ASUS today announced TUF Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1, an enduringly-tough new ATX motherboard with different TUF features, including trailblazing TUF thermal armor and TUF fortifier technologies, TUF ICe, TUF Thermal Radar 2 and TUF Detective 2 for ultimate cooling, strength and easy monitoring and control. The motherboard supports the new 6th-generation Intel Core processors and has the most up-to-date connectivity with both USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A and reversible Type-C on board.
The TUF Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1 heralds a completely new design language for the ASUS TUF motherboard line, with the sleek, stealthy Thermal Armor reimagined in black and gunmetal gray. Besides that, ASUS include dual fans to provide maximum airflow and rapid cooling board-wide, reducing temperatures in the area around the voltage-regulator module (VRM). In addition, it has a new interior shunt design to boost air cooling to the M.2 slot.
Other than that, the motherboard has TUF Fortifier at back of the motherboard to improve rigidity and endure heavy loads. It’s use to ensure that the motherboard doesn’t buckle under the weight of heavy graphics cards and CPU cooler, minimizing the risk of damage circuitry from bowing and bending up to weights of 10kg.
The motherboard offers 12 fan connectors with onboard sensors and the bundled thermistor cable hand users the power to monitor graphics card temperature and other key components in real time, as well as the ability to adjust manually or optimize cooling automatically with one click. Besides that, ASUS include TUF Detective 2 companion app has been upgraded, putting detailed system information and a user-friendly interface to control the fan control and monitor system information wirelessly.
The pricing and availability for the ASUS Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1 will be unveiling soon, stay tuned for further updates.
