Introduction ASRock Z68 Extreme3
ASRock are very proud of their latest series for the Sandy bridge
range the Z86 series motherboard, but they are especially proud of one
board in particular, a board we have here today, the ASRock Extreme 3
Gen 3. With Japanese Gold plated caps against all of the black and metal
cooling heatsinks on the north and south bridges makes this one of the
most attractive, cool looking boards I have seen to date. With the Gen 3
supporting 3-way CrossfireX and Tri-SLI with the supported super fast
ASRock XFast Lan feature that boost your whole systems performance,
including touch screen BIOS, at this low price tag that gamers and
enthusiasts wont blink an eye lid at, makes this motherboard one of the
best Sandy Bridge boards on the market.
Features
- Premium Gold Caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
- Digi Power, Advanced V8 + 4 Power Phase Design
- 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® Quad SLI™
- Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals
- Dr. Debug, Smart Switch Design: Power/Reset/Clear CMOS Switch with LED
- Support Intel® Smart Response, Lucid Virtu Switchable Graphics
- Supports ASRock XFast USB, XFast LAN Technologies
- Supports ASRock On/Off Play, graphical UEFI, ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
- Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio™
- Free Bundle : 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite
First Impressions
After opening this very cool looking box with its brushed metal printed image. The motherboard is inside surrounded and cushioned by foam.
Inside the box, the contents include:
- User manual, Quick Start Guide, Driver CD
- Software: CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite
- Crossfire Bridge
- 3.5mm Audio Cable
- 2 x 6GB Sata Cables
- Motherboard BackPlate
The Board
As mentioned in the Introduction, as you can see this board look fantastic, with the Gold “Jap” caps, and the overall black and metal colour scheme, and finished off with that gold triangles on the coolers makes this board really stand out. The board has easy accessible buttons plastered all off it to make your life so much easy when it comes to tuning and performance and maintenance upkeep. I hope you think that board looks great as well?
