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Asrock x99 extreme4, any thoughts?
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Depends on what it is for.
If you already have an i7-5820k then it is a suitable board for it. Has plenty of I/O, dual LAN, all the ram slots you could want.
If you haven't yet purchased a CPU though, it is an expensive board for an expensive chip. And doesn't differentiate enough from an i7-6700k to be worth it. The i7-5830k or i7-6850k are the ones where you end up with more PCIe lanes and is suitable for several graphics cards or other PCIe consumables.
For gaming with one or two GPUs a i7-6700k on Z170 or i7-7700k on a 200 series board (when it comes out) would be the better choice.
If you are doing heavy calculations and need the 6 cores and massive amounts of quad channel memory, you can certainly go that route.
If you already have an i7-5820k then it is a suitable board for it. Has plenty of I/O, dual LAN, all the ram slots you could want.
If you haven't yet purchased a CPU though, it is an expensive board for an expensive chip. And doesn't differentiate enough from an i7-6700k to be worth it. The i7-5830k or i7-6850k are the ones where you end up with more PCIe lanes and is suitable for several graphics cards or other PCIe consumables.
For gaming with one or two GPUs a i7-6700k on Z170 or i7-7700k on a 200 series board (when it comes out) would be the better choice.
If you are doing heavy calculations and need the 6 cores and massive amounts of quad channel memory, you can certainly go that route.
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Unless you really need the M-ATX board, go with the full ATX version, for $1 more.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157543
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157543
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I'm sure you've found all features you need on xtreme4 so get it.
Personal opinions on Asrock Extreme 4
Personal opinions on Asrock Extreme 4
■ CPU's 12 phase power design + DRAM's 4 phase power design, in theory you'll have cost efficient especially when paired with octal or more cores and four RAM sticks/channel. There are several advantages in having a voltage regulator circuit with more phases. The most obvious is that the transistors will be working less loaded, which provides a higher life-span to these components and a lower operating temperature. Another advantage is that the more phases you have usually the output voltage is more stable and also the noise level is lower.
■ Nichicon capacitor, a 12.000 hours life span seems like exaggerated marketing slogan, some high end such as Asus X99-E WS also us this capacitor by the way.
Caveats■PCIEX16 arrangement, with that size it should accommodate four double slot configuration, unfortunately the DRAM slot has taken one PCIe space. ■Vertical facing molex header near CPU socket?, not my definition of ergonomic.■ 3 pin fan headers, don't know why only put 3 pin,..... 3 pin, ......
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