ASRock Penryn1600SLIX3-Wifi Motherboard Review

Features

Nvidia680i Chipset


One nice benefit of the Nvidia nForce 680i chipset is it allows for asynchronous memory bus clocking. As a result, you can have your DDR2 SDRAM working at frequencies that are not connected with the FSB speed. The performance of the memory controller does become slightly lower when doing asynchronous memory clocking, however the flexibility is a nice touch for those that want the top RAM and CPU clocks in their overclock.
The key benefit of the Nvidia nForce 680i SLI over the 650i, is full support for 16x PCIE lanes. The chipset supports a total of 46 PCI Express lanes, and a board based on this chipset can be equipped with up to three PCI Express x16 slots. Hence the support for 3-way SLI.


ASRock Penryn1600SLIX3-Wifi Features

A few notable features on the ASRock Penryn1600SLIX3-Wifi include the ASRock OC Tuner, 7.1 Channel HD Audio, All Solid Capacitors, Yorkfield and Wolfdale CPU support, 3-way SLI, and WiFI capabilities. A brief summary of each of these features is as follows: