Layout und Design: ASRock X79 Extreme4m
Published by Marc Büchel on 05.01.12Page:
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| At a first glance ASRock leaves a good impression with its Extreme4m. There even is plenty of space around the CPU socket to install large coolers comfortably. For a mATX board the Extreme4m comes with quite a lot features. In fact the Extreme4m is about the same board as the Extreme4 with the only difference that the Extreme4 comes with an ATX formfactor. Unfortunately we cannot understand why this board needs an active chipset cooler. An appropriately dimensioned passive cooling element would have done the job too. | - Design - 3 x PCI-Express 3.0 Slot |
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Generally the ASRock Extreme4m's Layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons. 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. Even the placement of the PCI-Express x16 is very well chosen. If you should choose to intall a graphics card in the last PCI-Express x16 slot you wont block the connectors at the bottom edge of the board. |
- Angled SATA connectors - Power/Reset-Button onboard - Debug display - Spac around the CPU socket - Placement of the PCI-Express slots |
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| Page 1 - Introduction | Page 4 - Connectors and I/O |
| Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery | Page 5 - Conclusion |
| Page 3 - Layout |
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