Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

_Jimlad_ · 14 Feb 2012 at 21:36

kmetek said:
can someone do a list of best drivers

0.5 USB3 drivers etc....

I would appreciate that as well

Davefran · 20 Feb 2012 at 23:55

Has anyone tried out the New ASRock XFast RAM Utility ?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=Z68 Extreme4 Gen3&o=Win764

_Jimlad_ · 21 Feb 2012 at 00:26

Davefran said:
Has anyone tried out the New ASRock XFast RAM Utility ?

http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=Z68 Extreme4 Gen3&o=Win764

what is it?

zoomee · 21 Feb 2012 at 09:18

_Jimlad_ said:
what is it?

This: http://www.asrock.com/feature/XFastRAM/

Guess its only of use for Windows 32-bit - shame as I would have found it useful for creating a virtual disk for my pagefile and temp folders....

Davefran · 21 Feb 2012 at 18:45

zoomee said:
This: http://www.asrock.com/feature/XFastRAM/

Guess its only of use for Windows 32-bit - shame as I would have found it useful for creating a virtual disk for my pagefile and temp folders....

No it's good for 64bit as well, it creates a ram disk for ready boost, system temp files, IE cache files, Memory pagefile, User temp files and Firefox cache files ;-)

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You can also back it up so you keep the cache next time you start up.

zoomee · 21 Feb 2012 at 20:50

Yeah I tried it earlier on mate and created a 8Gb drive to test it with. It didn't make any noteable difference though in terms of performance as I'm running an SSD anyways....

_Jimlad_ · 21 Feb 2012 at 23:49

yeah would u use it if you have and ssd?

Davefran · 21 Feb 2012 at 23:55

Yes, it will prolong the life of your SSD, because you have less data reading and writting from the SSD

_Jimlad_ · 21 Feb 2012 at 23:57

fair do's might have to give it a go

Geeman1979 · 23 Feb 2012 at 17:32

Just installed one of these Motherboards to have a play with. Just ran the Unigine Heaven Benchmark with 2 5850s in crossfire and noticed my score as dropped by 200 from my previous Gigabyte Z68 UD4 at the same OC speed. Is the external molex power on the Motherboard of any importance? Anyone have any experience with it connected.

zoomee · 23 Feb 2012 at 17:42

Defo not mate, I have 2 x 5850's and never had to use the extra molex.
Didn't you get the Extreme 7 Gen3? - Think that has that NF200 chip in it or somat which can have a slight affect on performance? not sure mate.

Geeman1979 · 23 Feb 2012 at 17:55

zoomee said:
Defo not mate, I have 2 x 5850's and never had to use the extra molex.
Didn't you get the Extreme 7 Gen3? - Think that has that NF200 chip in it or somat which can have a slight affect on performance? not sure mate.

Nah! Nah! I have a Gigabyte UD7-B3 and Z68X UD4 which i've been using! Jumped on this Mobo to have a play with. Also noticed that it dropped the Windows experience scores from 7.8 to 7.7 on the graphics side and my ram from 7.9 to 7.8 allthough I dont read too much into that. It also likes its vdroop. Will have a play with that later.

shankly1985 · 24 Feb 2012 at 15:44

Anyone use the xfast Lan feature? if so whats it like? does it really reduce lag in games.

olivier renault · 24 Feb 2012 at 15:58

shankly1985 said:
Anyone use the xfast Lan feature? if so whats it like? does it really reduce lag in games.

Cant say. At least it's not bothering me. I get good pings and good downloads and that's about it, so I leave it on.

shankly1985 · 25 Feb 2012 at 14:56

Question about Ram. Am getting this board delivered on monday, I have 8GB corsair vengeance dual ram, witch slots do I install theses in? from the cpu socket there is A1, B1,A2.B2 do I install them into B1 and B2?

thanks

kmetek · 25 Feb 2012 at 15:10

kmetek said:
can someone do a list of best drivers

0.5 USB3 drivers etc....

bump, anyone?

_Jimlad_ · 25 Feb 2012 at 15:24

shankly1985 said:
Question about Ram. Am getting this board delivered on monday, I have 8GB corsair vengeance dual ram, witch slots do I install theses in? from the cpu socket there is A1, B1,A2.B2 do I install them into B1 and B2?

thanks

A1 & A2 mate

shankly1985 · 25 Feb 2012 at 15:28

_Jimlad_ said:
A1 & A2 mate

Thanks mate

Surveyor · 25 Feb 2012 at 15:57

_Jimlad_ said:
A1 & A2 mate

It's actually A1 and B1 for dual channel operation.

Or A2 and B2 if the RAM needs moving over if it interferes with the CPU cooler.

_Jimlad_ · 25 Feb 2012 at 16:03

Surveyor said:
It's actually A1 and B1 for dual channel operation.

Or A2 and B2 if the RAM needs moving over if it interferes with the CPU cooler.

no.... look at what he said...

he described them as (from the cpu) A1 B1 A2 B2

anyway....

there should be a gab in-between the sticks