A large video card installed in the bottom PCIe slot might block some of the lower ports (but is a rare occurrence)
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If you are looking for a great priced top shelf motherboard with excellent overclocking performance, the ASRock 990FX Extreme 9 hits the mark. Discuss in the...
A feature-rich motherboard that possesses very good overclocking capabilities and a wealth of expansion options. Hopefully the price can drop to around £130 to make the ASRock 990FX Extreme9 a serious contender in the high-end AM3+ motherboard...
With the retail release of the CPU, that warranty might be based on using the water cooling provided for the lifetime of the CPU. One might argue that AMD had trouble finding enough dies that could reach the frequencies and voltages for the FX-9590, and...
When you compare the ASRock 990FX Extreme9 to previously tested AMD 990FX boards, you can see that the new ASRock board is one of the most comprehensive boards on the market. Whether you will actually use 8x USB 3.0 and 8x Serial ATA 600 on an AMD...
Today's test is a little different than our usual process in that we went ahead and used each company's bundled management software at its default settings, allowing some of the value added to each board's bundle to show through. ASRock's board comes the...
If you are looking for a fully loaded socket AM3+ motherboard, the ASRock 990FX Extreme9 may be an excellent option. It comes with eight SATA-600 ports, eight USB 3.0 ports, and four PCI Express x16 slots supporting both SLI and CrossFireX, even...
La 990FX Extreme9 de ASRock es una de esas placas base que deslumbra nada más sacarla de su caja. Todos y cada uno de los componentes alojados en el PCB derrochan calidad (sobre todo los condensadores con revestimiento dorado), lo que no solo...
Sabe aquele velho lance do fator X ou o tal ‘elemento surpresa' ? Pois é, neste caso tivemos o gosto de experimentar tanto o positivo quanto o negativo. Logo quando recebemos a placa, e pensando por se tratar de uma placa-mãe bem nova (entenda-se que...
The ASRock 990FX Extreme 9 does not disappoint and i was able to push the new FX-8350 Vishera to the limit and it was stable. Considering the likes from ASUS and Gigabyte, i'm satisfied with the performance as ASRock is “relatively” new in the market...
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