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ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

  • AMD 970
  • FX / Phenom II / Athlon II / Sempron 100 Series
  • DDR3 2100+(OC)/1866(OC)
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ASRock 970 Extreme3 - R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 - SATA 6Gbps - USB 3.0 - ATX AMD Motherboard
 

970 Extreme3 R2.0

X-Boost

ASRock's X-Boost Technology is a smart auto-overclocking function and is brilliantly designed to unlock the hidden cores of your CPUs. Simply press "X" when turning on the PC, X-Boost will automatically overclock the relative components to get up to 116% performance boost! With the smart X-Boost, overclocking the CPU or unlocking CPU cores can become nearly a one-button process. *The functionality of "Unlock CPU Cores" feature might vary by different processors.


970 Extreme3 R2.0

970 Extreme3 R2.0

Four USB 3.0 Ports (Two Front, Two Back)

Rich storage options! This motherboard offers four USB 3.0 (two from onboard header, two from rear I/O) to facilitate computing environment.


XFast 555 Technology : XFast RAM / XFast LAN / XFast USB


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Fast Boot

With ASRock's exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes less than 1.5 seconds* to logon to Windows® 8 from a cold boot. No more waiting! The speedy boot will completely change your user experience and behavior.
*The boot time may vary with a different configuration.



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Restart to UEFI

Fast Boot is so fast that it is impossible for users to enter the UEFI setup utility during POST. Therefore, ASRock Restart-to-UEFI technology allows users to easily enter the UEFI setup utility automatically when turning on the PC next time. It is designed for those who constantly need to enter the UEFI setup utility.



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AM3+ Eight-Core Processor Support

This board is designed to build up the most powerful system and delivers the most demanding technology for users nowadays. Just enjoy next-generation computing with the ASRock 8-Core CPU-Ready Motherboard.



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Combo Cooler Retention Module (C.C.R.)

The unique combo cooler retention module greatly improves heat dissipation and is backward compatible with AMD previous AM3/AM2+ coolers.



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Digi Power

More Precise, More Efficient
Unlike traditional motherboards that use analog power, this motherboard uses a next generation digital PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) design, which provides CPU Vcore voltage more efficiently and smoothly, so that the stability and lifespan of the motherboard is greatly enhanced.



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Dehumidifier

Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling "Dehumidifier Function." When enabling Dehumidifier Function, the computer will power on automatically to dehumidify the system after entering S4/S5 state.



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ASRock Online Management Guard (OMG)

Fast, Easy and Free – ASRock OMG technology allows you to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at specified times. Administrators are able to schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other users. Normally, ISPs (Internet Service Provider) will charge for internet curfew service, which controls "all" the PCs connected at home. However, ASRock OMG is a free tool for controlling internet access of each single PC. Parents can easily control internet access through the BIOS setup to protect their kids from using the Internet at inappropriate times, and meanwhile, enjoy their own internet space.



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Internet Flash

Updating the UEFI is easier than ever with ASRock Internet Flash! Simply by a few clicks it searches for available UEFI firmware updates from ASRock's servers, then it automatically downloads and flashes the latest UEFI file within the UEFI setup utility without having to enter Windows® OS.



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Graphical UEFI – The Revolutionary BIOS Interface

    Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a revolutionary BIOS utility which offers tweak-friendly options in an advanced viewing interface. Compared with traditional BIOS design, the latest UEFI utility provides lots improved functions. The major features of UEFI include:
  1. Graphical Visual Experience – UEFI provides an improved visual interface with colorful icons and makes your computing environment more versatile to replace the traditional dull BIOS page.
  2. Mouse Enabling – Besides keyboard control, you can freely use mouse to select your ideal settings in UEFI as well.
  3. Supports 3TB bootable HDD - UEFI breaks the limitations of 2TB bootable HDD on traditional BIOS. With UEFI, you can enjoy 3TB bootable HDD size.*

 


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UEFI System Browser

UEFI system browser is a useful tool included in graphical UEFI. It can detect the devices and configurations that users are currently using in their PC. With the UEFI system browser, you can easily examine the current system configuration in UEFI setup.



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Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar

Chrome is a fast, simple, and secure web browser, built for the modern web. Google Toolbar is designed to help you find what you're looking for quickly and discover new things along the way. Now ASRock has both Chrome and Google Toolbar bundled with our motherboards so users may enjoy better internet surfing experiences.



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Free Bundle - Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial

CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 trial now supports hardware transcoding and is optimized to accelerate conversion of all your favorite media files for your favorite portable players. Now you can easily display your favorite movies, songs and photos on iPhone, iPad, PSP, Xbox, Youtube, Facebook, etc. Compile, convert and enjoy images and songs as much as you want and enhance your videos to new levels with TrueTheater Technology. Try it today!


 


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  • Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
  • Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year


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  • Ronald S.
  • 10/23/2014 1:30:10 PM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsGood Deal

Pros: Another good product from ASRock.

Cons: None

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  • Kay W.
  • 10/21/2014 4:33:27 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

3 out of 5 eggsGreat Under-Volter, Poor Overclocker

Pros: Affordable
Supports FX-Series chips (I have an FX-8320)
Good build quality
Lots of connections

Cons: 4+1 Power Phase inadequate for running FX-8320 even at stock settings
VRM throttling
Requires tweaking to get stable 3.5 GHz without throttling

Other Thoughts: I've purchased this board at a different retailer (the one that has M and C in its name) because it was on sale with the FX-8320 chip. I had not put any thought into the power delivery system of this board for the chip I was buying. The board supports the chip, and that was all that mattered.

A few months in, and I started playing around a little with over-clocking since I read that the FX-8320 is such great over-clocker. My target, initially, was to go beyond 4GHz since that is the chip's boost clock speed anyway and I figured it would surely go beyond that. Unfortunately, 4GHz is the only stable over-clock that I could muster with this board without Prime95 tests failing. Or so I thought.

That's when I started noticing the CPU throttling speeds down to 1.4GHz @ 7x multiplier on a regular basis. I figured that the chip was just getting too hot and that more cooling would solve the problem. Not so. As I read on many user forums that discuss the issue, the problem seems to stem from the 4+1 power phase which seems to be barely managing to run the chip at stock speeds.

As it is, I spent an entire afternoon playing around with various settings, mainly manipulating the multipliers as well as the core voltage settings. Even after resetting the motherboard to its defaults and the chip running at its advertised 3.5 GHz, I noticed that socket temperatures would steadily creep up to 70 degrees and beyond all the way up to 74 degrees celsius, which seems to be the point where throttling kicks in. I have plenty of air flow in my case, and I even added an extra fan to blow air over the VRM/MOSFET area. None of it made a dent.

In the end, I set my goal to simply getting the stock speed of 3.5GHz to a point where no throttling would happen. I achieved this by reducing the voltages one step at a time using AMD Overdrive and monitoring temps and speed using HWINFO64. I was able to reduce the voltage all the way down to 1.1250v at 17.5x multiplier and 3.5GHz speed. Prime95 runs stable still, when coming from idle temps and fan speeds. The maximum recorded package temperature was around 45 degrees celsius, and socket temperature hovers around 65 and 70 degrees, but no more than that. And: No throttling.

So to be fair, the board is a great under-volter, but it is a poor over-clocker due to its meager power delivery to the 8-core chip. Anyone who is interested in over-clocking the FX-8320 to speeds between 4.4 and 4.6 GHz (which is what I found the most common over-clocks on the Internet) better invest in a motherboard with an 8+2 power phase. Those are typically found on the much more expensive boards that have an AMD 990FX chipset. The ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer comes to mind, and I might upgrade to that in the future.

In summary, if you want your FX-8320 to run stable without excessive heat and subsequent throttling, it's imperative that you under-volt the chip. That's my experience with this board and CPU combination. Good luck.

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  • TERRY P.
  • 10/20/2014 12:34:04 AM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

5 out of 5 eggsGREAT M.B.

Pros: Well it's been close to a Year and not one problem WHY because I Never Ever O.C. AMD I have the 6 core in here the price for this Board and the 6 were around 200 $ and N.E. had the 10,000 350 H.D. for 60$ put 2 in and not one problem. Also have the 280X. W 8.1 that works fine.

Cons: None for the price mine fired wright up

Other Thoughts: This Chip has been so good I wanted to go SLI so I bought the MSI 970 WOW Nice Board have 2 660 t I and put this chip in it with W7 on sale 85$ and a 2 TB HD for 80$. Now I have 2 PC's with the SAME Chip. It transfers back and forth NO Problem just Be careful of the PINS.

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  • Brent W.
  • 9/7/2014 3:49:23 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsBest mobo I've used yet

Pros: I've owned several mother boards and this one is the best one yet. I love it. It overclocks my cpu very well, handles everything I toss at it and maintains cool. I've used this for 6 months in a terrible airflow case mining bitcoins with two r9 270xs attached to it. I have a fx 8320 Overclocked to 4.4GHz

Cons: Does feel a little flimsy but I'll live

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  • Alex P.
  • 9/5/2014 9:42:33 AM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsGreat Motherboard

Pros: Great motherboard for the price. Has everything I would want for my budget gaming rig.

Cons: My only complaint is the ethernet port. On the website it claims to be a gigabit port, but all I am getting in task manager is 100mb. It could be a driver issue, but i believe I am up to date on my drivers. Either way 100mb is plenty for normal internet use, but I wish I had the faster speed for LAN transfers.

Other Thoughts: The con probably is a driver issue which I will hopefully get fixed soon, but a 100mb ethernet port won't bottleneck my internet speed, so it doesn't deserve a star off. It's probably user error anyways. :?

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  • Ariel M.
  • 8/4/2014 10:19:22 AM
  • Tech Level: Low
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsIt works

Pros: I was skeptic about getting this after reading the reviews on this MB. But I took a chance. And so far, after 4 months, no issues what so ever (let me go knock on wood now) I bought the MB due to its low price and the fact that this was going to be my first computer build.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I've been having MB's dying on me with other computers lately so I purchased a two year replacement plan just in case.

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  • Thomas C.
  • 7/9/2014 3:15:39 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsVery good.

Pros: nice looking, good bios, did not need bios update for my FX 8320, also holds an OP amount of 64 gb ram.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: VERY good mother board for a budget if you do not plan on sli or extremely high overclocking. Had this ordered this mother board about a month and a half ago and read terrible reviews but to my surprise I did not experience any of those problems, so far, everything has worked awesome.

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  • Vincent B.
  • 7/8/2014 1:26:58 PM
  • Tech Level: High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsFantastic Mobo!

Pros: Great features. Fast and reliable. The board is my new go-to board for SLI adaptability in the future.

Cons: Although the Mobo manual says that it is power compatible with a 4-pin power connector, but i was unable to get the board to power up without using a true 8 pin 12V power connector. Just a quick FYI on that.. ended up delaying delivery because i thought it was a dead board. The replacement key'd me in that the manual may be wrong... and apparently it was.

Other Thoughts: Simply... I am sold on the ASRock boards.. this one for a client build, the Extreme 4 for my personal build. Great all around!

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  • Joseph M.
  • 7/7/2014 10:15:13 PM
  • Tech Level: Somewhat High
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

5 out of 5 eggsBest MB for the Money

Pros: Easy installation and Windows 8 ready.

Cons: Downgrading to Windows 7 for older games, but not a problem for the motherboard itself.

Other Thoughts: I am going to downgrade to Windows 7 for older games.

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  • Thomas C.
  • 6/18/2014 9:23:58 PM
  • Tech Level: Average
  • Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
  • Verified Owner

5 out of 5 eggsGood

Pros: Cheap, user friendly BIOS, a lot of USB slots.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: I am using this mobo with an FX 8320 and did not need a bios update. get this board if you are on a budget.

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