ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S1155 by stefan @ 2012-02-23

The Z68 Fatal1ty Professional Motherboard from ASRock is an upgraded product from the same series, featuring a Digital PWM, XFast USB Technology, XFast LAN, V16+2 CPU Power Phases, no less than 6 USB 3.0 ports (4 rear and 2 for the front panel) and 6 SATA3, C.C.O., THX TruStudio, and the unique Fatal1ty Mouse Port, which allows us to set the desired mouse polling rate, up to 1000Hz. Of course, thanks to the Z68 chipset we also have Lucid Virtu capabilities and multi VGA output options: one D-Sub port, two HDMI ports and one DVI-D port by the bundled HDMI to DVI adapter.

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Packaging, A Closer Look Part I

The Z68 Fatal1ty Professional Gen3 motherboard from ASRock comes with similar packaging as the P67 variant we have tested before; on the front side of the box, we can see a photo of the famous gamer, Johnathan Wendel, also known as Fatal1ty, along with the full name of the product:

 

 

 

The top cover opens like a book, to reveal the motherboard:

 

 

 

On the left side we can also see a description of the main product features:

 

 

 

The back side of the box offers a small description of the motherboard components and we do also get to see the full list of specifications:

 

 

 

After we have removed the outside packaging, we will find the motherboard sitting in a secondary black protective box, along with the accessories:

 

 

 

The rest of the bundle is located in a smaller enclosure, with two partitions:

 

 

 

As bundle, we can find:

 

6x SATA Data cables

1x 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable

1x Ribbon Cable for 3.5-in Floppy Drive

1x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card

2x SATA HDD Power Cables

1x 3.5mm Audio Cable

1x HDMI to DVI Adapter

1x I/O Panel Shield

1x Front USB 3.0 Panel + Rear USB 3.0 Bracket

4x HDD Screws (for installing a HDD or SSD onto the provided bracket)

6x Chassis Screws (for fixing the bracket onto the chassis)

 

 

 

As documentation, we get a Quick Installation Guide, two leaflets, one regarding VIRTU technology and the other regarding XFastUSB, a Software Installation Guide and a DVD with drivers and applications:

 

 

Inside the Software Installation Guide we find information on how to set up the UEFI and what represents each option:

 

 

 

The Quick Guide gives us information on how to perform the hardware installation, and at the end we can find the UEFI error codes, shown by Dr. Debug:

 

 

 

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