Product Comparison: ASRock H270 Performance vs ASRock Z270 Taichi

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ASRock H270 Performance ATX Motherboard

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General Specifications

Brand

ASRock

Model

H270 Performance

Origin

China

About the Product

ASRock partners with Fatal1ty to incorporate a design philosophy and features most desired by top tier gears. F-Stream is an all-in-1, multi-purpose tuning program that supports overclocking, hard-ware tuning such as energy usage, H/W monitor, fan speed control and so on.

This motherboard has a pair of onboard Type-A and Type-C USB 3.1 Gen2 ports built on the rear i/o for supporting next generation USB 3.1 Gen2 devices and to deliver up to 10 Gbps data transfer rates.

Key Specs

Form Factor

ATX

Socket

LGA1151

Chipset

Intel H270

Intel Z270

Supported Processors

Supports 7th and 6th Gen Intel Core

Memory Slot Type

288 pin

What customers say about "Key Specs"

ASRock H270 Performance ATX Motherboard

Replaced my MSI board with this one. Easy to install to my case.
Installation was easy into box. I like it.
Good form factor. Perfect for my box/build.
ATX form factor is awesome for me.
I like this board with ATX form factor for my box!

ASRock Z270 Taichi ATX Motherboard

Works well with Corsair 750D Full Tower case.
This ATX motherboard is way better than MSI or EVGA.
Asrock Taichi made things really easy. Easy install into box.
Very solid motherboard for ATX case. I like it.
Excellent piece of equipment. Good board for ATX box. I like it.

Size & Weight

Height

12 in.

Width

9.6 in.

Depth

1 in.

Weight

2.2 lbs.

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Memory

Memory Type

DDR4

Maximum Speed

2400 MHz

3733 MHz

Number Of Memory Slots

Max. Memory Supported

64 GB

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What customers say about "Memory"

ASRock H270 Performance ATX Motherboard

Excellent card. Works well with my DDR4 memory.
Everything perfect. Supported DDR4 memory types.
I like this mobo with good memory support on this.
Good performance. Great memory support. Perfect!
Supported DDR4 memory. Good ATX board for my build.

ASRock Z270 Taichi ATX Motherboard

Works perfect with 32Gb DDR4 3000 Corsair Vengeance memory.
It supports memory very well, and has easy-to-understand ways to overclock the RAM and CPU.f
Good board. Supported DDR4 memory. Perfect choice.
Good memory support on this one. Recommended item.
After nine months, dead memory slots out of nowhere.

Connectivity

PCI

PCI-E

2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 4x PCIe 3.0 x1

4x PCIe 3.0 x16, PCIe 3.0 x1

HDMI

USB

6x USB 2.0, 7x USB 3.1 Gen1, USB Type-C

6x USB 2.0, 9x USB 3.1 Gen1, USB 3.1 Gen2, USB Type-C

SATA

Other Interfaces

M.2, 2x Ultra M.2, 2x Antenna Ports, PS/2, D-Sub port, DVI-D, Optical S/PDIF out, Fatal1ty Mouse Port, RJ-45, 6x audio jacks

M.2, 3x Ultra M.2, 2x Antenna Ports, PS/2, DisplayPоrt, Optical S/PDIF out, 2x RJ-45, 6x audio jacks

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What customers say about "Connectivity"

ASRock H270 Performance ATX Motherboard

A lots of SATA ports, M.2 is also available.
It's good for beginners. Durable ports.
Plenty of ports. Good board for all my needs.
Has many good and solid connection/ports. I like it.
Good motherboard, really well done. All ports works well!

ASRock Z270 Taichi ATX Motherboard

Plenty of SATA III ports. Love it.
3 M.2 slots. I will be definitely using them.
The motherboard itself is aesthetically really cool, x3 M.2, built-in WiFi, 2 LANs, great audio. Perfect for me.
Very flexible storage solution. 3 x M.2 PCIe x4 slots. 10 usable SATA ports if occupied with one M.2 slot.
Lots of internal USB headers. I recommend this item.

Features

Native Audio

Realtek ALC1220

Additional Accessories Included

Support CD, I/O Shield, 2x SATA cables, 3x M.2 Screw

Support CD, I/O Shield, 4x SATA cables, ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card, ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card, 2x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas, 3x M.2 Screw

Extras

ASRock Super Alloy, ASRock Steel Slots, ASRock Full Spike Protection, ASRock Live Update & APP Shop, XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink, Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 3

ASRock Super Alloy, XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink, Premium 60A Power Choke, Matte Black PCB, ASRock Steel Slots, ASRock Full Spike Protection, ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

What customers say about "Features"

ASRock H270 Performance ATX Motherboard

It seems that there is a Creative SB Cinema 3, and it seems that it can play enough sound even onboard.
I like this board and it has plenty of BIOS options.
It has onboard support for RGB lighting.
Very bad fan control. Poor quality.
Lighting remains after switching off.

ASRock Z270 Taichi ATX Motherboard