Buying Asrock Z77 Extreme4-M Motherboard

[stan92]

Hi all, can someone please tell me if the Asrock Extreme4-M motherboard is good quality, how many layers are in the PCB and where I can buy it in Australia.

[Samdb]

I wouldn't go with AsRock Z77 motherboards, they have been of questionable quality from what I have seen so far. Gigabyte or Asus would be a good alternative.

[TheSLSAMG]

I wouldn't go with AsRock Z77 motherboards, they have been of questionable quality from what I have seen so far. Gigabyte or Asus would be a good alternative.

 

As stable as my Pro3 has been, I second your opinion.

 

 

Hi all, can someone please tell me if the Asrock Extreme4-M motherboard is good quality, how many layers are in the PCB and where I can buy it in Australia.

 

Don't buy an AsRock board, they are of questionable quality. Go with one of these:

 

http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/189662/MOTHERBOARD_INTEL_SOCKET_1155/ASUS/P8Z77M.asp

OR

http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/194841/MOTHERBOARD_INTEL_SOCKET_1155/Gigabyte/GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP.asp

[Vitalius]

I wouldn't go with AsRock Z77 motherboards, they have been of questionable quality from what I have seen so far. Gigabyte or Asus would be a good alternative.

I own one. It is awesome. It is the normal one though, not the M version. 

I would buy it. However, 2 notes: They are not good for extreme overclocking, but are fine for moderate overclocking (moderate being 4.5GHz on a 3570k or 4.1-4.2GHz on a 4670k, anything over is extreme imo).

Also, do not use the auto-update BIOS function in the BIOS. It fails and bricks your motherboard. ASRock can mail you a BIOS chip for like $5 that is pre-flashed with the latest BIOS if you need them that badly. I would just do that. 

But yeah, overall, I like this motherboard. It works well and the software that comes with it is pretty great. The software, if you got it without the motherboard, would cost money (RAMDisk, overclocking software, LAN monitoring software, etc) and so to get it free with the motherboard, imo, is awesome.

There are only 3 things I would change:

1. Fix the auto-update BIOS function.
2. Change the Brown PCB to Black, Grey, or Gold to match the AWESOME heatsinks (really, I love their aesthetics).
3. Handle overclocking better by having higher quality power delivery.

If your concerns are not within the bounds of those 3 things (you do not care about the latest BIOS, the Brown PCB/Aesthetics, or extreme overclocking), it is a perfectly good motherboard for you or anyone else, imo.

[stan92]

thanks all, im running my rig in a Corsair 350D which supports M-ATX only, im very happy with it.

I wont be overclocking at all and what benefits will I have from my current ASUS P8H61 MX USB3 motherboard to the Asrock z77 extreme4-m motherboard?

[Vitalius]

thanks all, im running my rig in a Corsair 350D which supports M-ATX only, im very happy with it.

I wont be overclocking at all and what benefits will I have from my current ASUS P8H61 MX USB3 motherboard to the Asrock z77 extreme4-m motherboard?

If you already own a motherboard, I would not buy a new one unless the current one is semi-broken (then I would RMA), or you just want the software from the ASRock. 

Why do you want a new motherboard? You will not see any difference between the two unless your current one is broken or it has more features you want (like SATA/USB ports and such).

[Excon]

Depending on your CPU. If you a have a "k" sku CPU you can overclock.

[that_one_kid]

If you're looking at mATX motherboards then you can get an ASUS Maximus V Gene for $167 open box http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131830R. 

 

Other than that, ASUS P8Z77-M is a pretty good mATX motherboard. 

[stan92]

ok, i may want a new motherboard becuase my current motherboard only has SATA 3GB/s

[stan92]

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