EVGA Has A New Z170 Motherboard, But It's Classified

[IInuyasha74]

EVGA released a new motherboard that will slide in between its Z170 Classified and Z170 FTW boards.

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[fudoka711]

That title.

 

[dudmont]

MJAS, does it still have the PLX chip, and is still set up the same way, IE, the first 16x slot doesn't use the plx bypass, and the rest do. In short, are the PCIE slots set up the same way as the classified?

 

[Lutfij]

Dat board! It almost looks like it's trading blows with both the original Classified and the FTW in pretty much specs and pricing departments.

 

[IInuyasha74]

MJAS, does it still have the PLX chip, and is still set up the same way, IE, the first 16x slot doesn't use the plx bypass, and the rest do. In short, are the PCIE slots set up the same way as the classified?

I'm actually not completely sure. I don't think it has one because companies usually really heavily advertise it when it does, but this time EVGA didn't mention it. I'll contact EVGA to double check.

 

[Baumy15]

The classified has this while the classified has this but the classified swaps out this where the classified uses this instead the classified had better audio and the classified uses this. Reading this was very confusing

 

[Au_equus]

MJAS, does it still have the PLX chip, and is still set up the same way, IE, the first 16x slot doesn't use the plx bypass, and the rest do. In short, are the PCIE slots set up the same way as the classified?

Next to the south bridge, on the lower central section, there's a sticker that says, "built in PLX chip/4-way SLI"

 

[koffeeshop77]

dito

 

[koffeeshop77]

clasiffied k is worse the clasified "clasified on the chip set cooler" is better. better sound better conctivity, cable mangment, usb,heat pipe cooling, VRM's,
i wouldnt technicly call the "k" a clasified at all, but i guess they just ran out of call signs at EVGA

 

[IInuyasha74]

MJAS, does it still have the PLX chip, and is still set up the same way, IE, the first 16x slot doesn't use the plx bypass, and the rest do. In short, are the PCIE slots set up the same way as the classified?

Next to the south bridge, on the lower central section, there's a sticker that says, "built in PLX chip/4-way SLI"

That is on the Z170 Classified, not the Z170 Classified K.

 

[MASOUTH]

I would say no PLX because the EVGA website says:

SLI - Up to 2-Way + PhysX

 

[IInuyasha74]

I heard back from EVGA over the weekend and there is not a PLX chip on the Z170 Classified K motherboard.