Product Comparison: ASUS PRIME Z270-A vs ASUS PRIME Z270-P

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ASUS PRIME Z270-A ATX Motherboard

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ASUS PRIME Z270-P ATX Motherboard

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General Specifications

Brand

ASUS

Model

PRIME Z270-A

PRIME Z270-P

Origin

China

About the Product

ASUS Prime is the next evolution of the ASUS motherboard, born of a pedigree that stretches back to 1989. Our team of world-class engineers are passionate about empowering everyone to enjoy the benefits of customization and tuning.

ASUS PRIME Z270-P is the next evolution of the ASUS motherboard, born of a pedigree that stretches back to 1989. Our team of world-class engineers are passionate about empowering everyone to enjoy the benefits of customization and tuning.

Key Specs

Form Factor

ATX

Socket

LGA1151

Chipset

Intel Z270

Supported Processors

Supports 7th and 6th Gen Intel Core

Memory Slot Type

288 pin

What customers say about "Key Specs"

ASUS PRIME Z270-A ATX Motherboard

This motherboard is intel 7th gen support out of the box.
Decent motherboard to work with intel i7 7700 processor.
Amazing ATX motherboard for intel processors.
Hooked up with Intel i7 7700hq and everything runs cool.
This motherboard is just fantastic. I hooked it up with an Intel i7 7700k and there was no errors.

ASUS PRIME Z270-P ATX Motherboard

This motherboard is nice to use i7700k at full spec.
Great motherboard for 6th and 7th intel generations.
I pair with i7 6700 working brilliant with no issues at all.
Bought this for compatibility with the i7 7700k and completely satisfied with this.
Does not support 9th gen chips, massive inconvenience.

Size & Weight

Height

12 in.

Width

9.6 in.

9.33 in.

Depth

2.68 in.

2.09 in.

Weight

2.43 lbs.

0.95 lbs.

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Memory

Memory Type

DDR4

Maximum Speed

3866 MHz

Number Of Memory Slots

Max. Memory Supported

64 GB

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What customers say about "Memory"

ASUS PRIME Z270-A ATX Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB with 2 sticks works smoothly.
4 sticks of Corsair Vengeance 8GB each DDR4 SDRAM works like a charm.
This motherboard can ran up to 64gb of ram which is fairly enough for everybody.
The RAM overclocking EZ function causes Windows 10 to blue screen every minute.
There are almost no exit DDR4 memory that will get this board to boot.

ASUS PRIME Z270-P ATX Motherboard

With 16gb of Corsair LPX memory this board works well.
Excellent item. Perform well with 4 sticks of 8gb RAM.
Great motherboard, that can handle up to 64Gb of Ram.
It's possible to give this board 4x16gb sticks of ram, which is just super.
Run smoothly with connected four sticks of memory.

Connectivity

PCI

PCI-E

3x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16, 4x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x1

2x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16, 4x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x1

HDMI

USB

2x USB 3.1 Gen2, 6x USB 3.1 Gen1, 6x USB 2.0

6x USB 2.0, 8x USB 3.1 Gen1

SATA

Other Interfaces

2x M.2, PS/2, DVI-D, DisplayPOrt, RJ-45, Optical S/PDIF out, 5x audio jacks

2x M.2, PS/2, DVI-D, RJ-45, 3x audio jacks, Optical S/PDIF out

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What customers say about "Connectivity"

ASUS PRIME Z270-A ATX Motherboard

This motherboard supports two m.2 NVMe for SSD drives.
Great motherboard with tons of USB ports for just everything.
I'm completely satisfied with this board and all the ports, that it gives.
Decent board, that have 14 of USB ports for all the connections, that you ever need.
I got a dead SATA port (port 1) which is slightly annoying.

ASUS PRIME Z270-P ATX Motherboard

Great board for gaming. Does have all the connections anybody would need.
Great motherboard. Has 14 usb ports for everything.
Awesome motherboard has most of ports what you need and want, works awesome.
One pin was missing on cpu socket, tha product was unable to start cpu.
Nice motherboard but I feel some lack of sata ports.

Features

Native Audio

Realtek ALC S1220A

Realtek ALC887 codec

Additional Accessories Included

ASUS Q-Shield, 3x SATA cables, M.2 Screw, Driver disk, SLI HB BRIDGE, Q-connector

I/O Shield, 2x SATA cable, 2x M.2 Screw, SCD

Extras

ASUS pro clock technology, 5-Way Optimization by Dual Intelligent Processors 5, ASUS 5X Protection III, ASUS TPU, ASUS EPU, ASUS Aura Sync, AI Suite 3, Ai Charger, ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

ASUS 5X Protection III, ASUS EPU, AI Suite 3, Ai Charger, ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution, ASUS Fan Xpert 2+, ASUS Q-Design, Overclocking Protection

What customers say about "Features"

ASUS PRIME Z270-A ATX Motherboard

Onboard audio can push over 104db with my Klipsch system (digital out). Doesn't sound flat or washed out.
The BIOS has a 'scroll' feature which gives a page over transition between pages.
This board has nice features and the bios is easy to use.
Setup was easy, bios is updated and has nice UI. Aesthetically pleasing in my case.
The BIOS setup doesn't work for connecting to the internet for updating.

ASUS PRIME Z270-P ATX Motherboard

Bios is new and easy to navigate. All works fine, no complaints.
This is rock solid both from a software/bios perspective and hardware compatibility.
Good product, simple to install, very easy to operate bios.
What a brilliant motherboard - so easy to install with no hassle at all.
Just received 1 SATA cable in the box instead of two.

Power

Power Connectors

24-pin EATX, 8-pin ATX 12V

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

3 year(s)

Certifications

CE, FCC

Other Information

Manufacturer

Link

Manual