ASRock X99 Extreme3 Review

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Conclusion

ASRock’s X99 Extreme3 might be the perfect low-cost performance motherboard to pair with Intel’s Core i7-5820K, or it might just be another also-ran. We still have another sub-$200 motherboard to run through its paces before we can issue an award specifically for penny-pinching performance participants. Until then, here are the X99 Extreme3’s pros and cons compared to more mainstream parts:

Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.