ASRock Z87 Professional Series Fatal1ty Motherboard Review
Posted
July 10, 2013
by Kenny in CPU & Motherboards
Overview
Hardware: CPU & MotherboardsWHAT WE LIKED:
Aesthetically Appealing, HDMI IN port, Tons of SATA Ports, Feature Rich Software PackageWHAT WE DISLIKED:
Xsplit Software is only a 3 month Free Trial, Outdated PCI slots, Could use a visual refresh.BOTTOM LINE:
ASRock has always been a very Intuitive motherboard developer. This performance and feature packed bundle makes the ASRock Z87 Professional Series Fatal1ty motherboard a rock solid value.
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It’s a shame to see the inferior Creative sound core chip on this enthusiast motherboard. All of Creative’s new range of chips are 5.1 only, they do not support true 7.1 or higher surround sound. The 7.1 and higher options are only supported through virtualization, which any decent surround receiver will do a much better job of.
Even Realtek’s old ALC889 supported a true 7.1 channel encoding. Creative need to lift their game, and until they do motherboard makers should stop including these rebadged, low-end Cirrus Logic chips.
Great board.Despite previous writer I can say: super 7.1 encoding and support.