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Old November 1, 2011, 08:44 AM
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Extreme 9 looks nice - ASRock X79 Extreme9 Tops Off Lineup by VR-Zone.com

Combined NIC and audio card is interesting, wonder how it performs.
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Extreme9 has a molex connector by the pcie... are we back in 2005?
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Old November 1, 2011, 09:08 AM
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A few boards have that, EVGAs hi end boards and some ASRock. Supplies additional power to PCIE slots for stability supposedly.
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Ah. Well It would be nice if we could get away from using molex. I suppose it's not a big deal, I just feel weird using molex in today's age.
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Extreme 9 looks nice - ASRock X79 Extreme9 Tops Off Lineup by VR-Zone.com

Combined NIC and audio card is interesting, wonder how it performs.
Seems like a direct ripoff of ASUS' Thunderbolt card.
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Ah. Well It would be nice if we could get away from using molex. I suppose it's not a big deal, I just feel weird using molex in today's age.
I'd rather have the Molex and not Cook something when Running lots of GPU's (Folding).

I am sure they could implement a Sata Connector too maybe? But they probably use Molex so you don't waste a 'Chain' of them by routing to your motherboard.

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Common engineers, common shareholders / owners = common products. If it was GB putting this out maybe it would be a ripoff but Im pretty sure ASUS and ASRock still share tech.
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Seems like a direct ripoff of ASUS' Thunderbolt card.
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Maybe because I have an Extreme4 sitting right next to me and it won't OC a set of G.Skill Ripjaws or Corsair Dominators without insane amounts of voltage.

In addition, several of the BIOS options when set don't actually apply certain changes.

This is with BIOS 1.7 but supposedly (I've been hearing this for two months now) there is a new upcoming BIOS that fixes these issues. Again, "supposedly".

I will say that it has been rock solid as a Folding rig since I got it and the price was certainly competitive. Unfortunately though, some basic stuff should have been sorted out long ago.
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