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Derek P.

Derek P.

Joined on 11/01/04

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Most Favorable Review

VERY nice board!

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: After shopping around and researching I bought this board. I was hesitant not to stay with Asus. I had a Q6600 on a Asus P5E for my last build. The overclocking softerware (AXTU) works great. I had no problems with the board layout. It has 2 Sata 3 ports, HDMI (I used for initial set up before adding vid card), and the onboard sound is fine. The board looks sleek and is built well.

Cons: After a month of game play, internet surfing, etc.. I have not had any issues. As others have noted it could use a few more USB ports.

Overall Review: I am very pleased with my purchase and it is a bargain for what you get. Don't let the newer name fool you. This is a quality mobo at a steal of a price. Upgrading from an old Q6600, P5E mobo, WD Raptor, 9800 GTX in SLI.. It was time... This is a beast for a build around $1000. (Reusing case and optical/storage drives) i7 2600K @ 4.2ghz ASRock E3 G3 Intel 320 Series 80GB 1Tb storage drive 8 GB G.Skill Ripjaws F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM EVGA 560 GTX TI 448 (Ordering another)

Most Critical Review

Washed and bright

Acer G6 Series G236HL Black 23" TN 5ms (GTG) 60 Hz Widescreen LED/LCD Monitor 1920 x 1080 FHD, Slim Profile Design, Acer eColor Technology, and EcoDisplay
Acer G6 Series G236HL Black 23" TN 5ms (GTG) 60 Hz Widescreen LED/LCD Monitor 1920 x 1080 FHD, Slim Profile Design, Acer eColor Technology, and EcoDisplay

Pros: You get what you pay for. It does work and is viewable. It is not a beautiful image, by any means. For a work monitor it is fine...

Cons: The stand is "fixed" and you will not have a great viewing angle in most set ups. The contrast is pretty bad.. the blacks are light and not deep. There seems to be a brightness from the bottom fading toward to the top.

Overall Review: I have tried to adjust the settings with no real change to this issues with wash, contrast etc. Again, for a work monitor it can be used, once you get used to it.

8 YEARS LATER- 0 ISSUES!

Thermaltake W0131RU 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Thermaltake W0131RU 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Pros: I bought this in April of 2008. I am approaching 8 years of hard use and have had no problems with this unit.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I would buy this again and would certainly recommend this product to others.

It is ok...

WD My Book 1TB Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Storage WDBACW0010HBK-NESN
WD My Book 1TB Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Storage WDBACW0010HBK-NESN

Pros: It has been fine. It is a bit slow at times. I do have and use USB3. This could be a driver, chipset, etc issue. But, I have had it on two systems. For a storage drive, I dont expect blazing fast write times. But, there are times, with no apparent reason it is slower.

Cons: None (other than above)

Works Great For Samsung Blue Ray

Rosewill RNX-N1 Wireless-N 2.0 Dongle (2T2R) IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB2.0 Up to 300Mbps Data Rates/ WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication) Cisco CCS V1.0, V2.0 and V3.0 compliant Vista/Win7/MAC
Rosewill RNX-N1 Wireless-N 2.0 Dongle (2T2R) IEEE 802.11b/g/n USB2.0 Up to 300Mbps Data Rates/ WPA/WPA2 (AES, 64,128-WEP with shared-key authentication) Cisco CCS V1.0, V2.0 and V3.0 compliant Vista/Win7/MAC

Pros: I bought this in lieu of buying the propietary dongle from Samsung. It took little effort to setup and I have had no issues streaming videos and using netflix via this dongle.

Cons: none

Overall Review: If you are looking to not pay $80 for a Samsung dongle...get this.

Awesome!

Intel Core i7-2600K - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I72600K
Intel Core i7-2600K - Core i7 2nd Gen Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Intel HD Graphics 3000 Desktop Processor - BX80623I72600K

Pros: While I always want the latest and greatest. This processor has kept me happy for 2 years now. I have had no issues. My PC is quick with everything I ask it to do. ( I wish they would beef up my work PC) I run this at 4.0 GHZ using my Asrock OC software. I use fan cooling and heat sink. With work and kids.. I dont have the time anymore to play with manual overclocking. But, I have seen no need to push it any futher.. .... GREAT PROCESSOR!

Cons: None

Overall Review: My System: Asrock z68 Extreme 3, Gen 3 - Intel i7-2600K SB 3.4GHZ (w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 fan) - (2) EVGA 012-P3-2068-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 448 Cores Classified - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) (Ordered another 8 GB today) - Samsung 830 256GB Sata 3 SSD - WD 2tB storage drive - Samsung S27B550V 27” Monitor