

If you are interested in new technologies like Intel Optane, you will however need to upgrade to a Z270 or H270 range motherboard. This also means that IF you are in the market for a new series 7000 processor, your H170 or Z170 motherboard can be compatible with Kaby Lake after a motherboard BIOS upgrade. The new series Kaby Lake processors are fairly energy efficient, still as powerful as they have been for years.

Though you'd think it is an all new chip, it is however merely a respin seen from Skylake, meaning both series processors are Socket 1151.

Kaby Lake processors for the desktop platform have been released. For this review we look at the performance of this processor and motherboard in a wide variety of benchmarks and situations. The Core i5 series processors are intended to be the more budget friendly offering from Intel, for a more mainstream consumer. We review the motherboard with a Core i5 7600K processor, that puppy is developed on the 14 nm node. So, with the 7000 series processor (Kaby Lake) released, it's time for a peek at the motherboards based on Z270. Next to that it's a fully fetched feature rich ROG motherboard of course. Join us as we check out the all new ASUS Maximus IX Hero. Though very little RGB bling is injected, this motherboard is compatible with the new generalized ASUS AURA SYNC, which is a software suite that allows for multiple choices in additional RGB gear to be driven from your one software suite. The Feature Rich ROG Solution For The Kaby Lake Generation
