We have a peek of ASRock’s offering for the forthcoming P67 Sandybridge Platform. They come in two flavours the H67DE3 and P67 Extreme6
We have a peek of ASRock’s offering for the forthcoming P67 Sandybridge Platform. They come in two flavours the H67DE3 and P67 Extreme6
Preview
Both boards sport some impressive features with the H67DE3 offering integrated graphics. Below is a spec list of the Extreme6. It will be interesting what price point these boards come out at and the performance over the existing platforms
Extreme6 Specs
CPU
– Supports 2nd Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155
Package
– Advanced V16 + 2 Power Phase Design
– Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
– Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPU
– Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipset
– Intel® P67
Memory
– Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
– 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
– Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC,
un-buffered memory
– Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB
– Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Expansion Slot
– 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 or dual at
x8/x8 mode; PCIE5: x4 mode)
– 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
– 2 x PCI slots
– Supports ATITM Quad CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and
CrossFireXTM
– Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM and SLITM
Audio
– 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio
Codec)
– Premium Blu-ray audio support
– Supports THX TruStudio PROTM
LAN
– PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
– Realtek RTL8111E
– Supports Wake-On-LAN
– Supports LAN Cable Detection
– Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
– Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function
I/O Panel
– 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
– 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
– 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port
– 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
– 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
– 1 x eSATA3 Connector
– 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
– 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
– 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
– 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
– HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /
Front Speaker / Microphone
SATA3
– 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot
Plug” functions
– 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9120, support NCQ,
AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions
(SATA3_M4 connector is shared with eSATA3 port)
USB 3.0
– 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0
up to 5Gb/s
– 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) by Etron
EJ168A, supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
– 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID
10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage),NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
functions
Connector
– 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
– 1 x Floppy connector
– 1 x IR header
– 1 x COM port header
– 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
– 1 x IEEE 1394 header
– 1 x Power LED header
– CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector
– 24 pin ATX power connector
– 8 pin 12V power connector
– SLI/XFire power connector
– Front panel audio connector
– 4 x USB 2.0 headers (support 8 USB 2.0 ports)
– 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
– 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
Unique Feature
– ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
– Instant Boot
– ASRock Instant Flash
– ASRock AIWI
– ASRock APP Charger
– SmartView
– Hybrid Booster:
– CPU Frequency Stepless Control
– ASRock U-COP
– Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
– Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
– Good Night LED
Hardware Monitor
– CPU Temperature Sensing
– Chassis Temperature Sensing
– CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
– CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by
CPU or MB Temperature)
– CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
– Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
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