ECS Z370-Lightsaber

[Black Haru]

ECS is back for the new year with the newest entry into its provocatively named "Lightsaber" line of motherboards; this time with the ECS Z370-Lightsaber. Will ECS deliver an overclocking weapon as effective as the lightsaber is for the Jedi?

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[Space Lynx]

Pretty bad price point really. I got my MSI Z370 SLI Plus for only $99 and it has Type C Gen 2 and Type A Gen 2. Not to mention MSI can be trusted with the latest updated and making sure BIOS gets updated in a timely manner in regards to Spectre and Meltdown.

Also mine came with a SLI bridge, probably will never use it, but still a nice touch. I like the steel protection on the PCI-E slots on this generation of motherboards, the fact it is lacking on the ECS is a little troubling to me, not a big deal, but eh.

 

[EarthDog]

What is so provocative about the name lightsaber? I never knew that could annoy or anger someone, lol!

When you ran into overclocking issues, what was holding you back? I know you mentioned a bios flash helped. Was it current limits? Did the board add those options or simply raise unlisted values?

 

[Black Haru]

What is so provocative about the name lightsaber? I never knew that could annoy or anger someone, lol!

When you ran into overclocking issues, what was holding you back? I know you mentioned a bios flash helped. Was it current limits? Did the board add those options or simply raise unlisted values?

The BIOS update changed hidden values, some sort of current limitation.

 

[EarthDog]

Did you note the type of throttling from Hwinfo or XTU? Just wondering what really did it. What kind of throttling you saw.