ASRock Fatal1ty B85 (LGA 1150) Killer Motherboard Review

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ASRock Fatal1ty B85 (LGA 1150) Killer Motherboard Review

 

When it comes to a gaming motherboard for the LGA 1150 socket a B85

motherboard might not be the first motherboard or chipset that comes

into your mind. However, given the fact a lot of motherboard vendors

are choosing to build attractively priced gaming motherboards based on

the B85 chipset, and some motherboard vendors are even outing BIOSes

that allow you to overclock K series CPUs on B85 motherboards – B85

motherboards start to look like sensible options for Gamers. Today we

have one of those motherboards from ASRock – their Fatal1ty B85

Killer gaming motherboard

<http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20B85%20Killer/?cat=Specifications>

. This motherboard offers all the premium high end features a gamer

would expect like high quality audio enhanced by the ASRock Purity

Sound audio package, a Killer E2200 NIC to enhance online gaming

performance and networking as well as support for Non-Z overclocking

of K series CPUs – aka the Core i5 4670K or Core i7 4770K.

 

The reason B85 motherboards are used by many vendors for gaming

motherboards is due to the fact that Intel charges substantially less

for the B85 chipset than it does for the Z87 chipset, I am not sure of

the exact figures, but this is because the Z87 chipset is aimed at a

more premium user and has more connectivity as a result. By using the

cheaper B85 chipset instead of Z87 vendors can offer up more

affordable Haswell gaming motherboards. With regards to the

overclocking features on B85 motherboards ASRock tell us that using

their latest BIOS and any K series CPU you can overclock by enabling

the overclocking feature in their UEFI BIOS. If you have a “non-Kâ€Â

Haswell CPU (e.g you DO NOT have a Core i5 4670K or Core i7

4770K) you will NOT be able to overclock on this B85 motherboard.

Just to clarify (or potentially make you even more confused) this B85

overclocking is called “non-Z overclocking†by ASRock or in effect

its overclocking not on the Z87 chipset.

 

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