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2013/06/08 16:37:18 (permalink)
So as I posted earlier I returned my Z77 FTW because I wasn't satisfied.
 
I purchased an i7-4770k and Maximus VI Extreme = on their way.
 
In the mean time I put my ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 board back in and configured it for 3 way SLI @ PCIe 2.0 x16/x8/x8.
 
Guess what, the default clock speed (CPU & GPU) Tri-Sli rig NF200 chip'd Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 scored 500 points higher on Performance Setting 3dMark11 than the same Tri-Sli default clock speeds on the EVGA Z77 FTW. 
 
ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 PCIe 2.0 @ x16/x8/x8 (that's equal to PCIe 3.0 @ x8/x4/x4) = 17700
Z77 FTW PCIe 3.0 @ x8/x8/x8 = 17200
 


 
I don't know what to say... except maybe it had something to do with using slots 1,3,6 on the Z77 FTW.
post edited by Undermoose - 2013/06/08 21:30:14

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    Re:ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 > EVGA Z77 FTW 2013/06/09 15:29:45 (permalink)
    And you cross on ASUS motherboards, :).
    Why you didn't wait Z87 Classified.
    At the end I will stay only with problematic Z77 FTW.
    I hope it will hold until Haswell E.
    Than I must look better for build solid system.
    M6E is to expensive board what offer Haswell.
    I know all boards are now better but I would invest on so expensive board only for Extreme in future. 
    Hero can same OC with Haswell for 180$.
     

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    Re:ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 > EVGA Z77 FTW 2013/06/09 16:38:43 (permalink)
    If I need to invest $300 now I'd rather go 1150. Like I said, if EVGA had given me a green light on step up to z87 classified I'd have waited, but I didn't feel like staying with the z77 FTW on a maybe...

    The rma process with Asrock is proving problematic. The first replacement they sent me was DOA, the second works except the sound card has issues I discovered this weekend... Another two weeks of RMA process with them coming up...

    I have ASUS video cards so the Maximus VI felt like the right way to go.

    I'll probably end up using my i7-3770k on a mini-ITX build :) maybe z77 Stinger?

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    Re:ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 > EVGA Z77 FTW 2013/06/10 13:43:45 (permalink)
    OK I understand ASUS is better than ASRock, nicest, better software, finest process of production... Finest package...
    I don't like that design and type but that's my personal experience.
    EVGA Z77 and X79 series was time when EVGA start to offer more motherboards in Europe.
    And people probably wait to try their hardware and that didn't finish good because bugs...
    Special X79 series because people enter in that without head, after Z77 series where small number of people look and I was shored that would be one of best motherboard without any problem with working, design, BIOS, normal motherboard good for OC where everything work. Nothing magic.
     
     
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    Re: ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 > EVGA Z77 FTW 2017/06/14 03:18:29 (permalink)
    Hmm, the 4770k isn't on the supported CPU list and the Z68 chipset is what 25 - 30+ generations behind?
     
    Any weird problems, quirks or noticeable limitations?
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    Re: ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 > EVGA Z77 FTW 2017/06/14 14:48:18 (permalink)
    Melvin_T_Pelvis
    Hmm, the 4770k isn't on the supported CPU list and the Z68 chipset is what 25 - 30+ generations behind?
     
    Any weird problems, quirks or noticeable limitations?


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    Re: ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 > EVGA Z77 FTW 2017/06/16 00:40:40 (permalink)
    Thanks for the answer.
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