ASRock Fatal1ty B150 Gaming K4/D3
Odd upgrade decisions
WE DON’T UNDERSTAND ASRock’s naming scheme. Fatal one ty? What’s that? Well, it’s a brand that’s proudly paraded as the gamer’s motherboard of choice from this particular company. But how does it compare with the world of Skylake, particularly with the B150 chipset?
You’ll notice that this model is backward compatible with the aging yet dependable DDR3 standard. Of course, if you choose that path, you’ll lose out on the additional bandwidth, lower voltages, and higher capacities of DDR4.
That choice aside, this motherboard’s a little too thin on features. There’s a total of six SATA 6Gb/s ports, support for DDR3 at 1,866MT/s, Killer LAN, and a fancy audio solution, but that’s about it. In fact, the PCB appears to be a…