Question 1

Good replacement for ASRock P67 Professional with Sandybridge CPU?

Accepted Answer

Very happy and pleased with this motherboard; I originally used a P67 ASRock Extreme 4 Gen 3 but upgraded.  Other components I kept from the original order are:

Sales Order Date:        2/8/2012 9:45:43 AM

1  Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

1   XFX HD-697A-CNFC Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

1  Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics

1  Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Business

1 Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - OEM

1 OCZ ZX Series 850W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Gold High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core

1 Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM

1   Antec P280 Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
 
2  G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM

1 Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite

1 x ($29.99) COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler

1 ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model

Question 2

can anyone give the dimensions of this board, i'm looking into buying it and want to see how much of my case it will fill up?

Accepted Answer

It is the best bang for the buck. It's a SOLID board that doesn't have all the crap that an overpriced ASUS has on it's motherboards. It has a very good overclocking program and it's tech support is 10x than ASUS. I called and spoke to a techy for 15 mins, he walked me through 3 issues and resolved them quickly.

The size of the motherboard is 12.0 x 10.5 (30.5 x 26.7 cm

p.s. Newegg does not cover any warranty on motherboards that are returned for RMA. (read blogs about them) They always say "You bent the CPU pins". Take pictures of the CPU pins when you open the box " If you bend them, ASROCK will replace CPU socket for $50. ASUS gets $150 to replace CPU socket.

Question 3

are the mounting holes the same as atx?

Accepted Answer

Yes, this MOBO will fit a standard ATX mounting system. I believe it is called 'extended' because part of the board will stretch beyond the holes for mounting.

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