Layout and Design: ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

Published by Marc Büchel on 14.09.11
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At a first glance ASRock leaves a very good impression with its Extreme7 Gen3. We very much like the design of this board and it defintely is an eye-catcher. Furthermore the delivery is impressive too. There really is absolutely everything you need to setup your rig neatly. Furthermore there aren't a lot of boards on the market which offer more PCI Express lanes and in the end more PCI Express slots.   - Design
- 5 x PCI-Express x16
 
       
Layout   + -

Generally the ASRock Extreme7 Gen3's Layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors of which you'll find a total of ten. Furhtermore there also are very useful power- and reset-buttons. There even is a debug display which is very convenient in case you should have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Altogether there are five PCI-Express x16 slots. No wonder that one was placed at the bottom edge of the board. In this case you should be aware that if you plan on putting a garphics card into the last PCI-Express x16 slot you'll block the connectors at the bottom edge of the board. Fortunately you have four other slots to put GPUs in. If a big CPU cooler needs to be placed onto the Extreme7 Gen3 this is also possible. Although the cooling blocks are quite big, there are no compatibility issues. Last but not least, overclockers will enjoy the additional molex power connector which supports the current supply regarding overclocked graphics cards.

  - 10 Angled SATA connectors
- Power/Reset-Button onboard
- Debug display

 
 
       


Page 1 - Introduction Page 4 - Connectors and I/O
Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 5 - Conclusion
Page 3 - Layout  


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