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Today we are looking at the ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion – hot on the heels of our analysis of the X79 Extreme11. The Fatal1ty X79 Champion seems to be somewhat of a bargain when compared to the £500 X79 Extreme11 … as it only costs £330. This puts it up against Asus top-of-the range Rampage IV Extreme motherboard which is also designed with serious overclockers in mind.
We are going to test the motherboard with an Intel Core i7-3930K processor both at stock settings and when overclocked.
Features
- Premium Gold Caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
- Digi Power Design, 12 + 2 Power Phase Design
- Supports Quad Channel DDR3 2500+(OC)
- Supports Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)
- 5 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots, supports AMD 4-Way CrossFireX™, NVIDIA® 4-Way SLI™
- Creative Sound Core3D 7.1 CH HD Audio, Supports Premium Headset Amplifier (PHA)
- Broadcom PCIE Dual LAN with Teaming Function
- 12 x USB 3.0 (4 Front, 8 Back), 6 x SATA3, 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0), 1 x Post Status Checker (PSC)
- Supports Fatal1ty XFast RAM, XFast LAN, XFast USB, OMG, Internet Flash, HyperDuo Plus
- Free Bundle : 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel, 1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket, CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, MAGIX Multimedia Suite
ALso I think their bioses are getting better. those preoverclocked settings are genius and a huge lifesaver for less experienced users.
great design, still very expensive, but they seem to be targeting ASUS with these boards IMO. getting a good rep now.
where’s the 2nd 8-pin power connector? typo?
Hi Sean, Thanks for pointing that out i’ve amended the review accordingly.
Cheers 🙂