ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $106
 

Seems pretty good price $239.98 +tax for the 3570k MOBO combo or $169.98+tax for the i3-3225 combo

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Thanks for the in store only part....ugh

Thanks for saying MICRO CENTER in the title. This deal applies to hardly any of us.

The mobo can be shipped

TU.....Wish I hadn't done an AMD build on the cheap when I built my desktop.

For another $5.99. Correct

me, waiting for Haswell.

:mad: Why can't amazon have these prices ? :mad:

Good price on the motherboard though, even with shipping.

which makes it worth it for people like me, got one earlier today shipped to me.

amazing deal. I have this Mobo and paid like $110 for it last year, the combo price is definitely worth it.

Can this be used for Hackintosh?

I have a Extreme4 and i5-3570k, i wanted the extreme6 there wasn't much deals last year for it. i think this is the lowest i've ever seen it. My Asrock board has yet to let me down.

fantastic deal, $30 less than the extreme 4 + 3570k deal. my extreme 4 is all i'll need for the next 4-5 years. a capable quad core which can be delidded for better OC's, and pci-e 3.0 thanks to ivy bridge gives me headroom for gpu upgrades which matters way more than the type of processor you have these days. i should be capable of running most next generation games comfortably!

ASRock Extreme6 + 3570K for $240 + tax
or
Gigabyte ud5h + 3570K for $320 + tax

What would you guys go with?

Hmm, this would have been ideal if someone got the i5-3570K last month plus an ITX mobo. This month, get the i3-3225 + this mobo and then use the i5 with this one for your main computer...and you also have an i3+ITX combo ready for an HTPC/SFF =)

For those of you looking for a for a great deal on a low-end build, i recommend the below combo:

$120 - AMD FX 6300 "Vishera" Black Edition 3.5GHz Six-Core (latest Piledriver cpu)
make $5 ($55 - $50 combo discount - $10 rebate)- Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Socket AM3+ 760G mATX AMD Mobo

$120 +5 + tax - $10 rebate
= TOTAL COST of $125

$125 @microcenter vs $190 @elsewhere (i.e. newegg).

there's a $80 price difference, Use the $80 to buy other parts

Geez, I bought the extreme 4 for $40 more less than a month ago. Not sure it's worth ripping apart for the $40 and minor upgrade.

Dang, I just bought the Extreme 4 for about that amount from their sale last month - I would go and swap it out, but I have already put it all together (and am typing this using it). Double Dang.

anybody able to combine this with an additional $20 off when purchased with an SSD?

Whatever you do don't update via LAN. Mine bricked and I had to get a replacement bios chip. Pain in the cajones.

Other than that great board, made by asus and very stable.

I literally have every part already just sitting there, just needed a mobo+cpu because I returned both when I was having an issue with the mobo and I didnt want to miss out on the cpu+mobo combo deal when I bought a new one. I guess I could put that towards a SSD or sound card..

I have been fawning over the UD5H since I returned my board, but it has been OOS at my microcenter for the longest time now.

In fact just last night I was fed up with waiting and decided that after work today I will drive to microcenter and pick up a new Extreme6 or UD3H. Now the Extreme6 is $99 before discount and my store has 1 stock of UD5H.

Just reserved the UD5H for in-store pickup, now I'm going to be debating all day which one to get. Nice knowing you productivity... at least it's a Friday.

I think a lot of us are in the same scenarios :lmao:. Let me guess...BF's combo deal rite?

If only I could find someone to ship me one of these ...

wow sucks, i already update mines to the lastest bios using a wifi adapter from the bios screen. Mines still works great so idk

I was in the same boat and unless you are absolutely going to use the extra features of the UD5H get the Asrock. Other than the LAN upgrade thing (might have been my Internet connection, who knows) mine has been super stable and a great piece of engineering.

dammit i just bought this with a 3570k. i dont even need it! ARGH!

Yes, this mobo will work for hackintosh. Check out this link for more info.....

http://www.tonymacx86.com/desktop...-work.html

Mods...sorry if the above link is a violation for Slickdeal rules. If so, kindly delete. Thanks.

I keep hearing that the Extreme6 is pretty poor compared to the Extreme4, which is a pretty fantastic budget board. At these prices though, if you are near a Microcenter it would be worth checking out.

I haven't used Asrock anything myself, but that is the talk on /g/, so take what you will from that.

Which board did you end up getting may I ask?

Why don't they ship the CPU? This is a killer deal.

:confused: I updated mine right out of the box via the BIOS and a wired connection. No issues.

Cool. I wish I had not finished my build already. :)

.

yes but where i can see any link , and i check microcenter online i only see amd combos

edit mobo only

MC has amazing prices, but I just dont know why they dont want to ship these CPUs. Commute or driving to MC just kills the deal, either one adds at least $25 and time wasted. I wish Amazon could PM these prices

This is a great deal! This is the price I paid for my Extreme4 during Black Friday!

There is no microcenter around me, so I'm planning to just buy the motherboard.

Can anybody tell me if that motherboard is a good price? Also, I was contemplating between the extreme4 or the extreme6. I'm assuming extreme6 is better?

Damn already OOS at Twin Cities store! :(

Great, I was working on selling all my computer parts and then this deal comes along. Guess I'll keep my 2500k for the extreme6 and upgrade my celeron g530 in my htpc with the i3 3225 i'll get with the deal.

it's kind of like when i see a fry's deal that are B&M only (im in nyc) and i hate it, because they dont exist in the northeast at all.

The Extreme 4 and 6 is closely related, the 6 has few extra and it on a full board, the 4 is a slightly smaller board but they are pretty much the same.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/608...bites-back

you think this will get much cheaper when haswell comes out? this looks like a pretty sick deal.

would you say getting this at 99 is a good price then? The whole time, I had my eyes set on the extreme4 but it's never really on sale. Now I see this, and according to the link, they are roughly the same

Honestly, at $99 this beats any motherboard you can get from any seller for this price. @ $49 its a steal

I'm in the same boat. I was keeping an eye on the extreme4. I doubt that'll ever get down to this price though. Unless the has some kind of manufacturing defect or something like that, you'll probably not regret getting it.

A question for the community here. I bought the i5-3570k + Asrock Extreme4 combo last month at Microcenter. They're both still in the box on my table at home, as I was going to put them together this weekend. Is it worth it to return the Extreme4 for the Extreme6? The price would be the same since the processor is now $20 more than last month, and the Extreme6 is $20 less than I paid for the Extreme4.

Basically, should I drive the 30 minutes it takes to go to Microcenter to swap out the Extreme 4 for the Extreme6? What are the key differences in the two boards?

Edit:

Looks like the link someone posted answered my question. It's not worth the trip to swap out.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/608...tes-back/8

http://www.overclock.net/t/133381...me6-review

Much better parts used in the extreme6 versus extreme4. They are not pretty much the same board.

hashbrown, you mean?

Thanks, i was looking for this one

Great price. I used this board on a 2 7 0 0 k build in November. Very pleased, and it comes with a usb 3 front panel -- worth $10+ if you need it.

Asrock now makes the most reliable boards. All the other manufacturers are falling behind, riding on their former glory.

nice deal, 10 days ago,got i3-3225/ASROCK mITX board. No need for this. Looks like Fry's is catching up with the combo deals of late. :-)

They really are very similar.

All I had heard was that they Extreme6 is substantially more prone to failure than the Extreme4, and is generally not a very large improvement. I wish I had paid better attention to the issues the other posters had, but I was looking at a different board at the time and paid it no mind, sorry.

I guess even with shipping and paypal fees this is still a better deal? Looks to be $370 shipped from Newegg for the the Z77 E6 and i5-3470.

$240 + tax from MC, another ~$7-12 for shipping, + $10 for personal "profit" and another $9 for Paypal fees, probably looking at around $280-285.

great price on this, I got my extreme 4 and i5 3570k and its just as reliable as the gigabyte UD3p and q9650 that it replaced. Uses less power and OC's great

My thoughts exactly! I added the i3 3225 + Extreme6 + Samsung 540 Pro 128GB to the cart, but I do not see the $20 off of the SSD.

BYW, the Extreme6 has the Intel Gigabit NIC vs. the Realtek NIC in the Extreme4.

Getting ready for a build now. Is the i5 3570K worth the extra as opposed to the i5 2500K. I can sell the i5 2500k and make about 50.00 and get this combo. I picked up the i5 2500k at MC when they had them for 100.00. Was really looking for a MB until I saw this this morning in my email. So basically each combo would cost me about 200.00 with either processor and MB. Thanks.

I thought I saw someone say this could be shippind. They are out of stock at my location, but if I pick a different store where its in stock the only option is 'in-store' only :(

The very last store option is web only try that.

Thanks but when you try to check out it makes you select a specific store. I think the Extreme6 specifically is the problem, bummed this combo for under $250 has been on my list for a few months.

The processors from mircocenter cannot be shipped, there pick up only, i posted the AD in my first post

I have this same setup - gigabyte UD3p and q9650

I am considering upgrading but really find no point but im having some issues getting a fully stable overclock. Its at 3.8ghz and im booting fine but once in a blue moon for no reason chrome or the line will 'error' out. Can you share your settings with me?

So 3770k wouldn't give the $50 discount? :(

I'll pm you some settings I got mine up to 4.4 for a couple benches on air. I know the MCH ref is a needed but touchy setting.

here is a good link with settings that mostly worked for me
http://www.xtremesystems.org/foru...ost3580641


The reason I upgrades is I sold the setup separate on ebay and it paid for the new system which uses less power and OC's higher. i really liked the gigabyte setup but when I look at used prices of the stuff on ebay it was a no brainer to upgrade for free.

Incorrect. The Extreme6 is using a Broadcom BCM57781. All of ASRock's Extreme series boards, with the exception of the Extreme 11, use the Broadcom chipset. The Extreme 11 has dual Intel's.

For anyone that has purchased a motherboard from Microcenter online, did you have any problems with the board and have to do an RMA to them, and then how did that process turn out? I don't have a MC near me so any returns would have to be shipped.

Same price as back during/after black Friday. Snagged this setup and a case from Microcenter and the rest from Newegg for a very economical awesome gaming build (GT670 video card in case anyone cares). Very easy bios to navigate and there are some GREAT youtube videos with how to's if you, like me, haven't built a system for a couple generations of CPU/MOBO and all the new lingo.

HTH

EDIT: might have made a typo, as I can't remember if I have the 4 or 6 mobo. They all sound the same!

They don't want to ship the CPUs, because they sell them as loss-leaders. They know that many people start their build with the CPU they want and will come into the store for the great prices and great CPU-Motherboard combos. Once in the store, they're likely to buy higher-margin items as they complete their build, interact with the store's staff, and see other products they might need/want/impulse buy. That's why MC is able to undercut prices even on online retailers that don't have the same overhead.

I'd assume that PC builders shop online at a significantly higher rate than the general public. When comparing online shopping (where the customer might not even need to pay sales taxes on a couple of clicks) to B&M shopping, Microcenter needs to overcome a lot more inertia to get people purchasing what are otherwise the same products. You see people in every Microcenter thread debating whether or not it's worth the time and driving distance to buy a CPU, motherboard, or combo. Further, the commitment of making the commute to Microcenter often leads people to make more purchases- or at least consider more purchases. Their investment of the time and cost of driving to the store- as well as seeing, touching, and interacting with products- makes it much easier for them to commit to buying other products.

True, they are thinking for themselves, but SDers dont really care lol As you saw, during BB fiasco, most SDers did not care if BB runs into ground
So in order not to play by MC's rules, I pm stuff at BestBuy lol
But I don't think you can get this MB at BB, but can PM MC's price for CPU
I did today and posted here on SD

Not quite sure how you selling your old system equated to your new one being free unless you somehow got rid of the CPU for a ridiculous price. I just dont feel like formatting and my system with my gtx 470 seems to run everything fine I just want to get it a little more stable. Thanks for the help (repped)

Will HD4000 graphics on the i3 support bluray 3D playback in an HTPC?

Thanks! I literally ordered a Extreme4 and 3570K off newegg a few hours back. Came out to be $370 shipped with them. With microcenter. Its 252 after tax :D I might get hit with restocking fees with newegg but still save some $$$

Good price, I've had no problems with my Extreme4 from Black Friday. This seems like a helluva deal.

Might not be the best time to buy though with new CPU's rumored to be released soon.

BF deal was for the 4.

eh, new processor will be more money. new processor will be a different socket, requiring new motherboards. all of this means new stuff, at a new premium price.

best time for people looking to save some money, much like buying a car a model year earlier when the new ones come out... clearing stock on processors and mobos.


too bad the processor wasn't down to 169.99$ like it has been though. still jumped on it, was annoyed i missed the BF deal... but this is better, i'm happy :) i can certainly make use of the extras.

TD. OP please change the title, it's missleading:

ASrock Extreme6 Z77 1155 $99 or $49 with PURCHASE OF A i5-3570k - Microcenter

I thought it was a mobo+cpu combo for $99 which would've been smoking hot.

TD I could not put an order through online :(

Wow to the both of you....:lmao:

yes, hd 2000 will support 3d bluray on the other sandy i3's, and so will this

Try to cancel the order from Newegg? Worth a call if the system won't let you. Sometimes no refund on their stuff...

sold the q9650 for $265 on ebay(cheapest on there now is $230) and the ud3p for $150, then got the z77 extreme 4 and 3570k for $280 OTD at microcenter. Sold the 4GB DDR2 ram for $40 and got 8GB DDR3 samsung for $30

anyway the like I said the MCH Ref is a big setting for stability at least for mine

Cool. Hope it works as well as my GT430

I have the Extreme6 with an i7 3770k, AMAZING board!

I hate micorcenter. Why you don't build a store nearby !!! :!

combo ship
 

Will they ship the combo or just asrock mob?

Microcenter does not ship CPUs. They will ship the mobo though, but you can't get the bundle discount then.

Oos in westbury ny..

westbury is closest to me, but i see yonkers/weschester has 10+ in stock on MOBO.

TU OP! May want to buy a set for a speculative build. We all got friends, right?

Had to go through echat from them to cancel. Go figure the two items out of the entire order is nonrefundable is the ones I was planning on returning. :lmao:

SERIOUSLY?!? TD the poster, because you weren't aware of MC policies?! Really?!

C'mon folks, stop dis'in the OP (who clearly stated where you could get the deal, or not, if you knew). Some of us do like MC. I'm lucky that way. You CANNOT beat their prices on target CPU's, but yes, you gotta live by one. So no, if I lived in BF Kentucky, I would not TD the OP for a great deal.

Repped kidwebs!

Very interested in this w/ the ASUS motherboard for $5 more.

Would you guys recommend this or the i3 3225 + MSI motherboard for $125?

Will I be able to to overclock this combo to 4.4 with a hyper 212 evo??

i have a microcenter circular from last week, not sure if the price is still the same.. but they were offering the the 128 GB samsung 840 for $78.00, plus $20 off if bundled.. so $58.99 for the samsung 840 128GB. sounds like a hot deal to me.. anyone confirm/deny if it's still available?

I need to replace my Gigabyte 780G + AMD 4250e HTPC.

Thoughts on the:
ASRock Z77 Pro4-M LGA 1155 mirco ATX + i3 3225 for $180 out the door
or
ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 ATX + i3 3225 for $191 out the door

If I went full ATX I would need a new case. Needs to be narrower then 17 inches. Ideas?
I currently have the Antec NSK2480 case. Its very nice, however I wish it was just a tad narrower. (About 1 inch or more do to my entertainment center + air flow)

Decisions, decisions...

Extreme4.

How great of a deal is this after taxes? After all, this isn't newegg or amazon. We have pay to taxes in-store. I got in on the i5-2500k deal for $100 a few months ago from Microcenter. I have had my deal alerts set for "1155" and this is the first deal I have seen that is even worth looking at. Would be nice to fine an 1155 ATX board for around $80-$90 but that seems to be very rare.

That one is too far for me

bought an extreme4 board, both PCI-E 16 slots didn't work, buyers beware

This is an excellent board for those of us that want to overclock to ridiculous amounts on a budget (aka sub-$200 budget). My Core i5 3570k is currently at 4.6 Ghz and it's extremely stable. I've pushed it to 4.7 Ghz with OCCT 30 min test passing, but I found the increase in temperature to not be worth the extra 100 Mhz.

One thing that i had a problem with on this board, at least with my UEFI revision was that my HD 7870 would not post until I switched the PCI-e mode to legacy. After the UEFI update (I highly recommend getting the latest UEFI firmware as there are huge improvements in UI, and many other things), this board has been absolutely amazing. Compare this to the $250 680i SLI I bought back in the day and the feature set is ridiculous.

I been looking at this. Or you can pair with an Extreme 4 past few weeks for $85 something.

Extreme 4 and 6 are just a few things. I forgot.

They will not let you pair it with a i7 chip. Otherwise I would be more than 50% sure of buying it now.

It seems like MC frequently has MB-CPU combo sales. I'd like to wait for an i7 3770K + MB deal - what do you think the chances are that it will happen in the near future?

I bought the extreme6 with 3750k for 252 after tax. newegg.com has their 3570k listed at $230 and and same mobo for 140. I think its a great deal for those with a microcenter

Refuse the Newegg shipment.

I got to cancel the entire order through echat. :) Just reordered the other things I needed. Saved over $100 thx to this thread :)

Great board, but full ATX motherboards are useless unless you're running 3 video cards and need tons of expansion slots. Can't wait until the day this form factor dies. 99%+ of people could get away with a Micro-ATX board and many even Mini-ITX. Mainstream small form factor computing can't get here soon enough. :P

Tempting but really no reason to upgrade from my current AsRock p67 motherboard.

Won't happen with an i7. They have no reason to. The i7 is already a hundred bucks cheaper than newegg and other places.. The i5-3570k was $169.99 for a while at MC, but back to $189.99, basically instead of making the i5-3570k $100 cheaper, they make it $40~50 cheaper than newegg and pass it off as a motherboard deal.

Just take it like this, imagine the i7-3770k was $279.99 instead, but you get $50 off a motherboard, same price.

It's all strategic marketing.

"Buy a processor that's already cheaper than newegg, PLUS GET $50 off of a motherboard!"
vs.
"Buy a processor that's cheaper that newegg."

If they did it for the i7, the cost of the i7 alone would be higher.

edit: I think I just typed the same thing over and over, just rephrased.

im tempted to jump on this deal, but i might just wait until later in the year (BF) for a haswell config.

Wow, was checking this out and my local Microcenter had 5 in stock. 5 minutes later, they were all gone! That was fast!

Here is the performance comparison. http://www.anandtech.com/show/639...0-tested/2

FX-6300 is equal or better than i3 3225 on most benchmarks, so no question about it. The only reason you would get i3 3225 is if you want lower power consumption + want to stay with Intel's architecture for future upgrades to 3570K or 3770K. In this case, you would want the Asrock Extreme6 for extra money because you would want to overclock in the future.

Yeah gonna need whole new socket.

those looking to build a hackintosh, the asrock board can have problems with sleep.

customac budget atx build has the the GA-Z77-DS3H LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard which is $85 AR and only $35 if purchased with CPU

links:
http://www.microcenter.com/produc...otherboard
http://www.tonymacx86.com/325-bui...budget_atx

This is the lowest I've seen for this board. Ordered one. Thanks OP.

Thanks OP, thanks SD, sorry wallet.

Shows OOS at Tustin already... :(

HA! never. Think of it this way, the I7 is the flagship for the consumer line and Intel knows this. That's why there will never be a bundle with the 3770k and a motherboard unless microcenter is in financial trouble. It's sort of going for a deluxe coupe model car with leather seats and high quality speaker system vs the stock coupe with no premium features.

says the owner of a 3770k + asrock extreme 4

Anyone know the USB 3.0 chip maker on this board? Sure I can go look but maybe someone already knows. I'll check back in a few :D

Great price, I have a MSI Z77a GD65, pretty similar to this board. I hate the pci layout though. I wish they had the first slot as the x16 so that multi gpu setups could have better spacing between them. Not sure they did this so that the gfx card wouldn't be too close to the CPU socket though.

speak for yourself... i need slots. gfx+ BM Intensity + sound + _____

I bought the Power Supply on FP today thinking I will build a new computer over time. Just bought the MB + i5combo here, should have known the SD effect...

Should be fine since Corsair/80+ Bronze but if you plan for an additional video card & overclock (or want a bigger safety net), I would look into something >430W. Cheers on your new rig!

No. Asus is not ASRock.

"ASRock Inc. is a manufacturer of motherboards, industrial PCs and home theater PCs (HTPC) based in Taiwan led by Ted Hsu. It was founded in 2002 and is currently owned by Pegatron Corporation"

The confusion comes from Pegatron having originally been a subsidiary of Asustek.

Should I sell i7 920 + dell MB for $160 to upgrade this combo?

nice try sorry but he was right, if you continued on the wiki search, u would see pegatron is asus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pega...orporation

Pegatron got sold off in 2010. You are not buying an ASUS quality board when you buy ASRock. Just sayin. Pegatron is not Asus.

Thanks for this input - I bought the PSU today also. If I'm not overclocking anything do you think this PSU will be more than fine to run with a vid card and ~3 hard drives attached?

extreme6

"Asustek Computer plans to decrease ODM production of motherboards by Pegatron beginning mid-2012 and completely end their ODM relationship by the end of the third quarter of 2012, according to component makers." What once was branded Asus is no more. Pegatron doesn't manufacture Asus mobos

Thanks fellow sder!! +1

I was looking to get the combo, but mb says 0 in stock... dead?

your local store is oos, try another close store

You'll be more than fine and can still overclock. I'd avoid the calculators that advise >500W for everything, I assume most stock builds should be well under 300W at load. I would only be concerned at the power needs of more than one video card.

Tom's Hardware from June 2012 [tomshardware.com] ran a i7-3770K and GTX 680 that hit 335W at the very unlikely full CPU+GPU load.

Man, I have the CPU and the MB under reservation... still debating whether to pick this up or not. Wasn't even planning for an upgrade.

Micro-ATX still gives you plenty of slots. ATX just offers far too many. Do you need 3x graphics cards and several spare PCI-Express ports?

Assuming "BM Intensity" requires a single PCI-Express slot, Micro-ATX is enough.

+ _____ because there isn't anything you could possibly need!

Mini-ITX would be pushing it, but believe just about everyone can get by with Micro-ATX quite well. Most computer users could even get by with Mini-ITX.

EDIT: The only advantage of going with a full ATX board is they are still cheaper than Micro-ATX/Mini-ITX.

Did anyone submit to amazon for PM?

i had asrock for the 1st time... very bad company and lack of update drivers

:confused:
http://www.asrock.com/support/dow...p?cat=BIOS

For me, I liked having the extra "space." Otherwise, people using bigger GPU's that take up 2 expansion slots may have a hard time accessing a PCI slot for a network card or another for sound card.

I would have to strongly disagree with that statement. They are essentially the same board, with the Extreme6 simply having a few extra features. All of the basic features are the same, but the Extreme6 also features:

- Integrated DisplayPort with max. resolution up to 2560x1600
- 1 extra PCI Express x1 slot & 1 x mini-PCI Express slot
- Z68 Extreme4 style MOSFET heatsinks
- Front panel USB3 header

The only other functional difference between two is the USB controller, where the Extreme6 uses an Etron EJ168A controller instead of the Asmedia ASM1042 on the Extreme4.

Lot's of DOA on this board if you look at NewEgg reviews.

Just got cancellation e-mail.

all board have DOAs

I guess I was in for one...cancellation. I too just got the email. Waited too long to pull the trigger on this one.

Of course they do, but the percentage of DOAs on this board based on the frequency and the dates of the reviews shows that there were issues with batches of these.

Does anyone think the 3570k combo is good enough of a deal to jump on now, when I won't be finishing my build for another 2~ months? Or should I just wait? Microcenter drive will cost me about $30 in gas round trip too (although it would give me a chance to go out in a big city!).

Actually, if you read Anandtech's professional write up, this Extreme 6 is not much to write home about and they actually are very similar to the Extreme 4.

And I quote:

"Simply put, some motherboards are a joy to work with. Every corner you turn they give you a little bit more. Even if the differences to other motherboards are minor, often a little spark improves your experience. ASRock ideas such as Internet Flash and OMG are good, but their implementation needs to be refined. ASRock are on the road to becoming one of the top tier manufacturers and joining the ranks of ASUS and Gigabyte, but the Z77 Extreme6 is not it. It gives you a nice overclock that removes the performance issues at stock speeds, but I cannot find much to get excited about."



They are very similar, Extreme 6 does have some larger heatsinks though...big deal!

Most people will tell you the 2500K overclocks better than the 3570K and it is true.

I have the ASRock Extreme 4 and I am very happy with it..but in reality, the Extreme 6 is not that much better!

So consider yourself lucky!

Soar

Just got my cancellation email too.

I ordered at 8:51am pacific ... got a shipping confirmation at 12:44pm. Not sure why all the debate as to whether this is a good board or not. There is nothing like this for $105.98. Sure there are better boards out there, but this deal is outstanding, and a lot of those better boards have people complaining about failures as well.

why cancellations?!!

DEAD, out of stock.

because they likely make little to nothing on the cpu's at that price . they charge so little in the hope that you will come in and buy other components. if they shipped it that would defeat the purpose.

Yep, it's a loss leader for them.

It's a working business model too since I typically see guy's carrying out video cards, cases, etc when they purchase this combo.

looks dead for shipping for sure

I always take that with a grain of salt if it's accompanied by a lot of excellent reviews, which this one is. A lot of times the "DOA" boards can be due to incompatible hardware (often times memory) or user error. I have been building PC's for 12 years and never, ever, once had a DOA board - even with ones where a lot of people said their board arrived DOA.

$15 less than the Extreme4 from BF for combo deals. I'm not sure if this Extreme6 has better quality control but some Extreme4 boards I checked has capacitors that weren't soldered on straight. These "gold cap" are also smaller and thinner than those on Asus and Gigabyte boards I see in $100 range.

Reviews show they have about same performance with the 6 is slightly bigger and with improved heatsink.

I believe more in Sinn's review than most others. He actually removes heatsinks and tells you what parts are underneath

ahhah don't you just love the SD effect?? the promo was supposed to run until Sunday; but it has already sold out in most of the store. lovely

I bought mine from Newegg back in April 2012, and it has been flawless and worked since the initial boot. To each his/her/its own.

newegg reviews...hmmm...like the dude who said he had a high tech level, but complained the motherboard did not come with screws and standoffs....

Are the SATA ports Intel based or something else (Marvell perhaps?)?

Thanks for the link, was very helpful. Just picked up the combo from MC. :woot:

Got mine when they had the $25 off coupon, CPU was $169.99 and MB was $134.99 with $40 off combo. About the same price with the $25 off coupon though.

Noticed this earlier this morning. Been waiting for the extreme4 or extreme6 to hit a nice price again with the i5 3570k at MC. Picked up the combo after work. Now all I need is a video card to put my build together.

intel and asmedia from what i see
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z7...ifications

Two sata 3 and four sata 2's are intel and the other sata ports are asmedia.

Haters gonna hate :cool:

Have both boards - awesome - easy OCing too. Great deal!

Ugh. MC is killing me. I guess I'll just have to make a trip out to LA from Phoenix sometime. Maybe take the wife to Disneyland and swing by MC before we leave. You just can't beat $240 for that Extreme6 + 3570k combo. And thats really the price point I'm looking forward to. Just frustrating because I have every piece required to build my first PC, minus the CPU, motherboard & case. Everything else I have sitting around, collecting dust, waiting to be installed. One day, I hope it'll all come together.

Closest Micro center is a couple hours away. It looks like I'll have to wait till summer when these LGA1155 boards finally hit the bargain bin. Include me in the hater's club for Micro center deals that most readers can't duplicate. :censored:

Your first PC - (CPU + motherboard + case) = nihil
;)

They seem to have sold out in my area - any chance that this will come back in stock this weekend?

Doubt it. This kind of pricing usually means clearance price.

oos everywhereeee =/

4 in Baltimore

The 840 has pretty mundane/mediocre performance. The 840 Pro rocks. So if the price is for the 840Pro then its a deal.

Over 10+ in stock, in houston.

Any left in Overland Park?

i got this along (Z77 with a 3750k) with a samsung 840 250GB SSD for $150 (20 dollar off with a CPU-mobo combo deal but I had to have a manager override for this to take effect, apparently their system doesnt recognize two bundle deals at the same time

Tell them to send some of those to the metroplex!

Changed to In Store ONLY part now. UUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

The bundle discount makes the mobo $49.99

We had none yesterday, and we don't share well with yall.

And it's gone. :lol:

has anyone tried to return the micro after buying a MB and uProcessor? Does the $50 come of the price of the uP?

Joined the site just to rep this deal (will rep more). Repped.

I had a hunch that the 4 listed at the Towson MC that turned into not longer available was an attempt to keep people from rushing the store. A nice older guy had the same hunch and we were the first two in the store and got 2 of the 4 extreme66 boards. He got an i3 and I got an i5. I also picked up the crucial 16GB ballistix memory bundle too for $65. With some CD-Rs and a cheapo 120mm fan (plus tax) I was out the door at $337. Sounds pretty decent to me. They still had 2 when I left the store 30 minutes later.

This will go well with my slickdealed corsair 500r and 750W PSU. Just need to wait for a good deal on a graphics card and heatsink.

There were 3 or 4 Extreme6's and plenty of i5's left at Overland Park, was just there less than 2 hours ago.

My store (madison heights,Mi) said none available online (asrock6ext). They had 8 left in stock. Good deal. thanks

Thanks. Hopefully I can get there tomorrow.

Any1 know if the mayfield rd. store has any?

Thx

Just got this (i5-3570k + this mobo) combo @ MC Cambridge, MA along with the Phantom 410 ($85-$20 rebate). There's still a lot of stock left.

I was originally looking at the Asus P8-Z77-V for $135 with the i5 combo, but the sales rep came up to me and was like, "Oh, you should check out the ASRock Z77. Very similar except it doesn't have the built in WiFi, but it's only $50 with the combo." So I got it. I saw this deal on SD, but I didn't noticed it was the same deal until I checked SD again.

Anyone else have their order cancelled?

Thanks! Just picked up the 410. Rebate covers shipping for me, but still cheaper than anywhere else.

Will MC substitute anything good since this is OOS?

OOS in Chicago area stores as of today. Just checked.

Too bad since I have been looking for a deal for a few weeks now and would have gotten it. I tried to order for in-store pickup when the deal started on Friday but since I was out of the country at the time the microcenter system would not let the order go through...

Still looking for a great deal on a motherboard.