EVGA Launches its Z87 Motherboard Lineup

[RedundantInk]

EVGA's new Z87 motherboards for Intel's 4th Generation Core processors are available in E-ATX, ATX and mini-ITX form factors.

EVGA Launches its Z87 Motherboard Lineup : Read more

 

[AlienIsGOD]

i'd consider the Stinger for a HTPC build, i already enjoy my Z77 FTW board 😀

 

[christop]

The Z87 Classified looks sweet!!!

 

[AlienIsGOD]

The Z87 Classified looks sweet!!!

they all look pretty nice, i really want to build a Haswell rig around one of these to see the GUI BIOS, Z77 FTW BIOS is lame looking, but has an abundance of options.

 

[cats_Paw]

Even more Z87 Boards and still the performance will be relativly similar to the 2xxx and 3xxx gen.. nah ill pass for now 😀.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Even more Z87 Boards and still the performance will be relativly similar to the 2xxx and 3xxx gen.. nah ill pass for now 😀.

im bulding an HTPC anyways and already have a i5 2400 rig and a 3570K rig so i'll keep with the trend and grab a 4th gen core i5.

 

[Shadowarez]

Why in 2013 are motherboard makers still only putting usb 2.0 on new platform boards? i was hoping to turn that stinger board into a nice linux nas with some usb 3.0 server hdds.

 

[warezme]

Other than audio I don't see anything compelling on the classified over the FTW. If it held more memory and a few more extras, perhaps.

 

[WithoutWeakness]

On the Z87 FTW it lists this as the PCIe layout:
4 x PCIe x16 (1x16,2x8,18+2x4,1x8+4+4+1)
What the heck is 18+2x4?

 

[soldier44]

Its too bad that upgrading to a Haswell CPU and board isn't worth it for us that are on Sandy and Ivy platforms already for a 13% boost and a few degrees lower in temps overall. Not worth spending $600 upgrading over but the boards do look nice. I just upgraded to a GTX 780 and 16gb of ram from 8 so I'm good for a while with my 2600k at 4.5

 

[vmem]

I never really understood what EVTA offered more than the top ASUS, MSI, Asrock, or Gigabyte boards. they seem to sell to a really niche market...

 

[g-unit1111]

Great to see more manufacturers making mITX boards, hopefully this trend will continue!

 

[TheStillPitt]

I had the same comment as shadow, why only usb 2.0 on the stinger? Went to the website though, says it supports 6 USB 3.0 in additon to the 2.0. Looks like a typo fortunately.

 

[ojas]

You have been...de-Classified?

 

[j0ndafr3ak]

I had the same comment as shadow, why only usb 2.0 on the stinger? Went to the website though, says it supports 6 USB 3.0 in additon to the 2.0. Looks like a typo fortunately.

Actually, the stinger does have usb3.0 ports on the back. There are 4 of them. Here are the specs I copied from evga website:
EXTERNAL I/O
4x Rear Panel USB 3.0 Ports
4x Rear Panel USB 2.0 Ports
Creative Sound Core3D Quad-Core Audio Processor
1x HDMI
1x Intel Gigabit Ethernet
1x E-SATA Ports
1x Bluetooth 2.1
1x DisplayPort
1x HDMI

 

[Shadowarez]

Ahh good chalk it upto toms not clarifying it in there news. For a sec there i thought Evga was only going to add usb 2.0

 

[j0ndafr3ak]

Ahh good chalk it upto toms not clarifying it in there news. For a sec there i thought Evga was only going to add usb 2.0

I guess it would have been so stupid of them not to add usb 3.0, seen that the z87 chipset natively supports it

 

[f-14]

1x Bluetooth 2.1
EVGA Z87 FTW MOTHERBOARD 141-HW-E877-KR

Tuan says Wireless"

Classified: Bluetooth V2.1

FTW: None

Stinger: Bluetooth V2.1

even Tom's own evga site link shows this:
http://www.evga.com/articles/00751/#FTW

EXTERNAL I/O
4x Rear Panel USB 3.0 Ports
4x Rear Panel USB 2.0 Ports
8x Channel Audio + Optical
Intel Gigabit Ethernet
2x E-SATA Ports
1x Bluetooth 2.1
1x DisplayPort
1x HDMI

i just ran across this myself:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188133
Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset
Intel I217
Max LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps
Bluetooth
Bluetooth V2.1