Question about ASRock boards

[Tech_geek23]

Hi, I'm thinking of building a system preferably with the Z68 chipset on the mobo and saw some ASRock boards for a quite low price for Z68's. Is there anything I should know about ASRock boards before considering them for my build? Is their quality good for most setups? I ask this as some of their, I guess lower-end, boards seem to be greatly cheaper than say, ASUS or MSI.

 

[o1die]

Asrock is an offshoot of asus; I've used three of their boards. I recommend them if you pay attention to the ram you use. I recommend kingston, patriot or gskill for one of these boards at 1.5v.

 

[Tech_geek23]

If you don't mind elaborating on what you mean by "pay attention to the ram you use" that'd be great. And other than that, their quality is nothing to rule out for a possible purchase? Here's the board I was considering: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157270

This is the other ASRock board I'm looking at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157279 Newegg also has the micro-ATX version. So between ATX and microATX, which would be the better buy?

 

[o1die]

Both should work fine; lots of oem cases are too small for atx boards, but if your case can use it, then get the atx model.

 

[Tech_geek23]

Both should work fine; lots of oem cases are too small for atx boards, but if your case can use it, then get the atx model.

I was thinking of going with an ATX full tower case for reasons of cooling and space for upgrades. I'm not going to be using an OEM case, I'm building from the "ground-up" with this build so as to speak.

 

[truegenius]

i too have same question of quality of asrock, they provide many features but at cheap price.

between matx and atx, atx can provide more space for upgrades, so atx is good

 

[Tech_geek23]

Best answer selected by tech_geek23.

 

[nikorr]

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