Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Spikey said:
Thanks for posting that mate. I'm using an 2500k any idea on the drivers for that?
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No drivers are needed for the Processor - that's taken care of by Windows. I'm not even sure if there are drivers for Processors (bar the old AMD Cool'N'Quiet drivers, they are not technically a processor driver though), I've never had to install one in my 8+ years in IT and I've never heard anyone mention a Processor driver.

TaKeN said:
Is this the all round best Board to be purchasing at the moment then? :cool:
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It seems to be the one everybody is recommending. I previously had a MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 and it was terrible (lack of Lucid Virtu, flaky overclocks), everything about the ASRock has impressed me so far, right down to the packaging. A few years ago ASRock were, in my mind (and from experience fixing friends/family's PCs), cheap and crap. I vowed never to buy an ASRock motherboard but the comments in this thread made it too good to miss when I RMA'd the GD55 and I couldn't be happier, it's certainly one to put on your short list if anything.
 
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is it necessary to update the mobo bios?
I've had 0 issues with my setup so far so is it worth updating? also how do you check your current BIOS version anyway?
 
allday247 said:
is it necessary to update the mobo bios?
I've had 0 issues with my setup so far so is it worth updating? also how do you check your current BIOS version anyway?
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the AsRock extreme tuner utility will (I think) tell you which BIOS version you're running. You can check their website to see what fixes are implemented in the latest BIOS, but unless you're having specific issues that you think a BIOS update will fix, it probably isn't worth updating.
 
Looks of this board and the fact its Gen3 had me bought :)



I couldn't be bothered changing the colour scheme I was using for my CHIV lol.

First thing I did upon booted was go for a high oc - but alas, the overclocking profiles were pants! - Instead I just copied some guys settings from another forum and went for gold with a 5Ghz run on my 2600k lol:



However, coming back to reality - temps were waay too high (even under watercooling - maybe my AS5 hasn't had time to settle yet!) - But at the moment I've gone for 4.7Ghz @ 1.35v - seems to be running fine - passed IBT on max and currently priming. /fingers crossed.

PS - No need to disable all the PWM stuff in bios - it doesn't make a difference on the Z68 platform from initial testing and stuff I've been reading.
 
thats was last nite - today is a totally different ball game!
I can't seem to overclock it at all today no matter what settings I use!!!

Just gone back to the older 1.0 bios - going to give that a try first.
 
you got my hopes up high bro! lol - I was aiming for 4.8 > 5Ghz - did a couple of bench runs yesterday at 5Ghz - but realised too much vcore required so backed off to 4.8

Got it running 4.8 @ 1.38volts earlier today - so started to mess around a bit to see if I could get it lower. No joy. Now it just doesn't even boot at even 4.6!!! aaaaargggghhhhh.

Currently running 4.5ghz :( :( :(
 
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zoomee said:
you got my hopes up high bro! lol - I was aiming for 4.8 > 5Ghz - did a couple of bench runs yesterday at 5Ghz - but realised too much vcore required so backed off to 4.8

Got it running 4.8 @ 1.38volts earlier today - so started to mess around a bit to see if I could get it lower. No joy. Now it just doesn't even boot at even 4.6!!! aaaaargggghhhhh.

Currently running 4.5ghz :( :( :(
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4.8 GHz Prime stable at 1.38v with HT on is a nice overclock for a 2600k! Not many get much lower than that.
 
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