[section_title title=Zx7-Extreme6]Zx7-Extreme6
Going up in the ladder we get to the Zx7-Extreme6, ASRock’s more expensive line but with the added price brings more features and one hell of a board.
It features the same 12-phase CPU VRM as the Zx7-Extreme4, but the CPU is wired to three PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, (electrical x16/NC/NC or x8/x8/NC or x8/x4/x4). Storage connectivity includes ten SATA 6 Gb/s ports, from which two mod out to give a SATA-Express port; and two M.2 slots, one of which is what ASRock likes to call Ultra M.2 which is basically electrical x4 PCIe, and wired to the CPU’s PCIe root complex, rather than that of the PCH. For existing M.2 SSDs it should mean lower latencies, but it should also make the board ready for future M.2 specification that’s physical-layer PCIe 2.0 x4. There’s also an eSATA 6 Gb/s. Display outputs include dual-link DVI, DisplayPort, and HDMI. Other features include two gigabit Ethernet ports, both driven by Intel-made controllers, 8-channel Purity 2 audio, and of course, dual-UEFI BIOS.
