Asrock Z68 Extreme 7

I'm going 12500k, 8gb pc-12800, sapphire 6960 toxic xfire so not sure it'll be use to me. anything else?

trying to decide betwen the asus p8z68v-pro and the asrock extreme4 g3 or this if its worth the extra.
 
I reckon it will be over £200 maybe £240 but i cant see its worth all that extra but maybe im missing something here so what extras do you get for all that extra money.
 
fowler002 said:
I'm going 12500k, 8gb pc-12800, sapphire 6960 toxic xfire so not sure it'll be use to me. anything else?

trying to decide betwen the asus p8z68v-pro and the asrock extreme4 g3 or this if its worth the extra.
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yes im trying to decide between them both but having two faulty Asus boards in a row makes the decision a bit more easy.
 
fowler002 said:
I'm going 12500k, 8gb pc-12800, sapphire 6960 toxic xfire so not sure it'll be use to me. anything else?

trying to decide betwen the asus p8z68v-pro and the asrock extreme4 g3 or this if its worth the extra.
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Well i would just get the extreme4 g3, i have the Extreme4 ref model at min and i cant fault it but not able to use 3 gpu's so getting the extreme7 on that point only! so if your only getting 1 or 2 cards get the extreme 4... I also have the Asus board but dont like it, had lots of little stupid bugs with it that the Asrock didnt give me.. :)
 
Crezzlin said:
Well i would just get the extreme4 g3, i have the Extreme4 ref model at min and i cant fault it but not able to use 3 gpu's so getting the extreme7 on that point only! so if your only getting 1 or 2 cards get the extreme 4... I also have the Asus board but dont like it, had lots of little stupid bugs with it that the Asrock didnt give me.. :)
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So your paying all that extra cash to use 3 gpus.
 
chippy08 said:
yes im trying to decide between them both but having two faulty Asus boards in a row makes the decision a bit more easy.
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I've had:

P5B-Dlx still going strong after 5yrs in a pc downstairs that my 4yr old niece uses;

Maximus Formula S.E which died due to a watercooling leak within a few months, got full refund as the seller didn't have anymore due to asus stopped making them and no other x38 mb I was interested in.

P5Q Dlx still going strong after 3yrs

so not had any problems with asus myself :)

crezzlin if I was to get a 3rd 6950 in the future would the extreme 7 allow me to use it in trifire(or is it xfireX 3/4 cards together)?
 
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Hamster said:
For me, the extra 2 sata ports over the Extreme4 varieties is going to be useful as I will be using all 10 of them :) Well actually 9 of them but one of them is shared with the e-sata port.
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Thats the only bit i would be interested in the 2 extra sata ports but there not worth an extra say £100.
 
fowler002 said:
I've had:

P5B-Dlx still going strong after 5yrs in a pc downstairs that my 4yr old niece uses;

Maximus Formula S.E which died due to a watercooling leak within a few months, got full refund as the seller didn't have anymore due to asus stopped making them and no other x38 mb I was interested in.

P5Q Dlx still going strong after 3yrs

so not had any problems with asus myself :)

crezzlin if I was to get a 3rd 6950 in the future would the extreme 7 allow me to use it in trifire(or is it xfireX 3/4 cards together)?
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Yes i have had good asus boards in the past but since sandy bridge came out me and loads of others have had problems with the asus boards its a shame really they was top dog.
 
fowler002 said:
I've had:

P5B-Dlx still going strong after 5yrs in a pc downstairs that my 4yr old niece uses;

Maximus Formula S.E which died due to a watercooling leak within a few months, got full refund as the seller didn't have anymore due to asus stopped making them and no other x38 mb I was interested in.

P5Q Dlx still going strong after 3yrs

so not had any problems with asus myself :)

crezzlin if I was to get a 3rd 6950 in the future would the extreme 7 allow me to use it in trifire(or is it xfireX 3/4 cards together)?
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Yes you will be able to use 3 single cards with the extreme 7..
Also another point with this board is if you had 3 large cards i.e. 6950's you can still fit large/ full size sound card under the 1st GPU unlike any other board that support 3 GPU’S Asus/Gigabyte :) That’s why I’m waiting for the Asrock so I can use all 3 cards with my sound card :)
 
chippy08 said:
So your paying all that extra cash to use 3 gpus.
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Yeah only because when i 1st got my setup with the Extreme 4 board i didnt realise it will not support 3 single cards unless they are 5850's as the PLX chip it has to use all PCIE lanes at 8x8x4x just cant keep up with the 3rd card, it will run 3 cards but will give massive lag in most games and even more when i use eyefinity.. Will sell my board to fund it lol im not Rich ha
 
now on sale and instock from 3 different vendors, lowest price £217.34!!

waiting to see what OCuk will be selling them for
 
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