Using Asrock H81M-ITX for office. Satisfied.

running z97 extreme6. everything is fine.

if the location of m.2 slots can be located in areas with better air flow instead of covered by gpus, it will be very nice. the current m.2 ssds in the market run hot. for now it's best to use one with heat sink. (a pcie adapter with heat sink)

hopefully this year's ssd releases will have better controllers that have no overheating issues.

I felt the same about the M.2 placement. Being under the GPU is inconvenient when one intends to swap drives, it's also very hot in that area.

ASRock Z77 Pro4-M user here... Still working fine even with an overclocked CPU.

exactly. although i have a third-party pcie adapter to remedy this, i waste a pcie slot. (was planning to have a sli setup initially)

this is great! i am running mine with slight oc also lol

using the Z97 Extreme4, the M.2 slot is placed at the lower portion which is between the second and last PCI-E slot, not too bad. At least not under the first PCI-E slot.

yeah that's the better location. i was all excited about ultra m.2 slots previously and overlooked this part lol

most recent updates showed that ssd manufacturers are looking at the issues, and there are new controllers with less heat issues announced, i'm gonna make use of the slot when they are available. for now the adapter works great. (really reluctant to switch to sata when you can get a raw speed of over 1GB/s with pcie hehe)

edit: checking out the layouts of other models (z97, x99), it seemed that only z97 extreme4 is the only one with better location for ultra m.2 slot.

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 17 2015, 11:37 PM

http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Fatal1tyKi...X%20Killer.html

gaming series all under 1st PCI-E!

i know. the same goes to their WS. i checked the mobo layouts of all models from their manuals lol!

Thanks goldfries for the H97M-ITX/ac review

http://www.goldfries.com/hardware-reviews/...erboard-review/

OK OK noted. User feedback is always welcome.

glad to hear that.

The dual-antenna would be the key factor to help with Wi-Fi signal reception.

I want one too... especially the Fatal1ty variance. Hopefully there'll be a new one for AMD as well.

don't get me wrong. i'm not complaining because i am actually a happy asrock user.

i just think asrock can do better in the next revisions if any

by the way there was a nvme support added in the recent bios update (1.60 iinm). does this mean asrock mobos support nvme ssd now?

hi wanna ask any ppl know where can get asrock z77 extreame 4?

how much are you paid to run this account?
serious question, am curious

That's really old. You'll have to look for it at Garage Sales I guess.

I still have the Z87 Extreme 4, lovely motherboard.

I bought h97m pro4 yesterday. While installing leadtek gtx970 hurricane to this board, i have to take off one gpu backplate screw as the ram latch blocking.. There is no gap between the ram slot and gpu backplate..

Wow, it's really narrow.
By the way, have you try install the RAMs 1st, then, only insert the GPU last?

If I am not wrong, Leadtek GeForce GTX 970 Hurricane got a thick backplate and not really sticking tightly to the GPU PCB.

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Feb 4 2015, 02:28 AM

i did that.. quite shock when i found out it was really close.. somehow lucky enough able to fit the gc inside..