**Official** Asrock Z68 Gen3 Extreme7 & Extreme4 thread

[humeyboy]

I never said or bite at you "having a go at me" as I was in no way angry at you!

I only pointed out I do not need to own one to comment on it after as much reading as I could find on it and toying whether to buy or not as I can get by on my rig for now and get IvyBridge in 2012 but way Intel are going it will be another half backed upgrade!

There is no way in hell Intel's crappy GPU can encode faster than a ATI/Nvidia IF software was made to fully support them!

At the end of the day we are now at stage it takes no time and be it 10mins or 15mins makes no real difference unless your encoding all day long for a living.

Also reviews have proved the power saving of new ATI/Nvidia GPU's make the so called "power saving" of switching to the Intel GPU during light load pointless!

I would bet most enthusiasts would like to have no internal GPU and have option to clock the FSB/BLK again.

I am not buying a Mobo to need swap its cooling and I know the Ext 7 has a better SB sink but still I have no issues ever with any Asus Mobos effecting any cards fitting my case.

Intel were 1 of inventors of USB and I know they have a new alt for it (think its called Thunderbolt now after name change) but have now said they will support USB 3.0 in 2012 but fact remains all these "bolt on" options are not as good or fast as on-chip (NB or SB) versions that Intel were so good at as you should know!

I am pretty sure I have read Asrock do not use the good NEC USB 3.0 controlers.

The Ext 7 is avail in UK now for about £235 and to me I am better buying an Asus or Gigabyte at £250-300 but want to see if any new Mobos come from them in months ahead (now till say Oct)