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ASRock X79 Extreme9 Motherboard Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell January 4, 2012 Featured Announcement, Motherboard

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11 comments

  1. Ron
    January 4, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    very nice indeed. costs a fortune, as expected however !

  2. Raymond Oliver
    January 4, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    Beautiful looking mobo, they are getting good reviews lately. The whole X79 platform however is just so expensive. my 2500k is working a treat, so im waiting on the mainstream boards to come out soon for the next generation intel chips. should be really interesting.

    is it just me, or do we NEED amd to start competiting. Intel’s prices are just too high and they have sadly no reason to lower them.

  3. Glynn McDermott
    January 4, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    A very impressive board, ive never opted for ASROCK in the past, but going on the strength of media reviews ive read recently they seem to be really improving their reputation.

    I always thought they were a budget brand from ASUS, but im not sure where I got that from.

  4. SolarFox
    January 5, 2012 at 3:16 am

    I have GA mobo-s for last 10 years, but last one was Asrock Z68 + 2600K and i`m very happy. GA was too high priced for what they offer 🙁 LACK of hdd ports on P67 distracted me immediately from buying GA.
    And Intel can hold high price i will not buy until price drop down a LOT. I`m not in hurry and probably 80% or more peoples also. They will reduce price when sell drop. They will not until there are a peoples who want 5% faster pc`s for 1000$ more.

  5. Joe
    January 5, 2012 at 5:55 am

    But who will pay 300+ for a MB they only stand behind for two years. Asus will sell you one that is good for 5.
    Joe

  6. Cyras
    January 28, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Can you upload the L1.92 Bios please?

  7. GeekOrbit
    May 16, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    Lovely motherboard but the majority will never see it in person..

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