Today we tell about the first motherboard on chipset Intel X79, which is made in the form factor Micro-ATX. In general, the idea of small-sized systems with multiple graphics cards looks pretty strange. To begin with, the strengths of the platform LGA2011 appear only when you install two or more graphics cards running in NVIDIA SLI ligament or AMD CrossFireX. If the user has only one card, then the best solution is platform LGA1155, which also supports the Sandy Bridge.
Moreover, the combination of two high-performance graphics cards and not weak multi-core processor would entail using a fairly powerful power supply. A majority of the Micro-ATX-hulls are completed by weak or moderate PD, since they are designed either for budget systems, or for the midrange. Consequently, the “native” will throw out the power supply and buy a new one. This is somewhat inconvenient, but it solved the problem. It is much harder to solve the problem with the cooling system ready, because the vast majority of Micro-ATX-shell is designed to install large coolers that will be required to remove heat from the hot processor. In this case the best solution would be to use a full ATX-case, but then the logical place to take Full-ATX-motherboard. As a result, Micro-ATX-boards for Intel LGA2011 processors are designed for specialized tasks and are unlikely to be popular. Nevertheless, such fees can be found in every major manufacturer, and they are designed solely to enhance the range. An example of such a board is the ASRock X79 Extreme4-M, which will be the subject of this review.


