Asrock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen 3 any good?

Akagi · 4 Sep 2011 at 18:52

this motherboard can be had for under £120 which seems odd for a feature packed full atx board which sports pci-e 3.0.

Surely there must be a catch? lifespan? some features missing? reliability?

Should i go with the Extreme3 Gen3 or stick with the P8Z68-V (which is a touch more expensive and has pci-e 2.0 not 3.0)

will pci-e 3.0 really bring that large an improvement over pci-e 2.0? and how long will i have to wait for video cards that are faster than gtx480's that run on pci-e gen 3.0 and cost under £200?

that would be a long time i imagine... and then those cards would be backwards compatible anyway... im stuck.

stulid · 4 Sep 2011 at 19:13

If you can really get it for that price then I suggest you do.

Terrier_Jimlad · 4 Sep 2011 at 19:15

Get the Extreme 4 for not much extra (not based on OCUK prices)

Akagi · 4 Sep 2011 at 19:42

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Get the Extreme 4 for not much extra (not based on OCUK prices)

i can only see it for around £30 or £40 more

thats a fair bit, 33.3% more.

stulid · 4 Sep 2011 at 19:47

I have never seen a extreme4 gen3 for as little.

Akagi · 4 Sep 2011 at 20:08

stulid said:
I have never seen a extreme4 gen3 for as little.

its the extreme3 gen3 that i could get for under £120, the extreme4 gen3 i can only see for £150 to £170, and at trusted eTailers such as ocuk, once you add postage its closer to the £165 - £170 range.

Akagi · 4 Sep 2011 at 20:10

everybody is telling me to get the extreme4 gen3..

if i wanted to know about the extreme4 i would have asked about it

is the extreme>>3<< any good people?

Davefran · 4 Sep 2011 at 20:27

acme15 said:
everybody is telling me to get the extreme4 gen3..

if i wanted to know about the extreme4 i would have asked about it

is the extreme>>3<< any good people?

To the OP

stulid said:
If you can really get it for that price then I suggest you do.

You've already had the answer from one of the most knowledgable and respected members on this forum

stulid · 4 Sep 2011 at 20:28

Yes it is. £120 bargain

P.s I have also fixed the stupid spelling mistake from this phones predictive text.

Akagi · 4 Sep 2011 at 20:54

Davefran said:
To the OP

You've already had the answer from one of the most knowledgable and respected members on this forum

ah yes, sorry i somehow missed that

ohh... the prices have gone up to £140 now :eek:

out of stock from there... damn... i guess everyone else had the same idea

Davefran · 4 Sep 2011 at 21:00

Have seen it for £106, not allowed to say where though obviously. But I'm sure Mr Google could find it lol. Pity Overclockers doesn't stock them.

Terrier_Jimlad · 4 Sep 2011 at 21:03

acme15 said:
ah yes, sorry i somehow missed that

ohh... the prices have gone up to £140 now

out of stock from there... damn... i guess everyone else had the same idea

£140? Extra £4.46 you can have the Extreme4

Davefran · 4 Sep 2011 at 21:08

Terrier_Jimlad said:
£140? Extra £4.46 you can have the Extreme4

You didn't need to start another thread, there was already a decent discussion a few down based on the same board

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18296625

This thread is for a different board

fowler002 · 4 Sep 2011 at 22:25

Terrier_Jimlad said:
£140? Extra £4.46 you can have the Extreme4

thats the non-gen3 version, the gen3(extreme4 gen3) version is £155 on ocuk.

incase you're confused there's extreme4 and extreme4 gen3, the gen3 has pci-3.0 not sure if there are othere diffferences.

Akagi · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:01

Its ok, I've ordered an extreme4 gen3 from overclockers.
Obviously I don't qualify for free shipping yet, so it cost £165.

Akagi · 5 Sep 2011 at 03:44

fowler002 said:
thats the non-gen3 version, the gen3(extreme4 gen3) version is £155 on ocuk.

incase you're confused there's extreme4 and extreme4 gen3, the gen3 has pci-3.0 not sure if there are othere diffferences.

The asrock website says that pci-e 3.0 will not work unless the motherboard is running an IVYBRIDGE cpu... :mad:

What a load of **** :mad:

A bit late now...

fowler002 · 5 Sep 2011 at 03:49

yes the pci-e3.0 needs an ivy bridge CPU, the sandy bridge doesn't have the controller for it from what I've read. regardless of motherboard if it supports pci-e3.0 still needs ivy bridge CPU.

Terrier_Jimlad · 5 Sep 2011 at 09:42

fowler002 said:
thats the non-gen3 version, the gen3(extreme4 gen3) version is £155 on ocuk.

incase you're confused there's extreme4 and extreme4 gen3, the gen3 has pci-3.0 not sure if there are othere diffferences.

Who said anything about OCUK? Despite OCUK's price drop to £154, it is still £10 cheaper at another big e-tailer, tyvm

Akagi · 5 Sep 2011 at 12:32

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Who said anything about OCUK? Despite OCUK's price drop to £154, it is still £10 cheaper at another big e-tailer, tyvm

ocuk are one of a (large) handful of online eTailers which I trust.

jg623 · 5 Sep 2011 at 12:45

acme15 said:
The asrock website says that pci-e 3.0 will not work unless the motherboard is running an IVYBRIDGE cpu...

What a load of ****

A bit late now...

Could i be right in saying that you could upgrade your CPU to an Ivy bridge processor next year when the prices drop ? so you could benefit from the pcie3? ( i looked at the cpu spoort list for this board and it doesnt state support for Ivy bridge, but then again would they advertise that at the moment?)

I'm also looking at this board, which could be part of my upgrade if i decide to go for it.

Im not sure whether to just wait for the next tech that's rumoured to be arriving in the next few months or just take the plunge with an i5 2500k set up..

bleh...