Review ASRock Z68 Pro3: Z68 yang Terjangkau

Tahun ini, Intel meluncurkan cukup banyak chipset baru untuk prosesor terbaru mereka yaitu Sandy Bridge. Sebelumnya, Intel sendiri telah meluncurkan beberapa seri chipset yaitu Intel P67, H67, dan H61. Pembagian kasta di chipset Intel di P67 dan H67 membuat pengguna Sandy Bridge tidak mendapat keleluasaan seperti di chipset generasi sebelumnya. Bagi pengguna yang ingin bisa meng-overclock prosesor K Seriesnya sekaligus menggunakan VGA onboard di motherboard yang sama, Intel meluncurkan chipset terbaru yang diberi nama Z68.

Jika Anda tertarik dengan motherboard yang menggunakan chipset Z68 namun masih terasa agak mahal untuk kantong Anda, ASRock dengan jajaran “Pro” Series kembali mereka memberikan solusi Z68 yang sangat terjangkau untuk berbagai kalangan pengguna PC. Seperti apakah motherboard seri terbaru ini? Simak artikel berikut.

Spesifikasi

CPU	– Supports 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package – Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology – Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPU – Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipset	– Intel® Z68
Memory	– Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology – 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots – Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory – Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB* – Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)*Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
BIOS	– 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support – Supports “Plug and Play” – ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events – Supports jumperfree – SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support – CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, PCH, CPU PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment
Graphic	– Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video, Intel® InTru™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® HD Graphics 2000/3000, Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) – Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 – Max. shared memory 1759MB – Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI – Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz – Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz – Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048×1536 @ 75Hz – Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) – Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports – Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI and HDMI ports*Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows® Vista™ and Windows® 7. **Intel® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows® 7 and Windows® 7 x64.
Audio	– 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec) – Premium Blu-ray audio support
LAN	– PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s – Realtek RTL8111E – Supports Wake-On-LAN – Supports LAN Cable Detection – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az – Supports PXE
Slots	– 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (blue @ x16 mode) – 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots – 2 x PCI slots
SATA3	– 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions
USB 3.0	– 2 x USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
Connector	– 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions – 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors – 1 x IR header – 1 x CIR header – 1 x COM port header – 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header – 1 x Power LED header – CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector – 24 pin ATX power connector – 8 pin 12V power connector – Front panel audio connector – 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)*Please noted that AHCI/RAID mode is not supported under Windows® XP/XP 64bit OS.
Rear Panel I/O	I/O Panel – 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port – 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port – 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port – 1 x HDMI Port – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port – 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports – 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) – HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Unique Feature	– ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) – ASRock Instant Boot – ASRock Instant Flash – ASRock APP Charger – ASRock SmartView – ASRock XFast USB – Lucid Virtu – Hybrid Booster: – CPU Frequency Stepless Control – ASRock U-COP – Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) – Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) – Good Night LED
Support CD	– Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite – OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB – Trial)
Aksesori	– Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield – 2 x SATA Data Cables (optional)
Hardware Monitor	– CPU Temperature Sensing – Chassis Temperature Sensing – CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer – CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature) – CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control – Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
Form Factor	– ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.3-in, 30.5 cm x 21.1 cm – All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
OS	– Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
Certifications	– FCC, CE, WHQL – ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)