REVIEW: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z by James

There’s no doubt that the Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z is one serious motherboard, maybe too serious for even the extreme gamer! I only say this as this board offers so much that most Gamers may not get to appreciate all of its rich feature set. Of course we can’t blame Asus for offering us so much!

This board is the most focused overclocking motherboard I have ever seen and, unsurprisingly, overclocking with the Maximus IV Extreme-Z was a very easy and rewarding experience…

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REVIEW: MSI Z68A-GD80 G3 by James

In summary we have a Z68 motherboard that looks cool, has good build quality, performs beautifully and comes with a great suite of software, and all of this comes at a reasonable price! Needless to say there is no way this motherboard is leaving my rig…

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REVIEW: ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 by James

At a current cost of approximately £145 the ASRock Extreme4 Gen3 offers a lot of features by way of its Z68 chip-set and is good value, it looks good and it’s well made. But if your planning on running above 4.5Ghz then maybe you should dig a little deeper and…

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REVIEW: ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 by James

First off the presentation and quality of the board is second to none and IMHO this is the best looking board I’ve seen. Everything from the gold capacitors to the heatsinks to the power and reset buttons just ooze quality. For that alone ASRock should be commended, ASRock seem to have poured a lot of TLC into this board, and it shows.…

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REVIEW: ASRock Z68 Extreme4

Overall I’m very impressed with the ASRock Z68 Extreme4 motherboard, it’s well made, it’s good value for money (especially if you fancy some of those other features! (see Overview/Greg’s Review)) and it performed well.

The board performed well in tests and was only let down by the inferior on-board sound which suffered from terrible interference.

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