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New from ASRock, its “App Shop” window provides download links to freeware, as well as BIOS and driver updates. While we weren’t particularly excited about the selection of apps, we were happy to shop without spending any money.

Intel’s Core i7-4790 isn’t available in its unlocked K-series form yet, limiting ASRock’s EZ OC menu to a small selection of internal GPU frequencies. Moving toward the more advanced OC-Tweaker menu, we find CPU multiplier selection similarly limited by our new CPU.

ASRock’s XFast RAM software and CFOS-based XFast LAN packet prioritization utility are both accessible from the Tools menu.

ASRock Restart-to-UEFI simplifies its namesake process.

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    Putolev , 14 May 2014 09:28
    Sorry to say but this "review" didn't bring anything worthwile to me at all. If you take a certain price range and compare the products found there, they ought to be quite similar, right? Well then there's no surprise if no great differences are to be found. Like the reviewer stated, the features make the difference between like the great deal with Gamecaster (which has no value to me at all).
    What I found lacking is the reviewing of those features like software (audio, fan control etc.), VRM quality, "other stuff".
    Now what is this "other stuff" really? Which motherboard has the best "other stuff"? I didn't get it from the review.
    Apart from the very simple introduction to the software and hardware, I can't really make what's better between Gigabyte and MSI, the one's I'm interested in. MSI has better UEFI, I understood but how is the software? How many VRM phases and their quality? Is MSI's audio suite better than GB's?
    These are what make the products apart in the same price range but finding the value leader with good explanations for why was not possible from this article despite it's title.