +0000 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 15:29:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2303 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[Fatal1ty 1151 Boards, no USB 3.1? Why? : To my mind the benefits of Skylake,...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2303&PID=11736&title=fatal1ty-1151-boards-no-usb-3-1-why#11736 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 2303
Posted: 26 Mar 2016 at 3:29pm

To my mind the benefits of Skylake, in order, are:

1. Better overclocking potential with the BCLK now able to be manipulated in conjunction with the multiplier
2. DDR4 (with prices dropping and capacities and frequencies on the rise)
3. 14nm architecture which equate to lower thermals and power draw (my 6600k draws about the same power under load as my old dual core G3258 Haswell)
4. Almost every mATX and larger board I have seen support at least Crossfire or a GPU and PCIe x16 expansion card (albeit at x4)
5. More PCIe lanes
6. Improved performance over Haswell which increases significantly when overclocking. Clock for clock Skylake still comes out on top.
7. M.2 is common on most mainstream boards (at least from ASRock)
8. USB 3.1

Obviously the order will be different depending on usage scenarios. 

Skylake is not really an upgrade path for those using Haswell or even Ivybridge just like Haswell was more or less a pointless expense coming from Ivybridge/Sandybridge. Now if you are upgrading from say Sandybridge then you start to see merit in an upgrade. 




Edited by Xaltar - 26 Mar 2016 at 3:29pm]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2016 15:29:17 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2303&PID=11736&title=fatal1ty-1151-boards-no-usb-3-1-why#11736 <![CDATA[Fatal1ty 1151 Boards, no USB 3.1? Why? : I did not look high enough on...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2303&PID=11735&title=fatal1ty-1151-boards-no-usb-3-1-why#11735 Author: Streetguru
Subject: 2303
Posted: 26 Mar 2016 at 3:04pm

I did not look high enough on the pricing list then I don't think, I think 4/9 though for the boards isn't it? at least that's what I found on newegg.

Suppose the question becomes, why don't any of the more budget oriented ones have USB 3.1? There's a few boards from like MSI/Gigabyte that have USB 3.1 on the cheap. I guess the priorities would be elsewhere potentially as to the why.

Otherwise I don't see many people even running SLI let alone paying the premium for a PCI-e SSD, performance wise the CPU really aren't much faster, added PCI-e lanes is nice but not really too game changing.
]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2016 15:04:22 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2303&PID=11735&title=fatal1ty-1151-boards-no-usb-3-1-why#11735 <![CDATA[Fatal1ty 1151 Boards, no USB 3.1? Why? : Streetguru wrote:Guys cmon,...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2303&PID=11733&title=fatal1ty-1151-boards-no-usb-3-1-why#11733 Author: parsec
Subject: 2303
Posted: 26 Mar 2016 at 1:14pm

Originally posted by Streetguru Streetguru wrote:

Guys cmon, why don't any of the 1151 Boards have USB 3.1 it's like the main reason to go for skylake. I didn't even know they made Type C in only 3.0.


Your thread's title is, "Fatal1ty 1151 Boards, no USB 3.1? Why?"

The Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6 has USB 3.1, and so does the Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac.

Also, the Fatal1ty Z170 Professional Gaming i7, and the Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6+ have USB 3.1.

So out of the six Fatal1ty Z170 boards, four of them have USB 3.1.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/index.asp?s=Current

USB 3.1 the main reason for going to Skylake? I think I finally saw the first USB 3.1 flash drive that might be available soon, otherwise they are non-existent.

There are other far more compelling reasons for going with Skylake, particularly for the Fatal1ty board series. The Z170 chipset now has PCIe 3.0 support, so the M.2 SSD ports are connected to the chipset. That leaves all the PCIe 3.0 lanes provided by the CPU for graphics cards.

Z170 lets you have two-way SLI, and one or more M.2 PCIe SSDs at the same time. No Intel mainstream chipset platform has given us this option, until Skylake.

]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2016 13:14:18 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2303&PID=11733&title=fatal1ty-1151-boards-no-usb-3-1-why#11733 <![CDATA[Fatal1ty 1151 Boards, no USB 3.1? Why? : Guys cmon, why don&#039;t any...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2303&PID=11720&title=fatal1ty-1151-boards-no-usb-3-1-why#11720 Author: Streetguru
Subject: 2303
Posted: 26 Mar 2016 at 12:32am

Guys cmon, why don't any of the 1151 Boards have USB 3.1 it's like the main reason to go for skylake. I didn't even know they made Type C in only 3.0.
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