Review - Motherboard Asrock X79 Extreme11



Overview

  1. 7 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (2 x PLX PEX 8747 bridges), Support 4-Way SLI/CrossFireX™ in full x16 PCIe 3.0 speed
  2. 8 SAS2/SATA3 from LSI™ SAS 2308 PCIe 3.0 Controller
  3. Creative Sound Core3D 7.1 CH, Supports Premium Headset Amplifier
  4. Premium Gold Caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
  5. Supports Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)
  6. Supports Digi Power, 24 + 2 Power Phase Design
  7. Supports Quad Channel DDR3 2500+(OC)
  8. Broadcom PCIE Dual LAN with Teaming Function
  9. 8 USB 3.0 (4 Front, 4 Back), 10 SATA3 (2 from Intel® X79, 8 from LSI)
  10. Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology
  11. Supports XFast 555, OMG, Internet Flash, Easy RAID Installer, Interactive UEFI, UEFI System Browser
  12. Free Bundle : 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel, 1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, MAGIX Multimedia Suite Trial

Features

Supports New Intel® Core i7 Processors 


Get top-of-the-line performance for your most demanding tasks with a New Intel® Core™ i7 processor 
All ASRock X79 chipset motherboards will support the new 22nm Intel® Core i7 4960X / 4930K / 4820K processor by a simple BIOS & driver update.

4-Way SLI/CrossFireX at PCIe 3.0 x16 Speed 

Supported by 2 PLX PEX 8747 Bridge 

PLX PEX 8747 bridge is a PCIe Gen3 silicon chip. It brings solid PCIe 3.0 lanes for PCIe devices and is optimized to support high performance graphics. Enthusiasts will appreciate the onboard two PLX PEX 8747 bridges. Via PLX PEX bridges, ASRock X79 Extreme11 can run multi-GPU 4-Way SLI/CrossFireX at PCIe Gen3 x16/x16/x16/x16 mode simultaneously.








8 SAS2/SATA3 (6 Gb/s) from LSI™ SAS 2308 PCIe 3.0 Controller 

The feature-rich X79 Extreme11 motherboard offers rich storage options. It provides 10 SATA3 ports, 8 of which are SAS2 (6 Gb/s) ports sourced from LSI™ SAS 2308 PCIe 3.0 controller. Via LSI™ MegaRAID® utility, users can get high transfer speed 3.8 GB/s through 8 SSDs in RAID 0 mode.







Intel® Smart Response 

Intel® Smart Response Technology accelerates the system response experience by putting frequently-used blocks of disk data on a solid-state drive (SSD), providing dramatically faster access to user data than the hard disk alone can provide. For users who are tempted to connect the SSD and HDD on ASRock motherboard, Intel® Smart Response Technology can make the SSD become the "Cache of the HDD" to boost up the HDD access speed. ASRock motherboards with Intel® Smart Response Technology are able to drive 4X faster performance boost than a HDD-only system.
Creative Sound Core3D Audio with Premium Headset Amplifier 

The onboard Creative SoundCore 3D quad-core sound and voice processor brings a truly immersive audio experience and supports CrystalVoice, EAX 1.0 to 5.0, etc. ASRock Premium Headset Amplifier (PHA) provides wider bandwidth, higher slew rate with lower noise and distortion. It also supports up to 250 Ohm high-end headsets, which delivers crisper audio into the users ears.


Scout Mode™ 

Hear the enemy before they hear you 

 Scout Mode™ technology is a proprietary technology that allows you to hear your enemies from further away, giving you a distinct tactical advantage in combat.


Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)

Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM) is an innovative new design of MOSFETs. The silicon die area is increased by stacking two dies into a MOSFET. The larger the die area, the lower Rds(on). Compared to traditional discrete MOSFET, DSM can provide larger die area and lower Rds(on), so the power supply for CPU Vcore is more efficient.
Premium Gold Caps 

Top-Class Quality Guaranteed 

 Premium Gold Caps are luxury capacitors. These 100% Japan-made solid capacitors are sleek, high gloss caps with a premium gold coating representing long life and stable performance.

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.

24 + 2 Power Phase Design 

This motherboard is designed with a 24 + 2 Power Phase design. It features sturdy components and completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. Plus, it offers unmatched overclocking capability and enhanced performance with the lowest temperature for advanced gamers as well.

8 x DDR3 2500+ DIMM Supports Quad Channel Memory 

This motherboard has 8 DIMM slots for Quad-Channel memory, supporting for 2500+(OC) MHz DDR3 memory!



Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0 Support 


The ASRock motherboards support the Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0! PCI Express 3.0 can maximize the bandwidth for the next-gen PCI Express 3.0 VGA cards, provide ultimate graphics performance. 

 Get PCI-E 3.0 Benefits 
• Higher bit rate - 8.0GT/s 
• Higher bandwidth per lane - 1GB/s 
• Higher efficiency - 98.5% encoding efficiency 
• 100% backward compatible with previous PCI-E 2.0 / 1.0 standard


8 USB 3.0 (4 Front, 4 Back) 

Rich storage options! This motherboard offers 8 USB 3.0 (4 from onboard header, 4 from rear I/O) and bundles an exclusive front USB 3.0 panel to facilitate computing environment.




Specifications

CPU- Supports Intel® Core™ i7 processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket 
- Digi Power Design - 24 + 2 Power Phase Design 
- Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM) 
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology 
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology 
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
Chipset- Intel® X79
Memory- Quad Channel DDR3 memory technology 
- 8 x DDR3 DIMM slots 
- Supports DDR3 2500+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory 
- Supports DDR3 ECC, un-buffered memory with Intel® Workstation 1S Xeon® processors E5 16xx/26xx/46xx series in socket LGA 2011 
- Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB* 
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
BIOS- 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, VCCSA, DRAM, VTT, CPU PLL, PCH1.1V, PCH1.5V Voltage Multi-adjustment
Graphics- n/a
Audio- 7.1 CH HD Audio
- Creative Sound Core3D quad-core sound and voice processor
- Supports CrystalVoice
- Supports Scout Mode
- Supports EAX1.0 to EAX5.0
- Premium Headset Amplifier (PHA)
LAN- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Broadcom BCM57781
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function
- Supports PXE
Slots- 7 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE1/PCIE2/PCIE3/PCIE4/PCIE5/PCIE6/PCIE7: x16/0/16/0/16/0/16 mode or x16/8/8/8/8/8/8 mode) (2 x PLX PEX8747 Bridges to support 4-Way SLI™ in Gen3 x16/16/16/16 mode)
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 4-Way CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
- Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, 4-Way SLI™, 3-Way SLI™ and SLI™
SATA3- 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® X79, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel® Rapid Storage 3.0), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
- 8 x SAS2/SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by LSI SAS2308 PCIe 3.0 controller, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E and RAID 10), NCQ and Hot Plug functions
USB 3.0- 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by TI, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
- 2 x Front USB 3.0 headers (support 4 USB 3.0 ports) by TI, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
Connector- 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel® Rapid Storage 3.0), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
- 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
- 8 x SAS2/SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x CIR header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 header
- 1 x Power LED header
- 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
- 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)
- 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)
- 1 x SB Fan connector (3-pin)
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 2 x 8 pin 12V power connectors
- 2 x SLI/XFire power connectors
- Front panel audio connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
- 2 x USB 3.0 headers (support 4 USB 3.0 ports)
- 1 x Dr. Debug with LED*
- 1 x Power Switch with LED
- 1 x Reset Switch with LED
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
Rear Panel I/OI/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 8 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 2 x eSATA Connectors
- 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: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Unique Feature- ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
- ASRock Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock APP Charger
- ASRock XFast USB
- ASRock XFast LAN
- ASRock XFast RAM
- ASRock X-FAN
- ASRock Crashless BIOS
- ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock UEFI System Browser
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer
- ASRock Interactive UEFI
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- Good Night LED
Smart Switch- 1 x Power Switch with LED
- 1 x Reset Switch with LED
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
Support CD- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - Trial
Accessories- 2 x ASRock SLI_Bridge Cards
- 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_3S Card
- 1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI™ Bridge Card
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 6 x SATA Data Cables
- 2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables
- 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel
- 4 x HDD Screws
- 6 x Chassis Screws
- 1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket
Hardware Monitor- CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU/Chassis/Power/SB Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature)
- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
Form Factor- EATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm
- Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
OS- Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit / Vista™ 32-bit / Vista™ 64-bit
Certifications- FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
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