Review of Asrock AMD 990FX Extreme9 powered by the Slant community.
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Pros
Pro Crossfire compatible at good speeds
With the available PCIe lanes on the board the user can easily Crossfire their GPUs at 8x speed each.
Pro Good selection of USB
There are four USB 3.0 slots as well as four USB 2.0 slots, so should allow for a multitude of USB devices to be connected easily.
Cons
Con Not the best onboard sound
While the onboard sound is serviceable, a dedicated card will sound much better. This can often be the norm for a motherboard, but there are boards out there wil quality built in sound, this is just not one of them.
Con Poor SATA placement
The GPU will cover some of the SATA ports making them inaccessible if a GPU is used. That means the GPU will have to be taken out in order to gain access to those ports, either to add a new drive or unhook one already plugged in.