AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4 Reviews

AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4

This review is from: AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4 (Personal Computers)

After months of research, I originally bought this motherboard at a local computer store, but the RAID would not work. I think the Intel chipset might have been defective. Since I had an issue with the local store, I thought it would be safer to buy it from Amazon. I was afraid the local store might have a bad batch. I'll never know for sure, but this one worked perfectly. The first thing I did was enter the BIOS and configured it properly (something I always do since I run RAID on my drives). When I was in there, I noticed an option to update the BIOS (which I did). Very cool. This was the best BIOS and nicest looking BIOS I have ever seen.

I have a front panel device located between my DVD burners that allows me to have front audio, USB 3.0 and E-Sata. This motherboard provided all of the connections for the device. In addition, my case has two front USB 2.0 ports that I was able to connect to the motherboard. Overall this board had everything I wanted and works great. With an I7 processor and an SSD C Drive it boots incredibly fast. With the SATA 6.0 ports, my mirrored data drives scream. I finally have my dream computer!

The only thing I would have liked was one more set of SATA 6.0 ports so I could set up RAID 10. However, by the time I fill the 2 terabyte drives I have mirrored on the current set of SATA 6.0 ports, it will probably be time to upgrade again anyway.

This review is from: AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4 (Personal Computers)

The layout seems sufficient. I really like the color scheme. It had all the options I wanted at a decent price and it wasn't DOA.

One thing to be cautious about is the gpu securing mechanism is a slider. I was used to a little clip thing so I just about broke it off thinking it was like the older MB I used.

This review is from: AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4 (Personal Computers)

At first I was leery due to the name not being well known. I've been told by many of my peers that ASUS or GIGABYTE were the top dogs and do not settle for less. Technically I didn't since AS Rock is a subsidiary of ASUS. This board is top notch quality.

Pros- Great for windows, easy setup, recognizes Intel Core i7 3770K without the need for firmware upgrades, overclocking is way too easy.

Cons - Ubuntu 12.10 has some trouble with the onboard TXH 7.1CH sound. The PCIe x16 3.0 is tight when first installing a video card. Beware of the clip.

This review is from: AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4 (Personal Computers)

At first I was a bit leary not knowing much at AS Rock MBs and reading some reviews on some websites however after using multiple of these boards would highly recommend them!

They are an excellent budget MB for 1155 socket set that has a plethora of OC abilities for the price. Even supporting higher frequency RAM compared to several other boards.

This review is from: AS Rock LGA1155 DDR3 SATA3 USB3.0 Quad CrossFireX and Quad SLI A GbE ATX Motherboard Z77 EXTREME4 (Personal Computers)

I could go on for pages about how awesome this motherboard is but I'll do my best to keep it brief.

Pros:
1.)Price is amazing
2.)UEFI BIOS is probably the coolest thing to ever happen to motherboards (a graphical BIOS that works out of the box and supports mouse AND keyboard)
3.)Digital Error Display - I don't know what this is officially called, the motherboard has a small 2 digit LCD display that gives codes that can be referenced in the motherboard manual. This way if you have an error with the RAM for example, the motherboard can tell you specifically the RAM is causing the issue and save a boat load of time.
4.)Power and Reset buttons that are built on to the motherboard - makes testing components in your build very quick and easy, no case needed to turn on the computer
5.)Good looking color Scheme
6.)Includes SATA 6 cables for your hard drives
7.)Crossfire/SLI support with 2 PCI EXPRESS 3.0 slots.

Cons:
I haven't found any. I tried my build with an MSI motherboard that costs about $60 more and had memory issues, I used this board and it booted on the first try, solid like a rock. This is THE Z77 chipset board that most people should get.

I'm not saying there aren't other nice boards on this chipset, but for the price there is not a better one.

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