I saw that bad boy and started salivating like a famous Russian pooch. The thing that annoyed me (which is silly since I don't need a rear e-SATA port) was one x16 PCI-e slot is shared with the e-SATA ports. With so many SATA ports, would have killed Asrock to use a couple of them for the e-SATA ports instead of stealing from a PCI-e slot?
I didn't read all of the review (my eyes started crossing when they went a bit more technical than I'm able to understand) but I'm wondering how long it takes to boot this bad boy? I have an Asus board that I installed an LSI 9211-8 HBA card to pickup an additional 8 SATA III ports (yes, all eight are either in use or allocated for future use). When it boots, the UEFI starts to boot, then the HBA card breaks in and boots its own BIOS. After that, the Asus EUFI has to reboot, followed by the Marvel controller (it provides two additional SATA III ports). Then Win 7 boots (all that alone is good reason to run my rig 24/7). The bad boy uses LSI chips to get the extra ports so I can't help but wonder how much it will increase total boot time?
Samsung 128GB 840 Pro SSD (1),
Samsung 4TB 850 EVO SSDs (4)
Samsung 4TB 850 EVO SSDs (16) external backup drives used in 2.5" hot swap bays in the computer.
PSU
Corsair HX750w
Case
Antec Two Hundred v2 (modified)
Cooling
Cooler Master GeminII S524 120mm (fan replaced with a 140mm)
Windows 10 ProAMD Ryzen 5 2400G Processor with Radeon RX Ve...G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-P...2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (EVGA)
Seagate ST3160815AS(Vostro)/Western Digital Blue(Satellite)
External:
Western Digital My Passport 0748
Samsung HM121HC
Keyboard
Dell L100)(Vostro)/Dell KB2133p(XPS)
Mouse
Dell M-UAV-DEL8(XPS)
Internet Speed
100 Mbit/s(Only when IPTV is plugged out)
Antivirus
Avast, Malwarebytes PRO
Browser
Internet Explorer 11
Other Info
Note: Names with slashes between two different parts mean that the left is my old desktop and the right is my old laptop and the middle is my new desktop.(Unless specified)
Ping is horrible for servers overseas in US and Europe.
New laptop:LG Gram(Not available in US) Processor:Intel Core i3 4th Gen Ultra Low Power RAM:4GB Hard Drive:SK Hynix OEM MSATA or M.2 Graphics:Intel HD
I can litterarly see how one person looks at this board and does the :drool:
face. Then some freinds comes and looks at it and does the same face :drool:
Then some more people want to see whats going on and yeah :drool::drool::drool:
Then after some time hundreds of people stands circling one person showing the picture JUST IMAGINE!
:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool: :drool: :drool:
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 10 64BitIntel i7 6700K Cooled by Noctua NH-U14S16GB 2133MHZ DDR4 CorsairASUS Direct CUII OC GTX 660
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 10 64Bit
CPU
Intel i7 6700K Cooled by Noctua NH-U14S
Motherboard
ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming
Memory
16GB 2133MHZ DDR4 Corsair
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS Direct CUII OC GTX 660
Sound Card
Supreme FX (On-Board)
Monitor(s) Displays
1: 24" Asus 144hz 2: 21.5" Benq 3: 20" Hp 2009m
Screen Resolution
1:1920x1080 2:1920x1080 3:1600:900
Hard Drives
Primary/OS: Samsung 850 EVO SSD 250GB
Secondary/Main: Seagate 1TB SSHD 3.5"
Media/Backups: WD Green 2TB HDD 3.5"
PSU
Corsair RM 650W
Case
Fractal Design R4
Cooling
2 140mm Noctua NF-A14 ULN, Noctua NH-U14S Cpu cooler
Keyboard
Corsair K70 RGB
Mouse
ROCCAT Kone XTD
Internet Speed
100 Mbit/s Download 100MBit/s Upload
Antivirus
F-Secure SAFE
Browser
Chrome, Firefox
Other Info
I hope hanging up your harddrives in rubber-bands for noise reasons isn't too harmful for the drives :S, but eh, rather silence than lasting drives.. :|
