ASRock P67 Extreme6, any thought's?

[ArcticOC]

Looking to buy a new Sandy Bridge system I stumbled across the ASRock P67 Extreme6. I really liked the layout and the ability to use 775 coolers on it, this mean that I don't have to buy a new expensive waterblock

The board also features a whopping 6 x SATA3 and 6 x USB3 ports. It also has an enormous heatpipe cooling system (just peel of those stupid metal plates on top ). It's reasonably priced here in Norway, a good 25$ cheaper than the Asus P67 Deluxe..

But... I never had any ASRock boards before! How is the reputation of the brand and how is BIOS support? OC'freindly?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.as...P67%20Extreme6



A massive 16+2phase digital PWM and Nichicon LF-series Japan Solid Caps




..more eyecandy here: http://hardwareblog.dk/2010/12/asrock-p67-extreme6/

[xdan]

Well i had an Asrock motheboard, P55 PRO, 115$ cheap motheboard but it was very good in overclocking. See in the signature i validated 5ghz and 239BCLK on air. The bios(now is a little diferent on P67) was quite good many overclock and voltage settings. And they do updates to bios, they offer support.
Also the POWER/RESET and the CLEAR CMOS button located on the back on I.O. panel is avesome. You don't even need to open the case to do clear CMOS.
And that was a cheap MB.
P67 Extreme6 is a high end so it will be much better.
Just they offer 2 years of waranty not 3 like Gigabyte/Asus.
And bay the way from june 2010 there definitive separate from Asus, they aren't anymore low division of Asus.

[ArcticOC]

Thank you very much for the input! Just read a review of the Extreme4 @ Anandtech, and it got positive feedback and I doubt the Extreme6 would OC any less

I have had most other brands before, but ASRock is new to me. I'll give it a try and order this MB + a i5 2500K to go with the board. Got a stunning deal on that combo

[koc]

I like the layout and color of the board , never try Astrock before , but its look promising , but i think if you are going to use SLI or CF your cards will run x8,x8
and the golden color of the capacitors make them looks cheap .

[ArcticOC]

I like the layout and color of the board , never try Astrock before , but its look promising , but i think if you are going to use SLI or CF your cards will run x8,x8
and the golden color of the capacitors make them looks cheap .

Yes the Caps looks "cheezy", but they are produced by Nichicon, one of Japan's most respected brands

Nichicon LF-series, Ultra Low ESR, High ripple current. Load life of 2000 hours at 105°C.

http://www.nichicon.co.jp/english/products/pdf/e-lf.pdf

[shabby]

This board has an amazing layout and 10 sata headers to boot, hopefully it'll be available this sunday. Only thing i don't like is the short 1 year warranty, asus and others have a 3 year warranty.

[Johnny87au]

I like the layout and color of the board , never try Astrock before , but its look promising , but i think if you are going to use SLI or CF your cards will run x8,x8
and the golden color of the capacitors make them looks cheap .

The phase capacitors look sexy imo!

[ScottALot]

AsRock is the secret Asus never wanted you to see. It's comparable to Asus's flagship line, but significantly cheaper. The performance hides behind the not-so-amazing looks of the board.

[canna1988]

try to check here

http://www.pcbrain.it/index.php/arti...-di-tutti.html

[ArcticOC]

try to check here
http://www.pcbrain.it/index.php/arti...-di-tutti.html

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The P67 Extreme 6 showed no problems even at very high frequencies, as with a regular air cooling system, we managed to reach a stable frequency of 5200 MHz to 104 MHz with a BCLK

Not bad for an aircooled 2600K

They also had the BCLK as high as 107MHz

Can't wait to get my ASRock in my watercooled rig

[bamtan2]

to decide which motherboard you should get today, look at motherboards of the past and see which has the most frequent and latest bios updates. ask who likes their old board.

I've used old asrock boards for years and they have unofficially updated the bios on a forum so it is completely up to date. I am very pleased with asrock in the past.

if I'm considering extreme6 versus asus evo, I wonder if the asus owners would recommend it.

[canna1988]

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Not bad for an aircooled 2600K

They also had the BCLK as high as 107MHz, but this was not 24/7 stable

Can't wait to get my ASRock in my watercooled rig

Sorry for the link, i forgot google translate :S

However my BCLK is 24/7 stable

Vcore was higher only for safety, but at 4700 MHz CPU is stable with 1,31 / 1,33V

[xdan]

Nice, canna1988!
5ghz is easy to reach?

[canna1988]

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Not bad for an aircooled 2600K

They also had the BCLK as high as 107MHz, but this was not 24/7 stable

Can't wait to get my ASRock in my watercooled rig

Nice, canna1988!
5ghz is easy to reach?

thx mate

yes 5ghz are really easy, but is normal you need also a CPU.

PS Also AsRock' s Bios fix the Internal PLL Overvoltage for CPU with D2 Revision.. so don t worry about OC :-)

[ArcticOC]

Sorry for the link, i forgot google translate :S

However my BCLK is 24/7 stable

Vcore was higher only for safety, but at 4700 MHz CPU is stable with 1,31 / 1,33V

107MHz stable BCLK? Thats very nice.. and they said it was BCLK locked

That should translate in to memoryspeeds of 107 x 21,33 = 2282MHz

[canna1988]

107MHz stable BCLK? Thats very nice.. and they said it was BCLK locked

That should translate in to memoryspeeds of 107 x 21,33 = 2282MHz

ahahha yes was bclk locked :-)

Next week i will have ripjawx... so i will test also memory

[zalbard]

Asrock is getting decent these day. You could give it a try. The board looks good, who knows about the BIOS support in the long run, though...

[Olivon]

I really like this Extreme 6, one of the best quality/equipment/price P67 board.

Hope I will give her a try

[ArcticOC]

AsRock is the secret Asus never wanted you to see. It's comparable to Asus's flagship line, but significantly cheaper. The performance hides behind the not-so-amazing looks of the board.

After comparing the ASRock Extreme6 against the Asus P8P67 Deluxe I really see your point. The two boards are very similar.

Both have: 16+2 phase with digital PWM, the same PCIe/PCI slot config, PLX PCIe bridge, UEFI, and the rest of the layout is also very close..

[justin.kerr]

Mine will be here soon.. hope it turns out ok, and BIOS support is good.

[SBB]

After comparing the ASRock Extreme6 against the Asus P8P67 Deluxe I really see your point. The two boards are very similar.

Both have: 16+2 phase with digital PWM, the same PCIe/PCI slot config, PLX PCIe bridge, UEFI, and the rest of the layout is also very close..

Only difference I can see is that the ASUS has Integrated bluetooth, and 1x Intel LAN + 1x Realtek LAN whereas the Asrock has 2x Realtek.

Personally I went with the P8P67 Pro as it was the cheapest board with Intel LAN, and the ASrock Extreme6 cost slightly more than the P67 Pro here, but if the ASRock was less I probably would've gone with that.

[emertX]

thx mate

yes 5ghz are really easy, but is normal you need also a CPU.

PS Also AsRock' s Bios fix the Internal PLL Overvoltage for CPU with D2 Revision.. so don t worry about OC :-)

Do you have the BIOS?

[Jacke89]

Isn't there going to be a problem to use a LGA775 backplate on this motherboard due to the existing backplate that is mounted on all LGA 1155 motherboards? If you look at this picture, it doesn't look that good: http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/z...BrackerMod.jpg

Maybe it's a better idea to get a LGA1155 hold-down plate and backplate for the cooler you're using and to make sure the cooler sits better. What do you guys think?

[overcrash]

I was thinking of Getting Asrock Extreme4 or Extreme6, but from the reviews I read the max vcore from UEFI is 1.52v which is not enough for 5000+ benches.

[zalbard]

I was thinking of Getting Asrock Extreme4 or Extreme6, but from the reviews I read the max vcore from UEFI is 1.52v which is not enough for 5000+ benches.

I bet this will be fixed soon.