Layout and Design: ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3
Published by Marc Büchel on 14.09.11Page:
Specifications / Delivery
| CPU | Intel Socket 1155 Core i7, Core i5, Core i3 |
| Chipset | Intel Z68 |
| Memory | Dual Channel DDR3, 4 x DIMM, Max. 32 GB DDR3, 2133 OC / 1866 OC / 1600 / 1333 Non-ECC,Un-buffered |
| Multi-GPU |
NVIDIA 3-Way SLI Technology AMD CrossFireX Technology LucidLogix Virtu Technology |
| Slots | 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 4 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (dual x16/x16, triple x16/x8/x  1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 1 x PCI |
| Audio | Realtek ALC892, 7.1 Channel |
| Storage | 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s Intel (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10) 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ASM1061 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s Intel (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10) 2 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s |
| I/O internal / Connectors | 1 x IR header 1 x CIR header 1 x COM port header 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header 1 x IEEE 1394 header 1 x Power LED header CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector 24 pin ATX power connector 8 pin 12V power connector SLI/CrossFire power connector Front panel audio connector 4 x USB 2.0 headers (support 8 USB 2.0 ports) 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) 1 x Dr. Debug with LED |
| I/O external | 1 x D-Sub Port 1 x DVI-D Port 1 x HDMI Port 1 x DisplayPort 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports 1 x eSATA3 Connector 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) 1 x IEEE 1394 Port 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone |
| Formfactor | ATX (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) |
| BIOS | 64Mb Flash ROM, EFI AMI BIOS GUI |
| Warranty | 3 years |
Regarding the delivery you find a lot of accessories. Next numerous manuals there also is a 3-way SLI bridge, a CrossFire Bridge, SATA cables, ... There really is everything you could possibly need.
Features
| PCI-Express 3.0 | The ASRock Extreme7 Gen3 already has PCI-Express 3.0 Support onboard. Therefore from this point of view the board is ready for Intels upcoming Ivy Bridge. Sandy Bridge doesn't support PCI-e 3.0. You'll have to use PCI-Express 2.0 in this case. |
| NVIDIA NF200 | NVIDIAs NF200 chip provides additional PCI-Express lanes. In this case it is for example possible to run a SLI/CrosFire setup with x16/x16. |
| Digital Power Design | The ASRock Extreme 7 comes with a digital power design onboard. This enables a more efficient current supply as well as a minimum of electromagnetic radiation. |
| Lucid Virtu | Lucids Virtu software allows a dynamic load balancing between the integrated graphics and a discrete graphics card possible. The software in this case can for example deactivate the discrete graphics card and only use the integrated graphics from the CPU. This makes sense when applications only need 2D compute power. Another example would be a 3D application where Virtu dynamically assigns load to either both the integrated as well as discrete graphics in order to maximize performance. |
| Page 1 - Introduction | Page 4 - Connectors and I/O |
| Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery | Page 5 - Conclusion |
| Page 3 - Layout |
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