VPN: 90-MXGK60-A0UAYZ (970 Extreme3)
Product ReviewsASRock 970 EXTREME3 ATX AM3/AM3+ DDR3 CrossFireX 2PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI SATA3 USB3.0 Motherboard
|
27%
55%
18%
0%
0%
|
With 11 User Reviews
|
 Rating: Review Date: 06/04/13  |
Cons: None
Pros: Easy bios, decent software, easy update drivers. |
|
Rating: Review Date: 05/23/13 |
Cons: - no internal usb 3.0 header for front panel, but it's a minor issue
Pros: - looks good- works- cheap Comment:
Bought this as a bundle with an AMD 6300 and I have no complaints. It even looks pretty decent, which is hard to get for the price that was paid with the bundle. Would suggest to any budget builder. |
|
Rating: Review Date: 05/19/13 |
Cons: None yet
Pros: Lots of room for expansionLooks greatEasy to add cooling featuresSturdy Comment:
Paired this motherboard with an AMD FX-8350 CPU, also applied an Antec Kuhler liquid CPU cooler, works incredible. Also installed 8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM, an ASUS Radeon HD 7870 graphics card (and could easily fit a second) and this system really kicks a**. Plays any game you could imagine on ultra settings and I don't even get a 3 degrees temperature fluctuation when loaded. Steady around 41 degrees. |
|
Rating: Review Date: 04/03/13 |
Cons: Dead on Arrival. (Twice)
Pros: Good Looking. Comment:
Got it as part of the bundle with AMD Bulldozer processor.Didn't work when I put everything together. Just wasn't producing any output. Fan was running though. That really through me off. With many variables I did not blame motherboard of what what I thought was of a reliable brand. Next day took it back to Aberdeen store and got a replacement.And guess what brand-new sealed replacement was DOA too. What are the odds really, unless they come of the same produced bunch.Spat on it and took it back to store along with processor. Got myself Asus.Wasted 3 days.Lessons learned: - Not everybody at Aberdeen is nice. But I knew it already. Some of the guys extremely helpful though. - People can sell you defected products and wouldn't want to take it back.- Don't buy bundles.Cheers. |
|
Rating: Review Date: 03/19/13 |
Cons: Trouble over-clocking
Pros: Got this with a bundle so great price! Comment:
I don't need to overclock, but I wasn't able to overclock the FX-6100 with this motherboard. No reason to as I can run, all the games I want with this setup and a decent video card. I'd recommend this if you're looking for a value motherboard and if you don't need to over-clock your CPU |
|
Rating: Review Date: 03/14/13 |
Cons: Poor Overclocking, CMOS occasionally needs to be reset, PCI slots don't match up 100% with some cases
Pros: Cheap, Two PCIe X16 slots, Good Crossfire Support, UEFI BIOS Comment:
I bought this card in a Boxing week Bundle Deal with an AMD FX6100 3.3GHz for about 135$ and 4 months in it hasn't caused me many issuesThe Board itself works great, my only two real issues are that towards the bottom of my generic gray case the PCI slots don't line up properly which is annoying because my wifi card doesn't sit right unless i bend the faceplate.It's a cheap but effective board, nice support for Memory and cooling, although i would have liked to see a legacy IDE port (because I'm cheap and only have IDE CD drives)Shipping via Xpresspost was late and as always NCIX customer service fixed the issue as soon as I called to report it. |
|
Rating: Review Date: 02/12/13 |
Cons: Slightly shorter than an actual ATX board. Unstable bios settings not handled gracefully. Usually results in a no post boot.
Pros: Bang for the buck. Includes esata, sata 3, usb 3, and a pretty decent amount of bios options. Comment:
Overall a pretty decent board with apparently some of the Asus technology/knowledge behind it. Will have to see how this holds up in the long term. |
|
Rating: Review Date: 01/24/13 |
Cons: No firewire portsBackboard for the I/O ports was hard to fit into the case slot (though that might be just my case)
Pros: Good manualUSB 3.0 Comment:
Great product, has everything needed, plenty of space for a 2nd graphics card etc. USB 3.0 is great! Only thing is that it has no firewire port which could be useful if you want to buy external sound card for audio processing etc., though you could just buy a PCI firewire card and plug it in the motherboard slots (which it has plenty of). PS: If you're buying it with a mail-in rebate remember the MIR has to be mailed within 10 days of purchase!!! I missed mine :( |
|
Rating: Review Date: 01/15/13 |
Cons: None
Pros: Looks great in an ANTEC ELEVEN HUNDRED case. Comment:
Installed all accessories to the board and everything worked fine. This is a good looking MOBO to put in a clear sided case. Decent manuals, even a manual to assist with software set up. Well labelled IO shield. |
|
Rating: Review Date: 01/08/13 |
Cons: Case/power fan connectors all located on right-side of the board
Pros: Best bang for the buckCross-fire capableHeatsink for mosfetsStable over-clockerSexy looking moboPlenty of fan connectorsEasy to use BIOS Comment:
This mobo was very inexpensive. So, despite its good looks, I was skeptical. But when I plugged everything in and fired it up with no problems, I knew then that it was the best $65 I spent, after taxes and rebate. Especially true, when it comes with 3 case/power fan connectors + 2 cpu fan connectors. All adjustable in the BIOS, which was very easy to use, mouse enabled, FTW. Even comes with a heatsink over the mosfets, which you won't find on other mobo's at this price range; and with my fan blowing it, things run nice and cool. A crossfire mobo at this price range, did I mention how inexpensive this was? This along with the stable OC's, I have some pretty decent benchmarks on 3Dmark11. I took my FX6100 to 4GHz easy, on stock cooling, stable on Prime95 for 9+ hours, 5+ iterations of Intel Burn Test, and several hours of Far Cry 3. |
|
Rating: Review Date: 12/31/12 |
Cons: none
Pros: great for overclocking Comment:
Got this in the bundle deals, and overclocked my FX6100 by 33% on stock cooling. |
This is a very good motherboard, For the price that i got it at, there was no way that this could be turned down. The board has great esthetics with the all black and the bios is simple and laid out with no confusion.