Question 1

Do you need a graphics card or will it automatically run off of integrated graphics?

Accepted Answer

This card will support graphics without a dedicated card.  I'm very pleased with the board.  Using it for an office workstation.  I am running it with  Core I3 6100, and it handles Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for moderate usage.

Question 2

Does it have any WiFi? Some similar products don't.

Accepted Answer

Mine does not.  You might want to check the specifications though, in case it's changed since I bought mine.

Question 3

Do you need to use atx 12 volt plug?

Accepted Answer

Im not quite sure what you mean by the atx 12 volt plug.  I just built a pc with this motherboard using a corsair 500 watt standard powersupply and it works great. This motherboard does use all standard connections as does most other motherboards.

Question 4

Will this board support 6th and 7th generation processors?

Accepted Answer

Mine came with the P1.5  sticker on the board which does not support Kabylake. If you want to update the BIOS you need it to boot with a 6th Gen Skylake CPU first so that you can flash the BIOS. This board will not POST without a 7th Gen CPU and older BIOS, if you don't have that you need to buy the pre flashed BIOS chip on fleaBay for $15 or have a friend help you with a 6th Gen CPU

Question 5

Does it only work with 2133 ram?

Accepted Answer

The ASRock site page for the motherboard says so, so I say yes to be safe. Sounds like making a motherboard for one RAM spec might make it more stable, or they didn't incorporate DDR4 frequency ranges into the motherboard spec for cost-savings.

Question 6

Will this work with the new Kaby Lake Processors out of the box?

Accepted Answer

I just got my board and it did not, it had the older BIOS. To update the BIOS the board needs to POST, but it can't because the BIOS is out of date, so I had to send it back or buy a pre flashed bios chip

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