AsRock’s upcoming FATAL1TY Z270 K6 motherboard pictures have been leaked, showcasing how the motherboard my look like and the features expect from Intel’s Kaby Lake ready 200-series motherboards.
As we can see, ASRock is using a red and black color scheme, with red colored heatsinks. The heatsinks are connected with a heat pipe for enhanced cooling. The motherboard has an 8-pin CPU power connection and a 24-pin motherboard connections, with 8 SATA connections and two M.2 slots.
ASRock added a built-in Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 3 audio system on the motherboard and all three PCIe 3.0 16x slots feature metal reinforcement. The board also has two USB 3.0 headers.
On the rear I/O, the FATAL1TY Z270 K6 will feature dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and two USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports (1x Type-A 1x Type-C), alongside 4 USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI 2.0 port, a DVI-D port and a VGA port.
As of now Intel has did not officially announced when they will be releasing their Kaby Lake CPUs and 200-series motherboards, though we already saw specifications and pricing for these CPUs have leaked.
Intel 7th Generation ‘Kaby Lake’ Desktop Lineup
| SKU Name | Cores/Threads | Core Clock | Boost Clock | L3 Cache | TDP | Socket | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i7-7700K | 4/8 | 4.2 GHz | 4.5 GHz | 8 MB | 91W | LGA1151 | $349 US |
| Core i7-7700 | 4/8 | 3.6 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 8 MB | 65W | LGA1151 | $309 US |
| Core i7-7700T | 4/8 | 2.9 GHz | TBD | 8 MB | 35W | LGA1151 | TBC |
| Core i5-7600K | 4/4 | 3.8 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 6 MB | 91W | LGA1151 | $239 US |
| Core i5-7600 | 4/4 | 3.5 GHz | 4.1 GHz | 6 MB | 65W | LGA1151 | $219 US |
| Core i5-7600T | 4/4 | 2.8 GHz | TBD | 6 MB | 35W | LGA1151 | TBC |
| Core i5-7500 | 4/4 | 3.4 GHz | 3.8 GHz | 6 MB | 65W | LGA1151 | $189 (Pre-Order) |
| Core i5-7500T | 4/4 | 2.7 GHz | TBD | 6 MB | 35W | LGA1151 | TBC |
| Core i5-7400 | 4/4 | 3.0 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 6 MB | 65W | LGA1151 | $189 US |
| Core i5-7400T | 4/4 | 2.4 GHz | TBD | 6 MB | 35W | LGA1151 | TBC |
| Core i3-7350K | 2/4 | 4.0 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 4 MB | 61W? | LGA 1151 | $177 (Pre-Order) |
| Core i3-7320 | 2/4 | 3.9 GHz | 4.1 GHz | 4 MB | TBD | LGA 1151 | $166 (Pre-Order) |
| Core i3-7300 | 2/4 | 4.0 GHz | TBD | 4 MB | 51W | LGA1151 | $153 (Pre-Order) |
| Core i3-7310T | 2/4 | 3.4 GHz | TBD | 3 MB | TBD | LGA1151 | TBC |
| Core i3-7100 | 2/2 | 3.9 GHz | TBD | 3 MB | 35W | LGA 1151 | $122 (Pre-Order) |
| Pentium G4620 | 2/4 | 3.7 GHz | N/A | 3 MB | 51W | LGA1151 | $98 (Pre-Order) |
| Pentium G4600 | 2/4 | 3.6 GHz | N/A | 3 MB | 51W | LGA 1151 | $87 (Pre-Order) |
| Pentium G4560 | 2/2 | 3.5 GHz | N/A | 2 MB | 35W | LGA 1151 | $68 (Pre-Order) |
| Pentium G3950 | 2/2 | 3.0 GHz | N/A | 2 MB | 35W | LGA1151 | $56 (Pre-Order) |
| Pentium G3930 | 2/2 | 2.9 GHz | N/A | 2 MB | 35W | LGA1151 | $45 (Pre-Order) |
