Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 owners?

_Jimlad_ · 12 Jan 2012 at 16:04

hello all just ordered the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68, any thoughts on this, reviews seemed good, but be good to hear from any owners, after any tips tweaks or must do's

fowler002 · 12 Jan 2012 at 16:08

did you miss the big thread for this mb just a few threads below this?

horrorwood · 12 Jan 2012 at 16:13

This review put me off of it:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/11/09/asrock_z68_extreme4_gen3_motherboard_review/6

So I went for the Asus in the end.

_Jimlad_ · 12 Jan 2012 at 16:58

horrorwood said:
This review put me off of it:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/11/09/asrock_z68_extreme4_gen3_motherboard_review/6

So I went for the Asus in the end.

mines been dispatched now, the reviews i read seemed good,

Nightglow · 12 Jan 2012 at 19:43

Got three of the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 boards, never had any problems with them, no inverted mouse issues, & two of them are o/c to 4.6ghz , & each with 16gb of memory.

_Jimlad_ · 12 Jan 2012 at 20:09

Nightglow said:
Got three of the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 boards, never had any problems with them, no inverted mouse issues, & two of them are o/c to 4.6ghz , & each with 16gb of memory.

sweet is it easy to oc?

mayebaza · 13 Jan 2012 at 07:53

mayebaza said:
This motherboard is just sooooo, ridiculously, insanely, good, I achieved this benchmark at 5.1 GHz on AIR. How can this be possible?

http://3dmark.com/3dm06/16383529

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AsRock Z68 Ex4 G3, [email protected] , G. Skill RipsawsX 8GB,
5850 1GB(CFX), CM90 II Advanced, Crucial M4 256GB, 4 HDDs,
NH-D14, XFX 850W BE, Xonar Essence STX, BlackGold HD DVB.

Nuff Said!

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 08:15

^^

nice

Davefran · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:46

_Jimlad_ said:
hello all just ordered the Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68, any thoughts on this, reviews seemed good, but be good to hear from any owners, after any tips tweaks or must do's

You only have to look at the owners reviews here to see what a fantastic board it is, IMHO the best board on the market at that price point

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=mb-054-ak&tool=3

horrorwood said:
this review put me off of it:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/11/09/asrock_z68_extreme4_gen3_motherboard_review/6

so i went for the asus in the end.

oh dear, if you'd done some thorough research(like hundreds of others), you would have found out that review was totally wrong, they tested a faulty motherboard.
you should have read one of the proper reviews like this http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asrock_z68_extreme4_gen3_review,13.html, then you wouldn't have bought an inferior board.

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:49

^^

thats what i though, all the reviews i read were good!

Davefran · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:52

You've definitely made the right choice Jimlad

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:54

Davefran said:
You've definitely made the right choice Jimlad

cheers mate, all the bits arrived this morning says the wife via txt. so will have a look later, quite nervous as not built a pc in years. hoping the mobo setup and everything goes well eeeeeek

any words of wisdom on the mobo setup/install?

Davefran · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:59

Are you installing the OS to a SSD or a Mechanical Hard Drive ?

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 11:10

Davefran said:
Are you installing the OS to a SSD or a Mechanical Hard Drive ?

yeah SSD

Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
MSI GTX 570
I7 2600k

Davefran · 13 Jan 2012 at 11:20

Ok only have your SSD connected, no mechanical drives.
Go into the bios and set storage to AHCI.
Set your Ram to XMP profile or set the timmings manually (CAS 9-9-9-24) and set the DRAM voltage to 1.500v.Edit Just noticed your ram Corsair XMS3 may need 1.550v ( but don't set it over 1.575v)
Then follow this order to install Windows 7
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=20964529#post20964529

Once you're up and running here's a few tips for starting your overclocking from post #20 onwards

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18360757

Oh and don't forget to do a build log with some nice pics

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 11:36

Davefran said:
Ok only have your SSD connected, no mechanical drives.
Go into the bios and set storage to AHCI.
Set your Ram to XMP profile or set the timmings manually (CAS 9-9-9-24) and set the DRAM voltage to 1.500v.Edit Just noticed your ram Corsair XMS3 may need 1.550v ( but don't set it over 1.575v)
Then follow this order to install Windows 7
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=20964529#post20964529

Once you're up and running here's a few tips for starting your overclocking from post #20 onwards

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18360757

Oh and don't forget to do a build log with some nice pics

thanks mate, what a helpful post, really appreciate that.

Davefran · 13 Jan 2012 at 12:00

_Jimlad_ said:
thanks mate, what a helpful post, really appreciate that.

No probs bud, I've subscribed to this thread, so if you need any more tips post em up here

Oh and if you do a build log with pics post a link to it here aswell then I can follow your progress :cool:

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 12:01

Davefran said:
No probs bud, I've subscribed to this thread, so if you need any more tips post em up here

Oh and if you do a build log with pics post a link to it here aswell then I can follow your progress

will do mate cheers again,

joemc · 13 Jan 2012 at 13:04

Is the inverted mouse a faulty motherboard then? Mine seems to do it in the BIOS!

DooMeR · 13 Jan 2012 at 13:10

Had zero problems with my board after going through 2 asus ones. Really easy to overclock i got mine to 4.8 on a i5-2500k.

I don't remember my pc crashing once with this board.