ASRock shows off their newest E-ATX motherboard, the Z77 Extreme11. Based on Intel Z77 Express Chipset, the board supports for Intel LGA1155 processors and features four DDR3 DIMM memory slots (up to 32GB RAM), three PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slot, three PCI-Express 2.0 x1 slots and one mini PCI-Express x1 slot. Connectivity-wise, it has two SATA3.0, eight SAS2/SATA3.0, four SATA2.0, twelve USB 3.0 and two Gigabit Ethernet.
- 8 SAS2/SATA3 from LSI™ SAS 2308 PCIe 3.0 x8 Controller
- 3-Way SLI & 4-Way CrossFireX supported by PLX 8747 bridge
- Premium Gold Caps, Digi Power Design, 8 + 4 Power Phase Design, Dual-Stack MOSFET
- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 3000+(OC)
- 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots, 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 Slot, 1 x mini-PCI Express slot
- Intel® PCIE Dual Gigabit LAN with Teaming Function
- 12 USB 3.0 (4 Front, 8 Rear) + 10 SATA3 (includes 8 SAS2/SATA3)
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio™
- Supports ASRock XFast 555, Fast Boot, Restart to UEFI, Dehumidifier, OMG, Interactive UEFI
- Supports Intel® Smart Connect, Intel® Rapid Start, Lucid Virtu Universal MVP
- Free Bundle : 1 x WiFi + BT Module, 1 x ASRock Wi-SB BOX, MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite, Google Chrome and Toolbar
PLX PEX 8747 is a PCIe Gen3 bridge chip. It offers solid PCIe 3.0 lanes for PCIe devices and is optimized to support high performance graphics. With this bridge onboard, this motherboard is able to work with three VGA cards (3-Way SLI/CrossFireX) at PCI-E Gen3 x8 / x8 / x8 mode or four VGA cards (4-Way CrossFireX) at PCI-E Gen3 x8 / x8/ x8 / x4 mode.
Pricing info is still unknown at the moment.
