Why does no body love the asrock p67 extreme 6

As good as it might be, asrock haven't exactly had the best reputation in the past, some were shockingly bad. In fact, it's only been with SB that I've noticed them on ocuk and started hearing good things about them.
 
Are there any more reasons because I think they have more than the asus p8p67 deluxe with is more expensive.
 
Nobody likes the 870 extreme3 either!

I'm pretty sure it's the name that puts people off. The extreme3 is the only 870 chipset mobo that can do crossfire at 8x 8x, as opposed to 16x 4x like most Asus boards. Admittedly it isn't the best overclocker for a 140W CPU, but that's the only thing lacklustre about it.
 
Nocky24 said:
As good as it might be, asrock haven't exactly had the best reputation in the past, some were shockingly bad. In fact, it's only been with SB that I've noticed them on ocuk and started hearing good things about them.
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Well, they were started as a spin off of ASUS to compete in the Foxconn esque OEM/uber-budget market but recently they have been more like ASUS' wacky experimental department.

That being said, the P67 Extreme4 (Which I own) and Extreme6 just appear to be cheaper versions of the Asus P8P67 PRO/Asus P8P67 Deluxe respectively, only a bit cheaper because of the branding it seems.

Frankly, I think this board is pretty damn good, SLI/Tri CrossfireX support, a nice free USB3 2.5" Bracket and THX TruStudioPro support etc, all higher end features than its price tag suggested. I am glad I got one.

In all honesty, I can't see anything wrong with buying either the Extreme4 or 6, comparable ASUS boards (in my opinion of course) are more expensive due to brand name only.
 
If was just about to go SandyBridge, rather than having done so already and gone through a shoddy Asus Pro and a pretty decent MSI GD65 I would be going with the Asrock. I've heard nothing but good things about them, so much so that they may become the new DFI (enthusiast favourite) albeit able to deliver a board within a couple of weeks of launch rather than 18 months/2 years after... as always seems to be the case with DFI
 
Yeah ive been wondering myself looking at the specs the Asrock packs a lot of features and is the only board to have 10 satas... its an highend board like how we had with the X58 boards....

Even the £280 gigabyte boards only have 8 satas and no efi bios, the Asrock guys have done a great job....

Oddly any post about the new Fatal1ty P67 Professional board from the other Asrock post has vanished?!

This is the 1st time ive seen Asus in such a mess usualy there no1 choice, and oddly people are still going MSI/Asrock lately and not much on the gigabyte front either maybe lack of efi bios and such high prices from giga have turned most folk off...
 
After checking all the specs and seeing the issues that people were having with the Asus boards plus I wanted a EFI bios I decided to go for the Asrock P67 Professional.

It arrived today but it's a shame I can't play with it till Wednesday now :(
 
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I have used two Asrock boards in the past, one is still running a 939 CPU in it. The other, Intel based, is AFAIK still running as well. I have found them to be good value for money boards that have just worked. Both have overclocked ok and have shown themselves to be reliable.
I wouldn't hesitate from considering another Asrock board in the future but I would compare it at the time with what else is on the market.
They were bought at the time as they were quite a bit cheaper than what else was on the market but how well they would compare to the other well known brands at the same price point I would not know.
 
I have owned one asrock board, and that supported DDR2 + DDR plus PCI-E plus AGP, along with a C2D or C2Q chip. Pretty impressive stuff even though it was a budget board. I thought it was very good for the money and allowed my transition from an athlon system to full 775 setup eventually :-)

As for overclocking performance... no idea... shouldn't be that bad if it's using the same chipset as others?
 
Scougar said:
I have owned one asrock board, and that supported DDR2 + DDR plus PCI-E plus AGP, along with a C2D or C2Q chip. Pretty impressive stuff even though it was a budget board. I thought it was very good for the money and allowed my transition from an athlon system to full 775 setup eventually :-)

As for overclocking performance... no idea... shouldn't be that bad if it's using the same chipset as others?
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Then why dont all these great pc speccers like stulid spec them. Once Stulid uses it in a spec I will probably have more confidence in it because he seems to know what he is doing.
 
No I just meant he is probably one of the most experienced users on the forum and somehow I've developed a lot of trust for him (not in a g*y way).
 
I have now built several pc's using Asrock boards over the last few years and all have been very stable (all AMD builds). I was a bit hesitant using them at first due to them being cheaper than other brands but now I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
 
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