TUF Thermal Armor is more than a futuristic shield: it employs dual fans to provide maximum airflow & rapid cooling board-wide, & a interior shunt design to boost air cooling to the M.2 slot. Reversible-airflow technology blows dust up & away from the heatsink VRM, while the exclusive flow-valve design controls the heat-pipe's air contact
- great for liquid-cooling setups. SABERTOOTH Z170 MARK 1 delivers great strength & cooling via exclusive TUF Fortifier. A reinforced backplate ensures that the motherboard doesn't buckle under the weight of heavy graphics cards & CPU coolers, minimizing the risk of damaged circuitry from bowing & bending. TUF Fortier even reduces internal temperatures by up to 13°C
- an 18% improvement on the previous design!