Asrock Z87 Extreme11/ac Review: 22 SATA ports, 4-way GPU support and more

[Camikazi]

I am in awe of all those SATA ports and of just everything this board has built in and that includes the price, my god it is expensive.

 

[cliffordcooley]

I can make due with boards that cost less than $200. I do believe the general public can as well.

 

[GhostRyder]

I can make due with boards that cost less than $200. I do believe the general public can as well.

No @cliffordcooley we must have ALLL the motherboards that cost 400+. Mo Money = Mo Better in the world of computers right

 

[MrBungle]

They are not ideal but it’s also certainly not as dramatic as you are making it sound. If you keep your system clean/free of dust they shouldn’t fail. While they can be loud these fans on the Asrock board weren’t. In most cases the fans won’t be needed as the case fans will provide enough air-flow over the board. But since Asrock can’t count on everyone having a well setup case the small fans were needed as a precaution.

If I really like a board I can stomach them if the fans are standard replaceable 40 or 60mm with a standard power connector. In this case the one over the power circuitry is replaceable but the one over the south bridge looks proprietary (yuck). Two types of equipment... that which has died, and that which is going to die.

 

[Prosercunus]

I am still running ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3 with my i5 2500k and I am a big fan. I would buy Asrock again, but not a board that expensive. I usually put about a $150 limit on motherboard purchases. Maybe $200 if it has some specific thing about it.

 

[Guest]

Can't support raid 5 or 6. No SAS Support. Better off with a cheaper m/b & a pci-e SAS raid controller.
I would think your better off getting a cheaper m/b & have a NAS as instead. Stream to your TV without switching this sucker on...

 

[Guest]

Hello

I just got the board, I have one remark, the bottom heat sink next to the SATAs have a idle temp of 60 all the time, while on load it goes up to 70, I am sure it is safe to run at these temps, and I don't even overclock, but is this what you had when you reviewed??, I cant see any reviews with the temps of these heat sinks, the heat sink next to the CPU sticks to 34 and up to 45 at load.

Thanks!