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Overclocking
Normally we'd expected to achieve 4.3GHz with 1.3 volts or less for our X99 overclocking. However, due to a faulty CPU developing we have had to swap our i7-6950X for another sample.
On this ASRock X99 motherboard our replacement CPU achieved 4.2GHz at 1.3 volts – a fair result given how most Core i7 6950Xs overclock.
Reducing the voltage to 1.28v resulted in system stability, while increasing the frequency to 4.3GHz and voltage up to 1.325 and 1.35 volts still resulted in instability.
Both the performance and power consumption reflect the frequency and voltage used, respectively.
Any idea of price?
Yes it’s discussed on the final page – around £270 in the UK and $260 in the US.
260 USD isn’t 270 GBP, even after the eu referendum bollocks.
Id more likely expect something like;
260 USD / 220 GBP
320 USD / 270 GBP
Wouldn’t make sense at all for it to be more in GBP than USD.
I know how the currency conversion (plus being British tax) works. But that’s what retailers are selling the board for. It says in the review that ASRock’s pricing is more competitive in North America than it is in the UK.
It’s 324 euros here in Belgium.
This one looks good, but if I was to go with X99 on a budget I would consider their Taichi model.
I do like the looks of Taichi. Even Fatal1ty looking good, Taichi Black and white looks really good.
I was pleasantly surprised when I got my FX990 Killer, it is one solid board with wonderful audio and I really do like the UEFI set up way more than Asus or MSi. My only complaint with mine is the rather terrible northbridge heatsink design, it’s just a stylized block of anodized aluminum with 3 grooves cut in it, I could have gone down to the 970FX board with all better heatsinks, USB 3.1 with a type C port and support for 220watt CPU’s, but I would have given up a far more superior chipset (I run multiple PCIe devices, wireless, a USB 3.1 card and 2 different graphics cards), additional power to PCIe and audio
Really good stuff coming out from them, love their mobos.