anybody using this - ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional

[hclarkjr]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157225
considering getting it and wanted to see if anybody has it.

 

[Mem]

hclarkjr :Reviews have been very good on this board http://en.ocworkbench.com/tech/asrock-p67-fatal1ty-motherboard-profess1onal-series-intel-p67-full-review/ ,http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1098/pg1/asrock-extreme4-p67-and-fatal1ty-professional-p67-vs-x58-with-core-i7-950-review-introduction.html,http://lanoc.org/review/hardware/motherboards/4642-fatal1ty-p67-profess1onal-series .

Personally I'm going for the Extreme6 (probably next month)since it has a nicer BIOS(without that guys face) and I already have a Razer mouse that does 100,500 and 1000Hz polling so fatality offers nothing new for me over the Extreme6.

I'm keeping an eye on this thread at OcUK http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18233075 .

I will say several P67 Asrock owners are saying no issues like Asus owners are having which is always very good to hear.

 

[hclarkjr]

i am torn between the UD4 and this now

 

[StriperMike]

Personally I'm going for the Extreme6 (probably next month)since it has a nicer BIOS(without that guys face)

I thought the same thing. Why the hell do I want to see that guys face on my PC! lol

 

[Cebu]

I don't have a Asrock Fatal1ty P67 Professional but I can comment on Asrock. I have an Asrock P67-Pro3 and I absolutely love the board. I have a 2600K overclocked to 4.6. I have been playing games and encoding videos for the past week and it has been rock solid with no problems. The difference between this setup and my old AMD 955BE is night and day. I especially like the instant boot software which boots up the system to the desktop in about 7 seconds with my new SSD. This is my first Asrock board and so far I am sold on it.

 

[hclarkjr]

I don't have a Asrock Fatal1ty P67 Professional but I can comment on Asrock. I have an Asrock P67-Pro3 and I absolutely love the board. I have a 2600K overclocked to 4.6. I have been playing games and encoding videos for the past week and it has been rock solid with no problems. The difference between this setup and my old AMD 955BE is night and day. I especially like the instant boot software which boots up the system to the desktop in about 7 seconds with my new SSD. This is my first Asrock board and so far I am sold on it.

how easy was it to get setup and running before you started over clocking? did you have to flash the bios or anything?

 

[jhabawak]

seems ppl are getting very good clocks from the extreme 6 board!!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=264748


With that performance I would pass the fatality and go for extreme 6 given the price difference!


I'm thinking of getting one in a couple of weeks!

 

[hclarkjr]

seems ppl are getting very good clocks from the board!!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=264748



I'm thinking of getting one in a couple of weeks!

thanx for link, you just made my decision that much harder!!

 

[Cebu]

how easy was it to get setup and running before you started over clocking? did you have to flash the bios or anything?

It was super easy. I just took my time building it to to make sure I did not miss anything, then I booted up, set up the bios and installed Windows 7. I installed all of the drivers off the disk and I was up and running. I waited a day or so to make sure it was running correctly before I overclocked it to 4.2, then 4.4, and then to 4.6. I'm sure I can go higher but I'm not in a hurry. I saw yesterday that there is a new bios on the Asrock website but I haven't flashed it yet since I'm not having any problems. It's been a painless build. I'm so glad I didn't go with the Asus board since they seem to be having some problems such as memory conflicts and double boots. I haven't had any of those problems.

 

[Hogan773]

Seems people are getting good clocks from ALL the boards.......why pay that much more for the Fatality etc

 

[hclarkjr]

Seems people are getting good clocks from ALL the boards.......why pay that much more for the Fatality etc

i want it to go with my sound card!! i still might get the UD4 though, more than likely will not decide till i get the money Friday and buy it.

 

[createdAmonster]

The Asrock P67 Extreme 6, the Extreme 4 and the UD4 were my main choices (4th choice was the Biostar TXP67) and after doing a lot of going back and forth, I finally decided going with the Extreme 4. It has a decent set of features, and probably the most competitive price.
The only significant drawback to me was the lack of Dual Bios. And as regards the Ultra Durable feature, I believe Gigabyte was the only one with that feature.
I think the Extreme 6 is a very decent board, more in the league of the UD5 and P8P67 Deluxe, yet priced about the same as the UD4.
If I can squeeze an honorable 4.5MHz from my 2500k at stock voltage, I'll be a happy camper.
My main use for that setup will be gaming, and so the alleged extraordinary o'verclocking abilities of the Extreme 6 are not really worth $40.
Not forgetting the fact that the 1st PCI x1 slot is not obstructed by the heatpipe, should I acquire a soundcard in the future. Not that I am an audiophile, but the Asrock P67 Extreme 4 is said to have the worst [EDIT] audio quality of all p67 boards.

 

[tigerbait]

Not that I am an audiophile, but the Asrock P67 Extreme 4 is said to have the worst [EDIT] audio quality of all p67 boards.

I'm looking at getting the Extreme 4. Where did you read that this board had the worst audio quality?

 

[createdAmonster]

Truth be told, I cannot remember with certainty.
Let me try to find it.
And when I say worst, it rather means it didn't perform as well as other P67 boards.

For the record, I ordered the Extreme 4, and didn't intend on dissuading anybody on getting it when I wrote about it's lesser audio performance.
I am still looking for the reference.

 

[createdAmonster]

BTW, the another downside of the Extreme4 is the ONE year warranty.
But with the money you save, you might as well just go to Squaretrade and get yourself an extended warranty for a relatively low price.

 

[createdAmonster]

@ tigerbait;

Found it.... it's in dutch, but it's all diagrams.

http://nl.hardware.info/reviews/1948/27/11-intel-p67-moederborden-review-geluidskwaliteit

 

[tigerbait]

interesting...thanks

 

[Hogan773]

BTW, the another downside of the Extreme4 is the ONE year warranty.
But with the money you save, you might as well just go to Squaretrade and get yourself an extended warranty for a relatively low price.

I just looked and a ST warranty is $24.99. It just runs based on the price of the item - whether its "computer desktop" or "computer accessory"

I think my Amex card will double the mfr warranty, and worst case if the board goes out after 2 yrs then I'll buy another. I'm hoping that if it survives the first year it will be good to go for awhile....

 

[Minjin]

@ tigerbait;

Found it.... it's in dutch, but it's all diagrams.

http://nl.hardware.info/reviews/1948/27/11-intel-p67-moederborden-review-geluidskwaliteit

It doesn't look that bad to me at all. I'm not sure exactly how he's testing it, but with "Noise Level", it should be the lower the better. So, that's one graph where it appears by his ordering that it is the worst when it is actually the best. It is midpack in the other tests except dynamic range, which people don't really make full use of anyways.

I am certainly considering one of the Asrock line. I need to do more research on the differences. I am even considering going down to the Pro3 and I don't use more than one video card. I normally spend a lot on a motherboard and then cheap out on the CPU. I do this so that I can upgrade the CPU cheaply in a year and get a substantial bonus. I think with Z68 coming out later this year with possible substantial improvements, I might go cheap on mobo this time.

 

[Cheaptrick]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157225
considering getting it and wanted to see if anybody has it.

I'm using an ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional for about a week now & so far is very satisfied with my new mobo. This is my first ASRock mobo as I tend to go with either Asus, Gigabyte or MSI in the past.

The mobo looks very high end. Some of its parts looks very similar to Asus ROG mobo. There's only 2 things I that I don't like with this mobo. First is the Southbridge heatsink which looks like a billboard for Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell aka "The world's greatest gamer". I'm using a Zalman FC-ZE1 Fatal1ty Champion Series PC case as well as Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty sound card & I have enough of the Fatal1ty branding already. Second is the lack of NF200 Northbridge chipset. Without this you can't run 2 or more of your video cards (on CrossfireX or SLI) on full X16 PCIe express lanes. I find this lack of NF200 chipset not that big of a problem as lots of people said that the performance gain with the excluded chipset is very minimal. Some even said that the excluded chipset is a bottleneck.

This is not really my first P67 mobo choice. My first choice is the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7. I found some significant problems with the PCIe placement on Gigabyte P67 mobos. First is the PCIe X1 PCIe slot very close to the Northbridge heatsink. There's no way for me to used my Fatal1ty sound card in the 1st PCIe slot. The 1st & 2nd PCIe X16 slots also is placed close to each other & can create a heat problem if you're running 2 video cards in CrossfireX or SLI set up.

My second mobo choice is the Asus Maximus IV Extreme. The thing is, I like the standard ATX mobo & the Asus mobo is an Extended ATX mobo. I also doesn't like the Asus mobo's PCIe placement.

ASRock Fatal1ty P67 professional mobo seems to be the right choice for me to go with my Core I7 2600K. It has 6 SATA3 6.0 connectors (both Asus & Gigabyte mobos have only 4). The inclusion of UEFI BIOS interface is also very nice as well as the XFast USB technology.

 

[HumblePie]

I'm using an ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional for about a week now & so far is very satisfied with my new mobo. This is my first ASRock mobo as I tend to go with either Asus, Gigabyte or MSI in the past.

The mobo looks very high end. Some of its parts looks very similar to Asus ROG mobo. There's only 2 things I that I don't like with this mobo. First is the Southbridge heatsink which looks like a billboard for Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell aka "The world's greatest gamer". I'm using a Zalman FC-ZE1 Fatal1ty Champion Series PC case as well as Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty sound card & I have enough of the Fatal1ty branding already. Second is the lack of NF200 Northbridge chipset. Without this you can't run 2 or more of your video cards (on CrossfireX or SLI) on full X16 PCIe express lanes. I find this lack of NF200 chipset not that big of a problem as lots of people said that the performance gain with the excluded chipset is very minimal. Some even said that the excluded chipset is a bottleneck.

This is not really my first P67 mobo choice. My first choice is the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7. I found some significant problems with the PCIe placement on Gigabyte P67 mobos. First is the PCIe X1 PCIe slot very close to the Northbridge heatsink. There's no way for me to used my Fatal1ty sound card in the 1st PCIe slot. The 1st & 2nd PCIe X16 slots also is placed close to each other & can create a heat problem if you're running 2 video cards in CrossfireX or SLI set up.

My second mobo choice is the Asus Maximus IV Extreme. The thing is, I like the standard ATX mobo & the Asus mobo is an Extended ATX mobo. I also doesn't like the Asus mobo's PCIe placement.

ASRock Fatal1ty P67 professional mobo seems to be the right choice for me to go with my Core I7 2600K. It has 6 SATA3 6.0 connectors (both Asus & Gigabyte mobos have only 4). The inclusion of UEFI BIOS interface is also very nice as well as the XFast USB technology.

The lack of NF200 is a GOOD thing with Sandy Bridge.


Here's the problem right now with Sandy Bridge CPU, it has limited PCIe lane bandwidth period. The NF200 gives you more lanes to the NF200 chip, but from there to the CPU, you are using the same limited bandwidth as the rest of us. So you get ZERO performance increase. Actually, you get a decrease in performance from the increased latency and processing the NF200 has to do to pass info to the CPU from the GPUs. On top of that, it adds more heat into the case.

Trust me, you do not want an NF200 chip at all on any Sandy Bridge motherboard. I'll take x8/x8 for PCIe lanes for my GPUs any day of the week over using an NF200 chip that ends up having to use those same lanes eventually.



For an analogy, think of it in terms of an actual highway. SB supports only 8 lanes in either direction, so at most is you can have 8 cars driving abreast of each other in both directions. Usually though, you get 7 or less cars driving abreast, so even if you had the capability for 16 cars to drive abreast, it is not needed.

All the NF200 chip does to this highway is insert 16 lanes where the cars get on and off at the GPU, but then forces those cars to go through a merging junction process to be squeezed down to 8 lanes before arriving at the CPU. That's overhead that is not needed.

 

[S3pi82]

Hey!
I got my Asrock Fatal1ty board last week and ihave tried to do some overclocking with not so good success.
Can enybody tell me where to set Turbo core multiplier except the auto OC "load optimized cpu oc settings".
And with all settings as default in oc tweaker. CPU-z show idle multiplier 16 and 100% load 35? I tought with 2600K it should be 34 and with turbo 38??? And yes the turbo is enabled in the uefi. But how can i get base multiplier to 34 and with turbo 44-46?? Or is this impossible with this board? Or is the only way to go using "load optimized cpu oc settings" like 4.4Ghz and base multiplier at 16??

 

[alan1476]

Did that work? Using a base multi of 16 and using the Optimized settings at 4.4? I cant get this board stable with any settings.l

 

[schmuckley]

hmm..i have an asrock z68 pro3-M (da matx version)
umm..i don't think it's that good..the other one i had killed my GOOD 2500k
(5.3 max) this board is solid..but umm..not up to heavy-dooty ocing ..oh yah..da other board also took out my tt 850 psu...an m4a89 gtd pro (when i went to revert to old stuff)..and possibly a phenom 2 x4 965..but umm..it's OK if you don't wanna go over 4.5 ghz..i know the settings ..the board just will NOT reliably support da 5ghz ocs..will the fatality gimmick? or extreme4?

 

[schmuckley]

http://www.overclock.net/intel-general/910467-ultimate-sandy-bridge-oc-guide-p67a.html