ASRock P55 Extreme LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard

Reviews(114)

4.0
TOP FAVORABLE REVIEW
ASRock, a Successful Newcomer

p55 board, 4 DIMM slots, supports Crossfire / SLI, tons of ports, and most importantly CHEAP for how good it is

Also, unlike a couple others who wrote reviews, it recognized my 1600 G.Skill RAM as the advertised settings without having me make any adjustments.

As others have stated, the SATA ports are located right behind where your HDD bay is going to be, causing a slight problem in some cases. However, no egg deduction, as even a little bit of research (i.e. looking at the pictures) can show you this
Also had a problem booting Windows 7 from my DVD drive. Was freezing at the post screen. Easily fixed by flashing the bios

Used this in my first ever build, everything came together easily. My setup:
Antec 900 II
ASRock p55 Extreme
Intel Core i5
XFX HD5770
G.Skill 2x2gb 1600 DDR3
Seagate Barracuda 500gb
OCZ StealthStream 500W

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TOP CRITICAL REVIEW
fail

None

Worked ok for about three weeks. Then one day it just straight up quit. couple days later I tried starting up the computer. Saw an arc by the sound ports, smelled burning electronics and the thing started working(??)... Now I get all around poor performance. Can't even game it's so bad. Asrock customer support seems to be giving me the run around. Bad experience, wouldn't recommend this board to an enemy.

Bad.

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Warranty

Limited Warranty period(parts): 3 years

Limited Warranty period(labor): 3 years

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Features & Details

  • Intel P55
  • Core i7 / i5 / i3 and Pentium G6950 Processors in LGA1156 Package
  • DDR3 2600+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066

Specifications

Model
BrandASRock
ModelP55 Extreme
Supported CPU
CPU Socket TypeLGA 1156
CPU TypeCore i7 / i5 / i3 and Pentium G6950 Processors in LGA1156 Package
Supported CPU TechnologiesSupports Intel Turbo Boost Technology Supports Hyper-Threading Technology Supports Untied Overclocking Technology Supports EM64T CPU
Chipsets
ChipsetIntel P55
Onboard Video
Onboard Video ChipsetNone
Memory
Number of Memory Slots4x240pin
Memory StandardDDR3 2600+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066
Maximum Memory Supported16GB
Channel SupportedDual Channel
Expansion Slots
PCI Express 2.0 x162 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (Single at x16 or Dual at x8/x8 mode) 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (at x4 mode, 2.5GT/s)
PCI Express x11 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot (2.5GT/s)
PCI Slots3 x PCI Slots
Storage Devices
SATA RAID0/1/5/10 Matrix RAID
Onboard Audio
Audio ChipsetRealtek ALC890
Audio Channels8 Channels
Onboard LAN
LAN ChipsetRealtek 8111DL
Max LAN Speed1Gbps
Rear Panel Ports
Back I/O Ports1 x eSATA 3GB/S / 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out / 1 x S/PDIF Coaxial Out / 2 x PS/2 / 7 x USB 2.0/1.1
PS/22
USB 1.1/2.07 x USB 2.0
IEEE 13941 x 1394
eSATA1 x Powered eSATAII/USB Connector
S/PDIF Out1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial
Audio Ports6 Ports
Internal I/O Connectors
Onboard USB3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
Onboard 13941 x 1394
Physical Spec
Form FactorATX
Dimensions (W x L)12.0" x 9.6"
Power Pin24 Pin
Features
FeaturesAdvanced V8 Power Phase Design Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2600+ (OC) Supports ATI CrossFireX , 3-Way CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI and SLI 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots, 1 x Powered eSATAII/USB Connector EuP Ready, Smart Switch Design, Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) 7.1 CH, ALC890 Audio Codec, Premium Blu-ray audio support Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash, Smart BIOS, ASRock OC Tuner, Intelligent Energy Saver 1 x TPM header
Additional Information
First Listed on NeweggSeptember 15, 2009
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