Asrock Extreme 4 best z77 board?

[fschris]

Originally Posted by Smoblikat

I have the board and so far its great. Its a great board, and if you look at it relative to the price/specs of other boards it is simply iin a league of its own. Its predecessor, ASRock Z68 extreme3 gen 3 was the same way.

yes the price seems to good to be true! i think i will pair this with a i5 3570K

[Smoblikat]

Originally Posted by fschris

yes the price seems to good to be true! i think i will pair this with a i5 3570K

I would recommend the I5 2500K, it will clock higher and have lower temps. The 3570K isnt even faster, I think clock for clock its like a 3% improvement, but it cant clock as high.

[fschris]

Originally Posted by Smoblikat

I would recommend the I5 2500K, it will clock higher and have lower temps. The 3570K isnt even faster, I think clock for clock its like a 3% improvement, but it cant clock as high.

i guess newer isn't always better... the prices are pretty similar... one is very slightly higher...

[Smoblikat]

Originally Posted by fschris

i guess newer isn't always better... the prices are pretty similar... one is very slightly higher...

The only performance difference is in the iGPU, which if you are buying a K series processor you will probably be using a discrete GPU anyway.

[fschris]

Originally Posted by Smoblikat

The only performance difference is in the iGPU, which if you are buying a K series processor you will probably be using a discrete GPU anyway.

i have a gtx670....

pretty funny... once Processor you get a free tshirt, the other 15 giftcard with purchase... haha

So I will go with extreme 4 and i5 2500k

[Smoblikat]

Originally Posted by fschris

i have a gtx670....

pretty funny... once Processor you get a free tshirt, the other 15 giftcard with purchase... haha

So I will go with extreme 4 and i5 2500k

That is my exact setup (minus the 670) and I love it.

[lehtv]

No point getting the 2500K. 3570K will perform the same but with lower power consumption and PCIe 3.0 compatibility which is a small bonus for dual GPU setups. Asrock Z77 Extreme4 is a SLI/Crossfire board - if you use two graphics cards one day, it'd be unfortunate to be limited to PCIe 2.0.

[2is]

Originally Posted by lehtv

No point getting the 2500K. 3570K will perform the same but with lower power consumption and PCIe 3.0 compatibility which is a small bonus for dual GPU setups. Asrock Z77 Extreme4 is a SLI/Crossfire board - if you use two graphics cards one day, it'd be unfortunate to be limited to PCIe 2.0.

Agreed, unless you're able to snag a 2500k at a steep discount compared to a 3570k, 3570k is certainly the way to go.

[fschris]

thanks for the info i will go with the 3570K...

[john3850]

In my opinion ASRock gets better with each new cpu intel puts out.
My asrock x58 had the worst voltage droop of 0.150v with the llc on but for $81 it turned good buy.
I should have never bought a asrock pro3 do to the low phases and poor cooling I tie backed a fan on wb to cool the mosfets then it ran a 2500k to 5000MHz.
Now the Extreme 4 at $105 turned out to be a excellent cheap mb that lacks a few extras.