Z68 Express Roundup: Three Motherboards Do Battle Around $200
Intel reserved its most feature-rich LGA 1155 platform for (or four?) months past the launch of its Sandy Bridge-based processors, but was it worth the wait? We compare three upper-mainstream Z68 examples to a top-quality P67 predecessor to find out.
Benchmark Results: Productivity
Adobe Photoshop shows no performance difference between motherboards, while ASRock’s Z68 Extreme4 falls only a fraction of a second behind the pack in 3ds Max.
Performance differences in file compression and optical character recognition are again negligible.
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Crashman user 18ASrock comes with 4 eSATA cables?KisakukuThe first UEFI screenshots for ASRock and Asus are switched.Fixed, thanks!Reply -
evga_fan ->ThomasReply
"Gigabyte’s Quick Boost application sets our processor at 200, 400, or 700 MHz beyond its rated frequency."
Just so you know. Anyways, keep up the good work!
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crisan_tiberiu so, basicaly there is no difference in performance between theese boards as i can see.Reply -
hmm .. was thinking of getting an Asus P8Z68-V Pro .. not so sure now knowing that the other boards offer the same performance and are both cheaper.Reply
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Olle P One additional feature of the ASRock card that isn't mentioned is its set of holes matching a socket 775 cooler. That feature was the main reason I ordered one of these cards three days ago, since I won't have to spend money on a new CPU cooler.Reply -
crisan_tiberiu Olle POne additional feature of the ASRock card that isn't mentioned is its set of holes matching a socket 775 cooler. That feature was the main reason I ordered one of these cards three days ago, since I won't have to spend money on a new CPU cooler.Reply
ermm thats pro, since i have a socket 775 core 2 duo atm. Any other motherboards out there that suport this?? i would love to know