AsRock 970-Extreme4 any good?

[mjw21a]

Hey guys, I recently came across the AsRock 970-Extreme4 which seems to be a good blend of features, performance and price.... Does anyone have any experience with this board? It seems like a fairly decent offering at the $100 mark....

A shame they included Firewire, I'd have preferred and additional SATA port....

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...3fD8Cw&usg=AFQjCNFsYfN7xeHuAs56Kdabs7cWyyppLg

 

[RGone]

ASRock 970 Extreme4 vs Asus M5A97-Pro << See thread.

 

[mjw21a]

Hmmm, ok, have asked Frakk whether he's purchased the board.... Will see

 

[RGone]

AsRock, "970-Extreme4" Using those as forum search terms for POSTS this is link to those posts.
There are not a lot of them: about a 20 I think. So the forum itself is not 'showing' to use the board that much. Or maybe not yet.

 

[mjw21a]

Hmmm, I might wait a while before buying I think..... If Frakk buys it and it turns out ok that will decide it for me I think. I want Piledriver when it comes out....

 

[RGone]

No problem izzup 2 u neway.

 

[Bluefalcon13]

I was not real big on the board personally, so I bought an elcheepo board as a hold-me-over till the 1000 series chipset (last I heard, later this year). I bought my Asus M5A97 (vanilla, not pro or evo) board for 95+free shipping. So far its solid enough, so I am happy

 

[mjw21a]

So, what's the 1000 series chipset meant to offer?

 

[Bluefalcon13]

dont quote me on it, but I believe it has native USB3 among other minor improvements. TBH, its probably not a big deal, but I dont have a lot of cash to toss into computer upgrades this round, so I figured get 'good enough' now, and get a good mobo next round. My M2N32SLI-Deluxe was a champ... never any issues... look to repeat that with the next motherboard I buy, but I didnt have the budget for it this time

 

[mjw21a]

Hmmmm, well, hopefully I'll get a job soon. If I do I'll grab a 970 Extreme 4 and a nice bottle of Shiraz to celebrate.

 

[mjw21a]

Well, I ended up getting a Denon AVR-1312 amplifier instead..... Sounds awesome and will be in use far longer than any computer part I buy.