ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 vs Asus P8Z68-V Pro

sageislam · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:07

Hi all,

Which one is a better motherboard? The difference is only £8.
ASRock Z68 Extreme 4 vs Asus P8Z68-V Pro

Please help :eek:

paradisiac · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:08

i got my Extreme4 today, is a very nice board indeed. seems to be the motherboard of choice on here at the moment.

sageislam · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:13

paradisiac said:
i got my Extreme4 today, is a very nice board indeed. seems to be the motherboard of choice on here at the moment.

Yep, seen lot of people like it. I like the xtreme 4 myself but just wanted to know which is better considering the price is almost similar?

paradisiac · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:34

they both seem pretty similar spec, the asus gives you built in bluetooth, but other than that cant really see any major differences.

stulid · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:44

The ASrock has a few extras, such as a 3.5" bay that has an additional two USB3.0 ports, this bay can simply be converted into a PCI slot fitment.

Might even have more phases on the VRM setup.

kevpuk · 22 Jun 2011 at 10:32

..and the ASRock is likely better suited to loaded-up systems (in terms of cards plugged in et al.) due to having more PCIe lanes available

paradisiac · 22 Jun 2011 at 14:05

the only thing with the ASRock, if i had different speeds of ram i couldnt get mine to post. so had to manually set it to the slowest and then stick in the other sticks. dont know if this is the case for the other board or not. might not even be an issue with every ASRock one, but there were a fair few on a google search with the same problem.

sageislam · 22 Jun 2011 at 14:57

So I take it the asrock is better in this case?

paradisiac · 22 Jun 2011 at 15:09

sageislam said:
So I take it the asrock is better in this case?

overall, apart from the bluetooth, the ASRock seems to have more features out of the box. but i wouldnt say either is a bad motherboard so go with the one you feel happiest with. bare in mind that lots of people on here have the extreme4 so will be a lot of help if required.

sageislam · 22 Jun 2011 at 19:20

True say, and I shall order the asrock tomorrow :-)

. Since this is my first built I shall come and ask more question about the BIOS!

Steves1982 · 22 Jun 2011 at 21:36

I went for the P67 Asrock over the Asus and am very glad I did.

Not had a single issue so far.

sageislam · 22 Jun 2011 at 22:02

maximusmi2 said:
I went for the P67 Asrock over the Asus and am very glad I did.

Not had a single issue so far.

Awesome. Wouldve got P67 but heard the intel onboard gpu is better for photoshop and lightroom, and thats what i want to use this pc for. Maybe ill buy a graphic later though.