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ASRock 890GX Extreme3

OC Starter Mobo

Text // Muzaffar Ismail

at a glance
Chipset AMD 890GX / SB850 Memory DDR3 Graphics Yes / CrossFire X SATA3/USB3 Yes Price RM428
A great starter performance motherboard for the beginner overclocker
Features: 9.0 Performance: 8.5 Value: 8.5

Verdict:

II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors, Six-Core CPU Ready (supports UCC feature (Unlock CPU Core) // Memory Support Up to 16GB, DDR/ 1333 / 1600 / 1800 (dual channel architecture) 4x DIMM // PCI Slots 3x PCI-e x16 (2x x16 and 1x x4) / 1x PCI-e x1, 3x PCI 2.0 // Drives 6x SATA3 (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5) // I/Os 1x PS/2, 1x VGA, 1x HDMI, 1x DVI, 1x 1394a, 4x USB2, 2x USB3, 1x eSATA2, 1x eSATA3, 1x Optical S/PDIF-out, 1x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN, 5x Audio jacks, 1x Clear CMOS button // Warranty 3-years // Contact Nation-Tech Sdn Bhd // Telephone (03) // URL www.asrock.com
specifications Model 890GX Extreme3 // Processor Support AM3 socket for AMD Phenom

Available at

august 2010
verdict scores are out of 10.
Overclocking (OC) is becoming more popular these days as motherboard makers are incorporating more options to do overclocking. Typically this involves having a number of voltage and timing settings inside the BIOS but these days, motherboard manufacturers are also including more automatic overclocking tools and functions. This includes one-touch OC buttons, OC dials, OC step buttons, OC remote controls and BIOS automatic OC functions. However, if you really want to see how far you can push your hardware you need to get up close and personal with hardware voltage settings or clock timings. This does make it a bit harder for beginners but this may change as more boards like the ASRock 890GX Extreme3 come out. The board features an AM3 socket and is based on AMDs new 890GX chipset. This means that it also has an integrated ATI Radeon HD 4290 GPU, enabling a built-in HDMI port, DVI port and VGA port. Board layout is quite busy with no free space at all on the ATX-sized PCB but it isnt cluttered. Each segment is well-spaced with enough room to handle memory and a dual slot graphic card at the same time. Featuring three PCI-e x16 slots, the board can handle three dual-slot sized graphic cards in a CrossFire X configuration. Other slots include three PCI slots and one PCI-e x1 slot. The board offers six SATA3 ports, two USB3 ports and one eSATA3 port to fit ASRocks True 333 series of motherboards. Performance for the board is very good, easily reaching a PCMark05 score of 8404 on default with just a quad core Phenom II processor and integrated GPU. This is a good performance score as it places the board above the
general 8000+ performance board baseline score. What sets it apart is that in its OC section of the BIOS, the board has numerous automatic overclocking functions. This includes overclocking the entire system a certain amount of percentage, settings on what components to overclock, automatic overclocks for just the CPU and automatic overclocks for just the mGPU. While these options offer beginners a lot more overclocking potential, the board still caters well to the intermediate overclocker as it still offers good manual overclocking functions as well. With a simple overall system overclock we got a significant performance boost, scoring 10332 in PCMark05. As beginners get more accustomed, the board has huge potential to overclock even further as it is quite stable despite significant overclocks. The ASRock 890GX Extreme3 is not meant for the casual mainstream market as even its storage ports are made for higherend SATA3 technology. However, its good integrated GPU, great default performance, various automatic overclocking options and huge overclocking potential should offer performance users and those interested in overclocking a very good introduction to performance

overclocking. As this interest grows, the board can grow along with it, offering the performance user the ability to do CrossFire X or upgrade to a six-core Phenom II processor and better cooling solutions for even better overclocking results.
The motherboard and its box
This board delivers good performance scores on default but its many automatic overclocking options make things a lot easier for beginner overclockers