ASRock's Masterful Creation: A Review of the Z270 Extreme4 Motherboard

As I began to unbox and explore this motherboard, it was clear that ASRock had spared no expense in its design and engineering. Two USB 2.0 ports, a display port, two LAN RJ45 ports, a 5 Gbit Lan Port, full-on 7.1 surround sound with Optical support, and PS2 mouse and keyboard support are just a few of the features that make this motherboard stand out from the crowd.

Full On Overkill: The Z270 Extreme4 Motherboard

The Z270 Extreme4 motherboard is an absolute beast when it comes to its feature set. With 14 phases of power delivery, ASRock has demonstrated its commitment to overclockability and stability. This level of redundancy ensures that even at extreme voltages, the board will remain stable and reliable. But what really sets this board apart is the inclusion of an external base clock generator, which provides a wider range of frequencies and more precise clock waveforms. This means that users can push their CPUs to the limit without worrying about the limitations of the motherboard.

The Power Delivery System: A Game-Changer

The 14-phase power delivery system is a testament to ASRock's dedication to providing top-notch overclocking capabilities. By using this system, the board is able to deliver a stable and consistent flow of power to the CPU, even at extreme voltages. This means that users can confidently push their CPUs to new heights without worrying about the potential for blue screens or other issues. And with the inclusion of an external base clock generator, users are given even more flexibility when it comes to overclocking.

Dr. Debug: A Useful Tool

One feature that really stood out to me was the Dr. debug button. This button allows users to quickly and easily diagnose any issues that may arise during overclocking. With a simple press of the button, users can access detailed information about their system's performance, including temperature readings and voltage levels. This is a game-changer for anyone looking to push their CPUs to new heights without worrying about the potential risks.

Overclocking Made Easy

The inclusion of Dr. debug makes overclocking a breeze. With this tool at their disposal, users can quickly and easily identify any issues that may arise during the overclocking process. And with the external base clock generator providing a wider range of frequencies, users are given even more flexibility when it comes to pushing their CPUs to new heights.

A Game-Changer in Overclocking

In terms of its potential for overclocking, this motherboard is likely one of the best that I've ever had the pleasure of working with. With 14 phases of power delivery and an external base clock generator, users are given even more flexibility when it comes to pushing their CPUs to new heights. And with Dr. debug making overclocking a breeze, users can confidently push their CPUs to extreme voltages without worrying about the potential risks.

A Must-Have for Overclocking Enthusiasts

If you're an overclocking enthusiast, this motherboard is a must-have. With its 14 phases of power delivery and external base clock generator, users are given even more flexibility when it comes to pushing their CPUs to new heights. And with Dr. debug making overclocking a breeze, users can confidently push their CPUs to extreme voltages without worrying about the potential risks.

A Conclusion

In conclusion, ASRock's Masterful Creation: A Review of the Z270 Extreme4 Motherboard is an absolute powerhouse when it comes to its feature set and performance capabilities. With 14 phases of power delivery, an external base clock generator, and Dr. debug making overclocking a breeze, this motherboard is likely one of the best that I've ever had the pleasure of working with. If you're an overclocking enthusiast, this motherboard is a must-have, but even if you're not, it's still worth considering due to its incredible feature set and performance capabilities.

Additional Notes:

* The motherboard supports four-way SLI and Crossfire without any issues.

* It also supports up to 3.733 MHz DDR4 RAM.

* The board includes two USB 3.0 ports and two USB 3.1 Type A ports, as well as two Thunderbolt 3 USB Type-C ports.

* It features a dedicated HDMI port and a PS2 mouse and keyboard support.

* The motherboard comes with a Wi-Fi card.

* ASRock included an external base clock generator to provide a wider range of frequencies and more precise clock waveforms.

* Dr. debug is a useful tool for users to quickly and easily diagnose any issues that may arise during overclocking.

* The board has a 14-phase power delivery system, which ensures stable and consistent power delivery to the CPU even at extreme voltages.

This article provides an in-depth review of the ASRock Z270 Extreme4 Motherboard, highlighting its impressive feature set and performance capabilities.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyou know a motherboard is fancy when it comes with one of these built-in carrying handles meet the ASRock z270 super carrier the name is a bit strange but I told ASRock that I would make a video dedicated just to this motherboard because it's beautiful and it comes packed with features that I think you'll be very interested to hear about look you know a company's confident in the looks of their board when they include a physical door on the box itself they let you look right into uh the box to see the motherboard check out that beautiful silver Sleek design aesthetically speaking it's one of the best looking motherboards on the market I don't even think that's Up For Debate there's a prominent number 27 over the chipset heat SN followed by the company logo just below the CPU socket the entire board also lights up with integrated LEDs and is compatible with aura from Asus you'll also find four fulllength steel reinforced PCI slots more on that in a second as well as a large heat pipe that spans the center of the board most motherboards do include a few extra items usually SATA cables maybe an SLI Bridge or something of that sort but it feels like there's much more in this box than just the board itself let's find out what else is in here this is one of the strangest SLI Bridges I've ever seen this is a four-way NVIDIA GTX SLI Bridge of course you got your back plate SATA cables more SATA cables two Wi-Fi and 10na another oops another SLI Bridge another SLI bridge and another SLI bridge but this one's flexible you'll also find the the usual paperwork a software installation guide user manual whatever this is oh it's a postcard they included a postcard in a motherboard box and then your driver installation CD so what I'm getting from this board is that pretty much anything you can think that should be packed into any z170 or z270 motherboard is on this board I mean there's everything from Dr debug to Dedicated reset and power switches you get a dedicated USB a physical USB type a port up top USB 3.0 type a uh your 24 pin your 8 Pin over here and then all your other goodies down below two dedicated USB 2.0 hubs HD audio uh plenty of SATA microa and also a separate six pin connection for additional power to be supplied to any extra graphics cards you may squeeze onto the board you'll also find two USB 3.0 hubs on the board not sure what case would take advantage of that but you have it if you need it on the left side of the board a large silver sheened rear IO panel span the entire length from top to bottom you'll find Purity sound 4 which is asrock's take on the real Tech driver so your dedicated sound chipset is underneath here kind of isolated from the rest of the system which is good to see uh it keeps the static out of your audio basically is what that does the larger part of the rear panel really serves no functional purpose that's how it is with most boards there's no uh built-in fan or anything like that there is a single LED housed here which is RGB capable so you can turn that to whatever color you want there's also a logo for gigabit Ethernet kind of wish they had taken that off or replace that with just like their ASRock logo so I don't like how they just kind of like pop a single feature of the board onto the rear panel being that you'll be seeing this in your case it's not the the coolest quality but as for rear IO ports I'm going to run down the list here two USB 2.0 ports a display port two Lan RJ45 ports a 5 gbit Lan Port that's pretty awesome uh fullon 7.1 surround sound with Optical support you'll find two USB 3.0 ports two USB 3.1 type A ports and then two Thunderbolt 3 USB type-c ports so uh Thunderbolt 3 capability built into this motherboard here you'll also find a dedicated HDMI port a seos reset switch and good old PS2 mouse and keyboard support So as you can probably tell by this point this motherboard makes no compromises whatsoever it even comes with a dedicated Wi-Fi card four-way SLI and Crossfire are both supported without a doubt on this board you're not going to have a problem running four of any card even though that would be a bit unrealistic nonetheless the board does support it as well as four ddr4 dims capable of up to 3733 MHz and up and that's something that ASRock was very confident about going into this but okay let's talk about for what this board was really intended it comes with a 14 phase power delivery system which in and of itself should speak volumes about asrock's intent with overclockability on this board 14 phases is a metric crap t some of the best overclocking motherboards I've ever owned come with a maximum of 12 granted you might not notice you know a very clear evident difference between 12 and 14 what it really means is that the power delivery to your CPU will be very very stable it's very very redundant which is a good thing a rock spared no expense in that department but on top of that I'm reading straight from the box here a rock's also included an external base clock generator which provides a wider range of frequencies and more precise clock waveforms so what this means is if you want to push your CPU to it's a limit let's say you have an i7 7700k and you want to reach 5 GHz you want to hit that 5 gig threshold you might not only have to tweak your multiplier and your VC cor which are the two pretty much basic variables involved with overclocking more on that right here kind of an old video but the just still stands but you might also have to tweak your Basse clock most motherboards include two base frequencies 800 MHz and 1,000 MHz that frequency multiplied by your multiplier hence its name yields your CPU frequency your base clock also affects your Dam frequency by the way so when you tweak your Basse clock remember to double check those ddr4 settings but with a wider range of frequencies being generated by this board you can be a bit more specific with your overclocking settings case in point I was able to get this I3 7350k to 4.9 GHz without a hitch and that was on air mind you not only does this speak volumes but how well the CPU is Bend but also about how capable the motherboard is at delivering power to the CPU and then a St a manner so if you don't have enough voltage being applied to the CPU at a certain frequency or if that voltage is being applied in a variable kind of state it's not a steady flow of voltage it's kind of more imp pulses which is not good for a CPU then you'll get something like this a blue screen of death I've had my fair share of those and they're kind of impossible to avoid if you're looking to push the boundary of what your CPU can do so if you if you're trying to find the highest possible frequency the lowest possible VC cor chances are you're running to a few blue screens of death good thing the board's got a clear seamless button on there uh and you've also got a few other things to help you along the way Dr debug is also a very nice addition I like seeing boards with Dr dbug makes diagnosis very simple I think it looks gorgeous it has some insane overclocking potential so I think it has the best of everything if you're looking for some of the most extreme overclocks and you're also kind of picky in the looks Department which I understand I am as well this board is for you and no I wasn't paid to say anything in this video I could have just trashed it and you know been fine I'm sure azrock would have questioned my uh judgment but no I can say with certainty this is one of the best z270 boards ever and it likely will remain that way I dare I dare other motherboard manufacturers to try to beat this if you like this video be sure to give it a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you feel the complete opposite be sure to click the Subscribe button if you haven't already find this motherboard in the video's description when available this is Salazar Studio thanks for learning with this theyou know a motherboard is fancy when it comes with one of these built-in carrying handles meet the ASRock z270 super carrier the name is a bit strange but I told ASRock that I would make a video dedicated just to this motherboard because it's beautiful and it comes packed with features that I think you'll be very interested to hear about look you know a company's confident in the looks of their board when they include a physical door on the box itself they let you look right into uh the box to see the motherboard check out that beautiful silver Sleek design aesthetically speaking it's one of the best looking motherboards on the market I don't even think that's Up For Debate there's a prominent number 27 over the chipset heat SN followed by the company logo just below the CPU socket the entire board also lights up with integrated LEDs and is compatible with aura from Asus you'll also find four fulllength steel reinforced PCI slots more on that in a second as well as a large heat pipe that spans the center of the board most motherboards do include a few extra items usually SATA cables maybe an SLI Bridge or something of that sort but it feels like there's much more in this box than just the board itself let's find out what else is in here this is one of the strangest SLI Bridges I've ever seen this is a four-way NVIDIA GTX SLI Bridge of course you got your back plate SATA cables more SATA cables two Wi-Fi and 10na another oops another SLI Bridge another SLI bridge and another SLI bridge but this one's flexible you'll also find the the usual paperwork a software installation guide user manual whatever this is oh it's a postcard they included a postcard in a motherboard box and then your driver installation CD so what I'm getting from this board is that pretty much anything you can think that should be packed into any z170 or z270 motherboard is on this board I mean there's everything from Dr debug to Dedicated reset and power switches you get a dedicated USB a physical USB type a port up top USB 3.0 type a uh your 24 pin your 8 Pin over here and then all your other goodies down below two dedicated USB 2.0 hubs HD audio uh plenty of SATA microa and also a separate six pin connection for additional power to be supplied to any extra graphics cards you may squeeze onto the board you'll also find two USB 3.0 hubs on the board not sure what case would take advantage of that but you have it if you need it on the left side of the board a large silver sheened rear IO panel span the entire length from top to bottom you'll find Purity sound 4 which is asrock's take on the real Tech driver so your dedicated sound chipset is underneath here kind of isolated from the rest of the system which is good to see uh it keeps the static out of your audio basically is what that does the larger part of the rear panel really serves no functional purpose that's how it is with most boards there's no uh built-in fan or anything like that there is a single LED housed here which is RGB capable so you can turn that to whatever color you want there's also a logo for gigabit Ethernet kind of wish they had taken that off or replace that with just like their ASRock logo so I don't like how they just kind of like pop a single feature of the board onto the rear panel being that you'll be seeing this in your case it's not the the coolest quality but as for rear IO ports I'm going to run down the list here two USB 2.0 ports a display port two Lan RJ45 ports a 5 gbit Lan Port that's pretty awesome uh fullon 7.1 surround sound with Optical support you'll find two USB 3.0 ports two USB 3.1 type A ports and then two Thunderbolt 3 USB type-c ports so uh Thunderbolt 3 capability built into this motherboard here you'll also find a dedicated HDMI port a seos reset switch and good old PS2 mouse and keyboard support So as you can probably tell by this point this motherboard makes no compromises whatsoever it even comes with a dedicated Wi-Fi card four-way SLI and Crossfire are both supported without a doubt on this board you're not going to have a problem running four of any card even though that would be a bit unrealistic nonetheless the board does support it as well as four ddr4 dims capable of up to 3733 MHz and up and that's something that ASRock was very confident about going into this but okay let's talk about for what this board was really intended it comes with a 14 phase power delivery system which in and of itself should speak volumes about asrock's intent with overclockability on this board 14 phases is a metric crap t some of the best overclocking motherboards I've ever owned come with a maximum of 12 granted you might not notice you know a very clear evident difference between 12 and 14 what it really means is that the power delivery to your CPU will be very very stable it's very very redundant which is a good thing a rock spared no expense in that department but on top of that I'm reading straight from the box here a rock's also included an external base clock generator which provides a wider range of frequencies and more precise clock waveforms so what this means is if you want to push your CPU to it's a limit let's say you have an i7 7700k and you want to reach 5 GHz you want to hit that 5 gig threshold you might not only have to tweak your multiplier and your VC cor which are the two pretty much basic variables involved with overclocking more on that right here kind of an old video but the just still stands but you might also have to tweak your Basse clock most motherboards include two base frequencies 800 MHz and 1,000 MHz that frequency multiplied by your multiplier hence its name yields your CPU frequency your base clock also affects your Dam frequency by the way so when you tweak your Basse clock remember to double check those ddr4 settings but with a wider range of frequencies being generated by this board you can be a bit more specific with your overclocking settings case in point I was able to get this I3 7350k to 4.9 GHz without a hitch and that was on air mind you not only does this speak volumes but how well the CPU is Bend but also about how capable the motherboard is at delivering power to the CPU and then a St a manner so if you don't have enough voltage being applied to the CPU at a certain frequency or if that voltage is being applied in a variable kind of state it's not a steady flow of voltage it's kind of more imp pulses which is not good for a CPU then you'll get something like this a blue screen of death I've had my fair share of those and they're kind of impossible to avoid if you're looking to push the boundary of what your CPU can do so if you if you're trying to find the highest possible frequency the lowest possible VC cor chances are you're running to a few blue screens of death good thing the board's got a clear seamless button on there uh and you've also got a few other things to help you along the way Dr debug is also a very nice addition I like seeing boards with Dr dbug makes diagnosis very simple I think it looks gorgeous it has some insane overclocking potential so I think it has the best of everything if you're looking for some of the most extreme overclocks and you're also kind of picky in the looks Department which I understand I am as well this board is for you and no I wasn't paid to say anything in this video I could have just trashed it and you know been fine I'm sure azrock would have questioned my uh judgment but no I can say with certainty this is one of the best z270 boards ever and it likely will remain that way I dare I dare other motherboard manufacturers to try to beat this if you like this video be sure to give it a thumbs up give it a thumbs down if you feel the complete opposite be sure to click the Subscribe button if you haven't already find this motherboard in the video's description when available this is Salazar Studio thanks for learning with this the\n"