Preview: ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion
Published by Christian Ney on 21.09.12 (5855 reads)
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| The Fatal1ty X79 Champion is ASRocks interpretation of an Intel X79 based
high end gaming
motherboard. This board scores with a very nice design, whereas the
black PCB, the red expansion slots and the golden caps create stunning
looks. Furthermore there are no less than five PCI Express x16 slots and
on the back panel you'll find not four but eight USB 3.0 ports as well
as six SATA 3.0 with four SATA 2.0 as backups. Even the delivery is
convincing, you will find everything you could possibly need to setup your new board appropriately. |
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Creative Recon3D HD Audio |
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Generally the
ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion's layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are
the angled SATA connectors. There are also practical power- and reset-buttons
along with a clr_CMOS which one is on the back panel very accessible.
Furthermore there even is a debug display which is very useful in case you should
have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Totally
you find five PCI Express x16 slots, which have been very well
positioned. Between each 16x slots there is another slot space. This makes 4-way GPU systems possible. Also between the two PCIe 16x @ 16x you
will find three slot space to provide good airflow for a simple dual graphics
card setup. You also get two LAN controllers offering two LAN ethernet gigabit
connectors as well as an high quality audio chip. With the Sound Core 3D
(Recon3Di HD) from Creative you get better quality audio than with common
Realtek's chips and an optical out. Not that you will probably use this
motherboard for extreme overclocking but anyway ASRock added voltage reading
points on their Champion Gaming Gear.
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Angled SATA
connectors
- Power/Reset-Button onboard
- Debug display / CLR_CMOS
- 8x USB 3.0
- 2x LAN |
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