Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 vs Asrock Z68 Extreme 4 Gen3?

SheepBeast · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:25

which is better?

they both have pci-e 3.0 and ivy bridge compatibility, and are similarly priced. the asrock has tri-crossfire but i'll never use it (probably wont even use two graphics cards tbh). i don't care about the UEFI bios as i'll not be spending a lot of time in it.

both motherboards have all the features i want/need so which would you guys recommend? i can't even decide just based on looks as they both look so awesome.

i almost wish one of them was rubbish so the decision was easy

stulid · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:29

If the decision was based on build quality and the physical weight, then the Gigabyte wins hands down.

fowler002 · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:41

the extreme4 doesn't do trifire with 3 cards, you need the extreme7 for that which is £230.

stulid · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:48

fowler002 said:
the extreme4 doesn't do trifire with 3 cards,

Yes it does.

SheepBeast · 4 Sep 2011 at 00:57

stulid said:
If the decision was based on build quality and the physical weight, then the Gigabyte wins hands down.

cheers stulid, i saw your UD4 review and it was that which caused my indecision :O (i was decided on the asrock before).

think i'll go with gigabyte. i guess they're both great boards so it doesn't make much difference

zooankski · 5 Sep 2011 at 17:01

stulid said:
If the decision was based on build quality and the physical weight, then the Gigabyte wins hands down.

Mmmmm, having just gone over to my first AS rock board (extreme 4 gen 3) I am not sure on that. I have been a Gigabyte user for my last 3 builds and to be honest i am actually really impressed with ASrocks offering. Not too much in it really apart from about an Oz of copper

Terrier_Jimlad · 5 Sep 2011 at 19:00

Likewise, have been an avid user of Gigabyte alone for many many years, but ASRock really have put themselves back in the playing field with the Extreme 7 and Extreme 4

Back to the OP, read this review and benchmark, you'll see the Extreme4 Gen 3 outperform the Gigabyte on almost all of the tests even at stock

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asrock_z68_extreme4_gen3_review.html

SheepBeast · 5 Sep 2011 at 22:02

hmm, that's some pretty impressive results from the asrock.

the last motherboard i bought was an abit lol, so i'm a little out of the loop about which brands current crop of boards are the best. i've been hearing a lot people are very impressed with the asrock so i think i may go with that. it has UEFI too which is a bonus