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ASRock's X99 Extreme11 Has 18 SATA Ports
Oct 9, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
If you're someone who likes storage -- but like, really likes storage -- ASRock might just have the right motherboard for you. Today, the company announced its X99 Extreme11, which has a staggering 18 SATA ports. The rest
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Five Z97 Express Motherboards, $160 To $220, Reviewed
Aug 14, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
ASRock Z97 Extreme6 ASRock exposes a bunch of traditional high-end features to the I/O panel of its Z97 Extreme6, yet doesn’t skimp on the modern stuff either. Getting rid of the VGA connector, for example, gives the board room for eSATA and a CLR
Maximizing The LGA 1150 Mainstream? the best possible overclocking performance in this price range, so we’ll test that out using Intel’s new “Devil’s Canyon” Core i7-4790K. Which board can take home the prize? Z97 Mainstream Motherboard Features ASRock Z
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Z97 Extreme6 Software ASRock’s A-Tuning software is unchanged for the Z97 Extreme6, though our use of a different processor does change a few of its configuration menus. “Advanced Turbo” configurations for our Core i7-4790K include a 4.5 GHz clock at 1.21 V
Z97 Extreme6 Firmware regulator is certainly part of that stability equation. ASRock is up to its old DRAM overclocking tricks by under-reporting voltage, though we did reach DDR3-2883 at the corrected, 1.625 V setting. Z97 Extreme6 firmware includes
Asus Z97 Pro(Wi-Fi ac) the only “waste” we see on the I/O panel is a VGA port, which we saw ASRock smartly do away with. Other I/O panel features include four USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, and DisplayPort. A bit legacy for most enthusiasts, those “slow” USB 2
Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H Gigabyte packs its Z97X-UD5H with the dual networking controllers and six USB 3.0 ports of ASRock’s competing sample, plus the two USB 2.0 ports and VGA output of Asus’ board. How? Though it probably has most of the features I'd
Results: Productivity overclock, we see that ASRock and Supermicro achieve solid completion times. The Z97 Extreme6 bests all competitors (even the overclocked Gigabyte board) in Visual Studio 2010. Completion times for this benchmark are affected by multiple
Results: Overclocking BIOS Frequency and Voltage settings (for overclocking) ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Asus Z97-Pro(Wi-Fi ac) Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H MSI Z97 MPower Supermicro C7Z97-OCE Base Clock 90-300 MHz (0.1 MHz) 80-300 MHz (0.1 MHz) 80
Which Z97 Motherboard Is Best? At $160, ASRock’s recently-reduced Z97 Extreme6 clearly leads the performance-per-dollar chart. And, with a full load of dual GbE networking, twin third-party SATA controllers, and four added-in USB 3.0 ports, the Z97 Extreme6 makes few
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ASRock Debuts X99 Motherboard Lineup
Aug 29, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
X99M Extreme6 Today is the day that the embargo lifts on the new X99 platform from Intel, and among the motherboard manufacturers that are bringing out motherboards is ASRock. ASRock has gone a little nuts with this platform release
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Exclusive: ASRock X99 Professional Preview; X99 OC Formula Shared, Too
Aug 25, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
In the last X99 motherboard reveal from ASRock, the company teased support for 1300 W processors. Today, ASRock shared images with us of the X99 OC Formula and gave us an exclusive peek at the X99 Professional. These two boards are ASRock
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First Look At ASRock's X99 Extreme4 Motherboard, Extreme6 Debuts
Aug 22, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
We’ve already covered a lot of X99 motherboards, but it appears that we’re not quite done yet. Today ASRock decided to share two new board designs with us, showing us the X99 Extreme6 and the X99 Extreme4. They are both ATX motherboards
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ASRock Shows Off its X99 WS Workstation Motherboard
Aug 15, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
In addition to the X99M Killer board we covered earlier today, ASRock today also revealed its X99 WS motherboard, which is aimed at workstations, and if you have even one quick glance at it, you will probably agree. Next to the LGA
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Tom's Hardware's 2012 Gift Guide, Part 1: For System Builders
Nov 20, 2012 - in Articles > Buyer's Guide
Welcome to our most-anticipated event of the year, the 2012 Holiday Gift Guide! Today, in Part 1, we have three of our most stunning models ever displaying an arousing array of components for your system config consideration. Deep breath...
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Five Z87 Motherboards For Your Mini-ITX Build, Reviewed
Nov 24, 2013 - in Articles > Gigabyte
ASRock Z87E-ITX ASRock fills the mini-PCIe slot of its high-end Z87E-ITX with Broadcom’s dual-band BCM4352 controller card, adding 802.11ac Wi-Fi with a peak data rate of 867 Mb/s and Bluetooth, in addition to Intel’s reputable gigabit Ethernet PHY
The Mini-ITX Market Is Small, But Growing... on the market, and five of the industry’s top performance-oriented brands sent us a sample to compare. LGA 1150-Based Mini-ITX Motherboard Features ASRock Z87E-ITX Asus Z87I-Deluxe EVGA Z87 Stinger Gigabyte Z87N-WiFi MSI Z
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Z87E-ITX Software The Z87E-ITX contains ASRock’s standard software suite, including XFast USB by FNet, XFast LAN packet prioritization by cFos, Restart to UEFI, and various freeware and shareware discussed in a previous review. The Z87E-ITX reverts
Asus Z87I-Deluxe Asus packs its Z87I-Deluxe I/O panel with six USB 3.0 and four USB 2.0 ports, but loses PS/2 and eSATA compared to ASRock’s competing product. Internal connectors are moved around to make room for a far-larger 12-phase CPU input voltage
Results: Audio And Video Encoding We try not to worry about one-second differences in these benchmarks, since very small absolute values can cause rounding errors anyway. However, the two-second delta between ASRock's and EVGA's samples in Lame is at least noteworthy
Energy, Heat, And Efficiency The Z87E-ITX puts ASRock in the lead for lowest idle power consumption, while EVGA registers the highest idle and lowest full-load power numbers. Inconsistent Turbo Boost behavior could explain the small leads in a few benchmarks, though
Overclocking from Asus’ Z87I-Deluxe, in addition to the four 100 MHz bins of headroom available to those processors. ASRock falls slightly behind the top three boards in DRAM overclocking, but Gigbyte’s Z87N-WiFi had a more-serious issue of instability
Which Mini-ITX Motherboard Would We Buy For Haswell? -up, so they both receive our recognition. At the other end of the pricing scale, EVGA’s Z87 Stinger includes fewer features and sells at a higher price. This leaves Asus and ASRock competing for best-of-the-best status. Both boards
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ASRock Takes the Throne for World's First Micro-ATX X99 Motherboard
Aug 15, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
ASRock has shared some pictures of the X99M Killer, the "world's first" Micro-ATX motherboard featuring the LGA2011-3 socket and X99 Express chipset, and it looks like a well-balanced board. The X99M Killer comes with four DDR
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ASRock Joins The Fray, Shows Off X99X Killer Motherboard
Aug 13, 2014 - in Articles > Motherboards
We've been deluged with X99 motherboard teases, and now we can add ASRock's upcoming X99X Killer mainboard to the list. At first blush, this motherboard appears to follow a fairly standard X99 recipe, although there are several small
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