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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Faster than fast board. The asrock software does the board no justice. I suggest a manual overclock. Running a Q9550 proc C1. 3.6ghz sustained for 24 hours running prime 95 on all cores. Won't recognize 4 gigs of ram but thats not the mobo's fault. Nice option for the DDR2/DDR3 upgrade path. Is capable of running the latest graphics cards at full tilt. Really a very very very capable budget board.
Cons: High temps but I've ran it for the better part of the year without a hitch. Cra*py layout of cables, especially the main power cable. Exteral Sata is actually internal sata routed to the back of the tower via the cables that your required to use. This also robs you of some of your internal sata ports. Kind of a cheat way of getting external sata connectivity on the box and looks cra*py but it is a budget board afterall. And it is capable.
Other Thoughts: Best board at the time for the money. I actually bought it for less almost a year ago with the wifi. Power without breaking the bank. I know there is newer tech out now but this board was a budget bada** for it's time.
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doesn't work
Reviewed By: zze86 on 5/19/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Taught me the value of my time
Cons: I have the Wifi verison. I have spent a small amount of time everyday for the past two months trying to get this system to work. System will test out just fine through the usual tests (P95, CPU burn-in, memtest) run for maybe two days or so then BSOD. I've tested all other components on another machine and they run just fine. Stock speeds, overclocked, underclocked playing with the jumpers per manual, setting memory timing/voltage and enabling/disabling memory features in BIOS. Nothing seems to help. I can get it to run, but it will eventually crash. BIOs is inconsistent and intermittent as far as access to CPU voltage. BIOs had a minor crash where it deleted some internal files or something and I had to reload the MAC address and IDE address onto the board. Also has some inconsistent weird power issues where the unit won't power down which seems to be independent of OS and BIOs settings. Contacted tech support which helped me with the minor BIOs crash but haven't heard from them since
Other Thoughts: I don't like giving up on this sort of stuff especially when there's $$$ involved but I'm going to cut my losses here. I have a suspicion that the RAM I have is just not compatible with this mobo. My other system uses the same RAM so I am unable to test different RAM without spending more $$$ and have been unable to confirm whether it is compatible or not with their tech support since they won't return my emails and RAM compatibility is not listed on their website. RAM is not faulty since I've tested each stick individually with memtest and swapped them out with my other system and it works just fine. Memory support forum suggested raising voltage but this had no effect on stability. RAM is 4x2gb DDR3 GSkill (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820231190)
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Not so great
Reviewed By: okin15 on 4/4/2009
Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Worked fine most of the time. Wasn't hard to install, or to set up. Placement of everything seemed fine.
Cons: Couldn't handle the heat from two un-powered (workstation) video cards I tried. Occasionally crashed even with a Radeon HD 3870 running on high for a while. In general, couldn't handle high loads, and overclocking anything made it crash, even using ASRock software.
Other Thoughts: Board eventually gave up the ghost when I was cleaning it with spray air (probably my fault) and the Gigabyte P45 replacement I bought is better and tougher. I actually had the wifi version of this board which is why it doesn't show me owning it. I couldn't get the wifi hub function to work. I should have had more fans, but the board should have been able to handle more power too; I mean what do they expect you to do with those PCIE slots if you can't get power to them.
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Model
Brand
ASRock
Model
X48TurboTwins
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type
LGA 775
CPU Type
Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo
FSB
1600/1333MHz
Chipsets
North Bridge
Intel X48
South Bridge
Intel ICH9R
Memory
Number of Memory Slots
4 x DDR3 slots 2 x DDR2 slots
Memory Standard
DDR3 1600 / DDR2 1066
Maximum Memory Supported
8GB
Channel Supported
Dual Channel
Expansion Slots
PCI Express 2.0 x16
2
PCI Express x1
1
PCI Slots
3
Storage Devices
PATA
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max
SATA 3Gb/s
6
SATA RAID
0/1/5/10 Matrix RAID
Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset
None
Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset
Realtek ALC890
Audio Channels
8 Channels
Onboard LAN
LAN Chipset
Realtek 8111C
Max LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2
2
USB 1.1/2.0
6 x USB 2.0
IEEE 1394
1 x IEEE 1394a
eSATA
2 x eSATA 3Gb/s
S/PDIF Out
1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial
Audio Ports
6 Ports
Onboard USB
Onboard USB
4 x USB 2.0
Onboard 1394
Onboard 1394
1x 1394a
Physical Spec
Form Factor
ATX
Dimensions
12.0" x 9.6"
Windows Vista
Certified for Windows Vista
Power Pin
24 Pin
Packaging
Package Contents
X48TurboTwins Driver Disk User Manual Rear I/O Panel Shield IDE/PATA Cable FDD Cable SATA Cable 4-pin to SATA Power Cable
Reviewed By: on 1/31/2010
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
