Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

xlife · 12 Jan 2012 at 21:47

_Jimlad_ said:
ok and let windows mange the ssd right?

I haven't used the Marvell SATA ports the ones on the right, and haven't installed the drivers. They offer a further two SATA3 ports if you need them. I've just installed the Intel chipset drivers for managing the 4 SATA2 and 2 SATA3 ports.

Pete.Dakota · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:31

Does anyone else get interference through their speakers when using the onboard 3.5mm output? Damn annoying.

mayebaza · 13 Jan 2012 at 00:50

This motherboard is just sooooo, ridiculously, insanely, good, I achieved this benchmark at 5.1 GHz on AIR. How can this be possible?

http://3dmark.com/3dm06/16383529

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Surveyor · 13 Jan 2012 at 01:02

mayebaza said:
This motherboard is just sooooo, ridiculously, insanely, good, I achieved this benchmark at 5.1 GHz on AIR. How can this be possible?

The question really is what CPU voltage did you have to use to get there and what sort of load temperatures are you getting?

mayebaza · 13 Jan 2012 at 07:32

Surveyor said:
The question really is what CPU voltage did you have to use to get there and what sort of load temperatures are you getting?

I don't know, because I was just messing about trying to find the chip's bootable limit after my first manual overclock at 5 GHz, where I achieved IBT at max 10 runs passed at +0.90 v offset, average temp was 72 degrees, top temp 76 degrees. Mind you the board does throttle a lot more at this level, do you know how to control it?

Davefran · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:12

You have to up the
short duration power limit 250w
long duration power limit 200w
core current limit 200

gp3000000 · 13 Jan 2012 at 18:25

Just ordered this board to replace a dead ASRock Z68 PRO3. If it's as good as everyone says I will order another for my brother's new machine

Ordered from OCUK with the £5 off they gave me with my last order

Looking forward to OCing on it... the perk of building 3 PCs for my house is I get to keep whichever i5 is the best overclocker for my personal machine!

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 18:42

guys just installing now. cant work out where the power swtich goes as my case 650d has 2 pins

Surveyor · 13 Jan 2012 at 19:18

_Jimlad_ said:
guys just installing now. cant work out where the power swtich goes as my case 650d has 2 pins

It goes as shown below.

For the power and reset switches it doesn't matter which way you connect the +ve and -ve.

The disk activity and power LED's need to be connected with the correct polarity.

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 21:36

that did it...think i was just rushing

mayebaza · 13 Jan 2012 at 21:53

Davefran said:
You have to up the
short duration power limit 250w
long duration power limit 200w
core current limit 200

?

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 22:16

what is the deal with the drivers? seems to be a few for each things?

installing the SATA3 driver from the cd and i have the choice of Asmedia and Marvell ???

xlife · 13 Jan 2012 at 22:26

_Jimlad_ said:
what is the deal with the drivers? seems to be a few for each things?

installing the SATA3 driver from the cd and i have the choice of Asmedia and Marvell ???

I think the Asmedia controller is on the ASRock Z68 Fatal1ty Gen3. Don't think it's on the Extreme4 afaik(?). I didn't use/install the Marvell ports/drivers.

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 22:38

so many drivers and bits on the cd and web site. i hate clutter and useless software..

anyone got a list of the minimum i need?

zoomee · 13 Jan 2012 at 22:50

_Jimlad_ said:
so many drivers and bits on the cd and web site. i hate clutter and useless software..

anyone got a list of the minimum i need?

See here for all the drivers you need mate

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...-Asrock-Z68-Gen3-Extreme7-amp-Extreme4-thread

Just remember to use the older 0.5.4 USB 3.0 drivers (Etron) otherwise you'll have problems with USB3 speeds.

_Jimlad_ · 13 Jan 2012 at 23:39

zoomee said:
See here for all the drivers you need mate

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...-Asrock-Z68-Gen3-Extreme7-amp-Extreme4-thread

Just remember to use the older 0.5.4 USB 3.0 drivers (Etron) otherwise you'll have problems with USB3 speeds.

thanks buddy, much appreciated

hmillhouse · 15 Jan 2012 at 18:17

Pete.Dakota said:
Does anyone else get interference through their speakers when using the onboard 3.5mm output? Damn annoying.

Yep, same for me. Feeling a bit disappointed, thought this kind of electrical noise was a thing of the past. Doesn't happen when using front headphone jack though.

stock · 15 Jan 2012 at 19:55

Haven't read the whole thread, but is anyone using this board with the 8GB G.Skill sniper kit or the 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer kit?

Any compatibility issues?

Davefran · 15 Jan 2012 at 21:53

Not sure about the G.Skill sniper kit or the 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer kit. But these expensive ram kits don't seem to offer any real performance benefits with a Sandy Bridge system. Unless you want them for the aesthetics they're not worth the extra price.

I've got the Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit and even though it's Cas 10, when I did the obligatory 5GHz Super Pi run my time of 7.503 was one of the very fastest 2500K times, even with 70 + processes running and no optimisations what so ever

_Jimlad_ · 15 Jan 2012 at 21:55

anyone using the Corsair H range of coolers? im a bit confused as to which fans to plug in on the mobo? do i use 'Pwr Fan' or 'Cha Fan1' as i use CPU fan for the fan on the radiator right ?