Specification Z170A TOMAHAWK AC

Z170A TOMAHAWK AC

Socket
Chipset
Memory Channel
DIMM Slots
Max Memory (GB)
PCI-E x16
PCI-E Gen
PCI-E x1
PCI
SATAIII
M.2 Slot
RAID
TPM (header)
USB 3.1 ports (Front)
USB 3.1 ports (Rear)
USB 2.0 ports (Front)
USB 2.0 ports (Rear)
Audio ports (Rear)
HDMI
DVI
DirectX
CrossFire
Form Factor

Socket

1151

Chipset

Intel® Z170 Chipset

Memory Channel

Dual

DIMM Slots

Max Memory (GB)

PCI-E x16

PCI-E Gen

Gen3(16)

PCI-E x1

SATAIII

M.2 Slot

1x 2280 Key M(PCIe Gen3 x4/SATA), 1x 2230 Key E(Wi-Fi)

RAID

0/1/5/10

TPM (header)

USB 3.1 ports (Front)

2 (Gen1)

USB 3.1 ports (Rear)

2(Gen1),2(Gen2)

USB 2.0 ports (Front)

USB 2.0 ports (Rear)

Audio ports (Rear)

5 x OFC audio jacks + 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector

HDMI

DirectX

DX12

CrossFire

Form Factor

ATX

CPU

• Supports 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processors, and Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors for Socket LGA1151
* Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• Intel® Z170 Chipset

Main Memory

• 4 x DDR4 memory slots, support up to 64GB
- Supports DDR4 3600(OC)/3200(OC)/ 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ 2400/ 2133 MHz
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Supports ECC, un-buffered memory
- ECC UDIMM memory (non-ECC mode)
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support depends on the individual CPU physical characteristics
* Please refer to Compatibility reports for more information of compatible memory.

Slots

• 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16, x16/ x4 modes)
• 3 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
• 2 x PCI slots
• 1x M.2 Wi-Fi module slot (Key E)

* No support PCI wake-up on S3, S4 & S5

Onboard Graphics

• 1 x HDMI™ ports, support a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz,2560x1600@60Hz
- Support for HDMI™ 1.4 version.
• 1 x DVI-D port, support a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz

Multi-GPU

• Supports 2-Way AMD® CrossFire™ Technology

On-Board SATA

• Intel® Z170 Chipset
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports*
• 1 x M.2 Key M Socket supports type 2280/2260/2242 storage devices in both PCIE Gen3 x4 & SATA mode
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 and SATA 6Gb/s standards,4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards
- Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Mini-SAS SSD with Turbo U.2 Host Card***
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors

* SATA5~6 ports will be unavailable when installing the M.2 module in M.2 (M2_1) slot.
*** The Turbo U.2 Host Card is not included, please purchase separately.

USB

• ASMedia® ASM1142 Chipset
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports onthe back panel

• Intel® Z170 Chipset
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB 3.1 Gen 1 connectors)
- 4 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB 2.0 connectors)

Audio

• Realtek® ALC892 Codec
• 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
• Supports S/PDIF ouput

LAN

• 1 x Realtek RTL8111H Gigabit LAN controller

WLAN & Bluetooth

• 1 x Wi-Fi Bluetooth® expansion module with Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 chip in M.2 Key E Socket
- Supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual band (2.4GHz,5GHz) up to 867 Mbps speed
- Supports Dual Mode Bluetooth® 2.1, 2.1+EDR, 3.0, 4.0,BLE, 4.2

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard/ mouse port
• 2 x USB 2.0 ports
• 2 x USB 3.1 Gen2 ports
• 1 x DVI-D port
• 1 x HDMI™ port
• 1 x Clear CMOS button
• 1 x LAN (RJ45) port
• 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT connector
• 5 x OFC audio jacks

Internal I/O Connectors

- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 1 x USB 2.0 connector (support additional 2 USB 2.0 ports)
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
- 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
- 3 x 4-pin system fan connectors
- 1 x Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Front panel connectors
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Parallel port connector
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Dimension

• 12 in. x 9.6 in. (30.4 cm x 22.4 cm) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 6 mounting holes

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