ASROCK

rishy · 11 Oct 2012 at 16:39

Looking at these boards for an i5 ivybridge but i have only ever used Gigabyte and Asus. What is the warranty process, are they relaible, do they overclock well and what is their tech support like ??

gazzaa · 11 Oct 2012 at 18:32

im using a ex4 z77 and am having less problems than i did with my z68 asus board.

rishy · 11 Oct 2012 at 20:24

what do you think of the EX4 Z77 ?

gazzaa · 11 Oct 2012 at 21:01

Been rock solid so far.

Korsun · 23 Oct 2012 at 08:45

Got a Asrock Extreme 6 Z77 board and its brilliant

stulid · 23 Oct 2012 at 09:04

I had a Asrock board, wasn't as good as the Gigabyte one I replaced it with.

I have asked previously about the warranty also and it was one year back to Ocuk and then one more year needing sending back to the manufacturer (in a different country)

With Gigabyte its 3 years and fully UK based.

paradigm · 23 Oct 2012 at 09:09

Remember that ASRock were a spinoff from ASUS* (a while ago now), and as a result, their products are relatively well designed and implemented.

I'm happy with my ITX build, based on the H61M-ITX, it seems snappy and stable enough.

* And now ASUS wants to buy them out

~Dockie · 23 Oct 2012 at 09:37

i seem to be the exception to the rule, so to speak.

my first (and only) asrock board never worked properly (or the drivers didn't, at the very least). when the usb3 drivers were installed, it would always BSOD within 5 minutes of booting up. after so many bootups, it would refuse to boot again from my SSD without a reinstall. it also wouldn't overclock for toffee, the FX-6200 is stock 3.8ghz, i couldn't get it stable past 4ghz.

compared to my current asus board which is fine at 4.3, and has none of these problems. so asrock are a brand i would never recommend.

SeraphX · 23 Oct 2012 at 10:22

As above my extreme4 has never worked properly, Usb3 just refuses to work (unless it's the drivers) Won't be buying another one, and now well wish i had gone for the equivalent Asus or GA board.

blky · 23 Oct 2012 at 11:50

if i was to buy again, i would not buy my asrock extreme 7 z68 mobo, should have gone with the asus maximus v :<

olivier renault · 23 Oct 2012 at 13:43

no probs with mine.

Nevakonaza · 23 Oct 2012 at 15:45

Got a Asrock Z77 Pro4 here,No problems with mine at all very nice board for the price.

welshdragon · 25 Oct 2012 at 21:01

I have an ASRock z68 Extreme 4 and it has been rock solid for me so far. overclocks my i5 2500k like a beast too. running @4.8

JTrickle · 27 Oct 2012 at 21:06

Got the £80 pro4 matx.

Good enough that its hard to see why you'd spend more for mild overclocking. Its not got the extra 'phases' or SLI capability, but I think you are better off saving the £££ if you know you won't be pushing the chip particularly far.