News - Asus reveals TUF Sabertooth Z97Mark S Sabranco

[HEXUS]

Ice-white board for the discerning enthusiast.

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[directhex]

I sorta feel like a bare board looks more impressive in white than with this huge plastic cover.

Albatron managed it, many years ago. http://www.au-ja.de/bilder/quellenhinweis.php?pic=/bilder/albatronpx845peproii-2.jpg

[Kanoe]

Sapphire did some white PCB motherboards too:

http://imagescdn.tweaktown.com/content/8/8/886_15.jpg

Agreed that both examples look better for the fact that you can see the pcb rather than just a cover.

[00oceanic]

damn.. wish I waited for this one!

[Plasmastorm]

Ditch the fan and I'll take one.
Not gone near a mobo with a fan on it in years since one died on my old Athlon XP system. God knows how long the fan was dead for before the board died.
I know there are plenty of monitoring solutions but I'd still prefer one without.

[tribaljet]

Currently using a regular Mark 1 without either of the two assistant fans installed, I've heard them before and they can be quite loud, which is understandable due to their sizes, namely 35 and 40mm. However, it should be said that their use is now a bit more intelligent than what it did on Z87 (it since there was a single 40mm on the Z87 version), namely configurable periodic dust removal through reversible flow and post power down fan spinning (also configurable) to aid cooling components faster.
Overall, it's a solid board throughout, for people who don't need the gamer features and want the same high quality components used on their premium boards, plus reliability validation.

[OilSheikh]

Ditch the fan and I'll take one.
Not gone near a mobo with a fan on it in years since one died on my old Athlon XP system. God knows how long the fan was dead for before the board died.
I know there are plenty of monitoring solutions but I'd still prefer one without.

I, too , would steer clear until the fan goes!

[tribaljet]

I, too , would steer clear until the fan goes!

Fans (two can be installed, despite the image only showing one visible) aren't mandatory, the board runs perfectly fine without either installed, and pretty cool to boot.

[Neostar]

Wow that mobo looks awesome but how much will it really be, one thing I really hate is over price mobos with too many frivolous rubbish or worst wifi pre-fitted

[HavoCnMe]

This mobo looks cool but does the plastic bib really make it tuf? Tuf isn't even a real word so we should know it's not actually "tough" its good marketing though...just like those GPU makers they say things like "military grade"...military grade just means it's easy to replace if it breaks and can get dusty. JMO

[dragon21]

Awesome mobo