Frankly overpriced and useless if we are being scalped hard for higher end cpu and gpu.
Actually mobo manufacturers should pay us on top using their board as nvidia and amd are fucking everything up so bad but just don't give a crap but fakers for money.
Why would you blame or take out your anger on a mobo maker for a shortage of cpus/gpus caused by a biological virus?!
The mobo is a beast and seems priced at a slight *discount* to the market. Let's hope it's dependable because I don't know about that warranty... probably explains the discount.
For those that don't appreciate on-board power buttons and resets/switches and metal backplates because its all covered by a computer case, get a cheaper board, this one isn't for you. It's a niche product painfully torn between mass-market usability and catering to a small community of hardcore overclockers. Because it includes features for two mutually exclusive audiences, it's always going to be at least somewhat overpriced to either group.
The only complaint I'd have is the placement of that on-board OLED display. It's likely to be obscured by insulation or high end air cooling. Probably should get rid of it, buff up the diagnostic display to a full time monitoring display.
"Why would you blame or take out your anger on a mobo maker for a shortage of cpus/gpus caused by a biological virus?!"
Still on that theory? That's cute. There's plenty of GPUs shipping out of china, they just are not coming to us.
" It's a niche product painfully torn between mass-market usability and catering to a small community of hardcore Suckers."
FTFY. All this money and design for another 50 MHz bin over a normal $180 Z series board. The days of hardcore OCingbeing entertaining ar ebehind us when CPUs hit 95% of that performance level on their own now.
What? It's generally accepted that Covid is the primary cause of the chip shortage, but far from the only cause. Covid produced quarantines and lockdowns, messed with factory production here and there, made a lotta people scramble for electronics to work from home - there's the impact on both supply and demand. There are some compounding factors like China tariffs, an island off China running out of water (I don't say that with a straight face), car industry cutting orders before a surprise sales boom, and other details I needn't list here.
Overclocking is legit, but getting more niche these days - on that you are absolutely right. The mainstream has trended toward what formerly was entry level OC - big beefy ambient coolers. I don't particularly like the inefficient Rocket Lake to start - inefficiency is what necessitates expensive boards, after all - but this article isn't about a board built for mainstream cooling, and 50 MHz is certainly not all you're expected to get over a $180 board... though perhaps it is close to all you'll get using what this site did, an ambient AIO cooler. That's just not right to cool >300w in half a square inch, nor is it any good for reducing thermal and electrical resistivity in silicon. Rocket Lake runs so hot, the minimum you'd need to see real progress is ice water. This board, with all its slow boot switches, is clearly set up for phase change or LN2, and I am not prepared to ask Anandtech to cough up that kind of expertise...
Same here! I was about to laugh when I saw it clearly displayed in the photograph and yet, he stated Z87. The Z77 for Ivy Bridge was amazing! It's now in my daughter's system.
yeah no, hes there k|ngp|n the marketing comes with the scores. fatal1ty was more marketing, just used to win games so we will buy his name lmao. to be fair the fatal1ty killer z97x was an awesome board, very very good at ddr3 oc
i appreciate the effort, but this review is quite misguided in a number of ways 1) you didnt get 5.3ghz stable, it scored lower than default UEFI settings 2) any board with a decent vrm will hit the same all core OC 3) this board is for memory overclocking, theres no doing an OC segment unless you are going to show just how good it is at 1DPC with Samsung B-Die
now im not a fan of pointless criticism, so im going to try and make this constructive, test this tier of board with a known cpu at its known frequency (5.2ghz for your 11900k sample, it negatively scaled at 5.3ghz, hence a regression and instability) and then from there use a single kit of high binned B-Die to compare the boards. Going from DJR (maxed out) to B-Die (maxed out) is usually a bigger gain than an all core OC
Yeah, her number o f subbrands under Asrock right now is an absolute mind-boggling 9! While most of the cheapest enthusiast boards they sell will get you similar performance.
This entire gimmick of high-end boards like this is so you can pretend you're going to be a Great Online Influencer (when there's already a saturated lineup out there with it's names plastered to products like these.)
If anything, think half the sub-brands for every major motherboard brand could die overnight, and board sales numbers would continue unabated - this is just an excuse to triple the price some idiot will pay for a motherboard
if you think you are going to run 4000mhz + with cr1 on a 2dpc board you are mistaken. my z390 strix can do 3600mhz MAX with cr1, barely does 4000mhz. this board will happily do 5000mhz cr1 if you know what you are doing, so no, unless its an ITX board it wont oc nearly as well as this. like your talking a solid 15-20GB/s left on the table at 2dpc
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Kracken'm all - Friday, September 10, 2021 - link
Frankly overpriced and useless if we are being scalped hard for higher end cpu and gpu.Actually mobo manufacturers should pay us on top using their board as nvidia and amd are fucking everything up so bad but just don't give a crap but fakers for money.
prophet001 - Friday, September 10, 2021 - link
HPCs are like fishing lures... they're not made to catch fish they're made to catch fishermen.I feel embarrassed thinking about some of the stuff I bought and bought into when I was younger.
Wrs - Friday, September 10, 2021 - link
Why would you blame or take out your anger on a mobo maker for a shortage of cpus/gpus caused by a biological virus?!The mobo is a beast and seems priced at a slight *discount* to the market. Let's hope it's dependable because I don't know about that warranty... probably explains the discount.
For those that don't appreciate on-board power buttons and resets/switches and metal backplates because its all covered by a computer case, get a cheaper board, this one isn't for you. It's a niche product painfully torn between mass-market usability and catering to a small community of hardcore overclockers. Because it includes features for two mutually exclusive audiences, it's always going to be at least somewhat overpriced to either group.
The only complaint I'd have is the placement of that on-board OLED display. It's likely to be obscured by insulation or high end air cooling. Probably should get rid of it, buff up the diagnostic display to a full time monitoring display.
TheinsanegamerN - Monday, September 13, 2021 - link
"Why would you blame or take out your anger on a mobo maker for a shortage of cpus/gpus caused by a biological virus?!"Still on that theory? That's cute. There's plenty of GPUs shipping out of china, they just are not coming to us.
" It's a niche product painfully torn between mass-market usability and catering to a small community of hardcore Suckers."
FTFY. All this money and design for another 50 MHz bin over a normal $180 Z series board. The days of hardcore OCingbeing entertaining ar ebehind us when CPUs hit 95% of that performance level on their own now.
Wrs - Monday, September 13, 2021 - link
What? It's generally accepted that Covid is the primary cause of the chip shortage, but far from the only cause. Covid produced quarantines and lockdowns, messed with factory production here and there, made a lotta people scramble for electronics to work from home - there's the impact on both supply and demand. There are some compounding factors like China tariffs, an island off China running out of water (I don't say that with a straight face), car industry cutting orders before a surprise sales boom, and other details I needn't list here.Overclocking is legit, but getting more niche these days - on that you are absolutely right. The mainstream has trended toward what formerly was entry level OC - big beefy ambient coolers. I don't particularly like the inefficient Rocket Lake to start - inefficiency is what necessitates expensive boards, after all - but this article isn't about a board built for mainstream cooling, and 50 MHz is certainly not all you're expected to get over a $180 board... though perhaps it is close to all you'll get using what this site did, an ambient AIO cooler. That's just not right to cool >300w in half a square inch, nor is it any good for reducing thermal and electrical resistivity in silicon. Rocket Lake runs so hot, the minimum you'd need to see real progress is ice water. This board, with all its slow boot switches, is clearly set up for phase change or LN2, and I am not prepared to ask Anandtech to cough up that kind of expertise...
Spunjji - Monday, September 13, 2021 - link
"Frankly overpriced and useless"Yes
*everything else you wrote*
No
svan1971 - Friday, September 10, 2021 - link
AsRock before you buy check out their warranty info its a disaster.Slash3 - Friday, September 10, 2021 - link
The first board in the series was the Z77 OC Formula, not the Z87. I've still got mine running in a secondary system. :)Slash3 - Friday, September 10, 2021 - link
One other note, the testbed chart lists an 11900K with pricing of $374, which is clearly incorrect.AllMuscle1 - Friday, September 24, 2021 - link
Same here! I was about to laugh when I saw it clearly displayed in the photograph and yet, he stated Z87. The Z77 for Ivy Bridge was amazing! It's now in my daughter's system.Oxford Guy - Friday, September 10, 2021 - link
'ASRock's in-house overclocker'Salesman.
Midland_Dog - Saturday, September 11, 2021 - link
yeah no, hes there k|ngp|n the marketing comes with the scores.fatal1ty was more marketing, just used to win games so we will buy his name lmao. to be fair the fatal1ty killer z97x was an awesome board, very very good at ddr3 oc
MDD1963 - Friday, September 10, 2021 - link
At least we are not reviewing Z590 mainboards only 1 month from Z690 launch! (it's a full 2.5 months away yet!) :)Slash3 - Friday, September 10, 2021 - link
That would be the EVGA Z590 Dark review.Midland_Dog - Saturday, September 11, 2021 - link
i appreciate the effort, but this review is quite misguided in a number of ways1) you didnt get 5.3ghz stable, it scored lower than default UEFI settings
2) any board with a decent vrm will hit the same all core OC
3) this board is for memory overclocking, theres no doing an OC segment unless you are going to show just how good it is at 1DPC with Samsung B-Die
now im not a fan of pointless criticism, so im going to try and make this constructive, test this tier of board with a known cpu at its known frequency (5.2ghz for your 11900k sample, it negatively scaled at 5.3ghz, hence a regression and instability) and then from there use a single kit of high binned B-Die to compare the boards. Going from DJR (maxed out) to B-Die (maxed out) is usually a bigger gain than an all core OC
regards, Midland_Dog
defaultluser - Monday, September 13, 2021 - link
Yeah, her number o f subbrands under Asrock right now is an absolute mind-boggling 9! While most of the cheapest enthusiast boards they sell will get you similar performance.This entire gimmick of high-end boards like this is so you can pretend you're going to be a Great Online Influencer (when there's already a saturated lineup out there with it's names plastered to products like these.)
If anything, think half the sub-brands for every major motherboard brand could die overnight, and board sales numbers would continue unabated - this is just an excuse to triple the price some idiot will pay for a motherboard
Midland_Dog - Thursday, September 16, 2021 - link
if you think you are going to run 4000mhz + with cr1 on a 2dpc board you are mistaken. my z390 strix can do 3600mhz MAX with cr1, barely does 4000mhz. this board will happily do 5000mhz cr1 if you know what you are doing, so no, unless its an ITX board it wont oc nearly as well as this. like your talking a solid 15-20GB/s left on the table at 2dpcLinustechtips12 - Thursday, September 16, 2021 - link
I'm gonna be honest the actual design for the board would make an amazing cyberpunk 2077 theme setup.Zayne10 - Friday, September 17, 2021 - link
It's an amazing and very impressive blog. and I must say it really compensate my time during my free time from my business and if you want to know about the UK Search Engines just visit the site. https://www.seocalling.com/leading-search-engines-...Ava Brian - Friday, September 24, 2021 - link
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