18 January 2011

ASRock X58 Extreme3

ASRock X58 Extreme3 a new Intel X58 motherboard with some additional features to support the latest technology. At initial launch, the Intel X58 chipset is targeted to support the fastest processor Intel Core i7. Only, when the chipset appears, Core i7 processors (codenamed "Gulftown which has a size of 1.5 MB of L2 cache and L3 cache is 12 MB) is still not present.

Therefore, some vendors finally present some variants of the series motherboards his Gulftown been present earlier. The goal is to provide full support for Gulftown. One such product is the ASRock with Extreme3 X58 series. This series has supported the six-core processor Gulftown the Intel Core i7-970 (B1) and 980X. In addition, the product also supports the Intel Core i7 processor family and the Extreme series.
This series is a "brother" from Extreme X58 that have more features, including availability Cooler Combo Option (CCO) and a better cooling solution. CCO is an attractive solution for those who use a heatsink with a fan. CCO provides two holes to put the heatsink fan for socket LGA775 and LGA1366. While using a heatpipe cooling solution installed in areas of Northbridge, Southbridge, and PWM. On his part heatpipe fan there is also a responsibility to help these heatpipe cooling. It's suitable for overclocking which usually has a high heat.

You'll also find a variety of ports such as USB3.0 latest, SATA3, and eSATA3. All three are part of the feature True ASRock 333. In terms of graphics, this product provides support for CrossFireX and SLI with full bandwidth and supports up to quad mode graphics card. In addition, also available separate buttons for power, reset and clear CMOS plus a range of LED-named Dr.Debug.
Feature overclock Dihadirkannya form or OC Tuner ASRock OC DNA that facilitate the process of overclocking instantly. BIOS menu has many options that can be changed, including configuration options voltage and frequency range of flexible (for example the option to save multiple profiles overclocking).
InfoKomputer lab test results of this product showed a stable and good performance. Increasing clock base what we do to reach the number 205 MHz. This figure is quite good. .
ASRock X58 Extreme3 (which is a newer generation of Intel X58 chipset), have better traction compared to the first generation. Will support the latest processors, as well as a new connection port (such as e/SATA3 and USB3.0 and various other features), makes it quite tempting. If you want to switch to the Intel X58 chipset, now is the time. (Dayu Akbar - Contributor)


Test Results: 
SYSmark 2007 Preview 1.05 Rating165
SiSoft Sandra 2009 SP4 (Dhrystone ALU)68,11 GIPS
Cinebench R1012733 CB-CPU
Encoding Video6 mins 45 secs
Encoding Audio 1 mins 40 secs
PCMark Vantage Pro 1.0.1.05038 PCMarks
3DMark Vantage Pro 1.0.1 P10268
STALKER Clear Sky Bench (avg)69,53 fps
FSB Maximum 12 x 205 MHz

Test platform: Intel Core i7 920 2.67 GHz, Kingston DDR3-1066 Memory 2 GB, graphics card Asus Radeon HD 4870 512 MB GDDR5, Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM hard drive 320 GB, Silverstone OP700 PSU, Windows Vista Ultimate SP2

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