Major_A wrote:That's a bunch of accessories. What do you think of the motherboard? I might go ASRock my next build. Seems like you get a lot more features than say an ASUS or Gigabyte for cheaper.
The one I liked the most was the front 3.5" USB 3 adapter and the rear PCI panel included if you wanted more rear ports. After several mobo buys I have more SLI bridges laying around (I'm an ATI guy) than I know what to do with!
As for the board; I like it. The upgrade from my X58 went smooth as butter, no re-installs just moved the drives and went thru 3 reboots for driver installs. The board has been rock solid at a 4.6ghz OC for a couple of weeks.
That said (As a Gigabyte fan) from what I am hearing tech support isn't all that good. I haven't had to use it but there are complaints. There also seems to be an issue with both the Extreme4 and Extreme4 Gen3 with BSODs when using the integrated graphics under "normal" use that nobody can seem to figure out. I have toyed with the iGPU to take advantage of transcoding video and had no issues.
I like the board but don't have much experience with Asrock yet so can't give a 100% recommendation but, I have been pleasantly surprised with this one.
