AMD Phenom II X6 + Asrock 890GX Extreme3

I am wondering how Asrock mobo’s compare in performance and build quality to Asus boards.

I believe that processor is 1090T. It is CPU-Z’s fault for indicating it as 1095T.

Weird.. Why use a 1000W PSU? Tests from XBitLabs prove that you only need that much power if you’re planning to overclock your CPU and/or you do SLI or Crossfire (even for the likes of the ATI 5xxx series). A 650W PSU would do for a normal, un-overclocked system. If you want a little more head room, go with 750W. But yeah, it’s your call. Though, I’d suggest you guys look up a PSU stability list. No use getting a PSU with a high rating if it can’t provide stable power.

Does it support hardware virtualization?

@Jhay

If we’re talking about same-number of cores specs.. You’d have to replace the 1090T with a i7 980X which cost approx. $700 more. Although, I think for gaming you’d only need to have a decent clock speed. I saw this benchmark testing done for i3s, i5s and i7s once. They were all rated at the same speed (2.66GHz if I can remember correctly) and the results showed that FPS was very dependent on the SPEED not the number of cores. Meaning, you’d do well in most games with a decently clocked i3 (which goes for around $110).

I would have to agree with fr0stbyte on his comment about gaming. A whole lot of games today are very GPU dependent which means, a decent i3 core paired with a high-end board and GPU would do quite nicely as a gaming rig.

i agree @kevinn but r u saying that asus is the best brand out there?

onga pala sir abe sana meron din review ng desktop motherboards… pero alam namin na sobrang busy ka na at wala ng time for it sa dami ng product reviews mo… more power to yugatech!