Asus P8Z77-M Pro or ASRock Professional-M

Kantastic · Aug 30, 2012

I'm looking to get a motherboard to complete my rig, and these are the top two in my price range. I took a gamble on an open box Maximus V Gene from Newegg, but that came looking like a trainwreck, and it was recertified so I sent it back. This rig should have been completed like 2 weeks ago!

Anyway, which of the two would you pick? I can get them both for the same price if I shop around, so lets assume that they're both $150 shipped.

ASRock Z77 Professional-M LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI ...
ASUS P8Z77-M PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/...

Sinzia · Aug 30, 2012

I have the M-Pro and its a solid board, I use it for an HTPC, so I can't comment on its OCing ability.

Never had a double post like the Z68/P67 boards, worked with even crappy store-brand ram, great power saving options.

Shou Miko · Aug 30, 2012

well u get 8 sata connectors on the AsRock board (4xSATA 6Gb/s and 4xSATA 3Gb/s) where u on the Asus get only 6 sata connectors (2xSATA 6GB/s and 4xSATA 3Gb/s).

e-sata ports the Asus got 2 where the AsRock only got 1.

Audio is Realtek ALC892 vs. Realtek ALC898.

if it was me i would have taken the AsRock so i got more internal HDD connectors i find that nice for my own personal use.

Kantastic · Aug 31, 2012

puma99dk| said:
well u get 8 sata connectors on the AsRock board (4xSATA 6Gb/s and 4xSATA 3Gb/s) where u on the Asus get only 6 sata connectors (2xSATA 6GB/s and 4xSATA 3Gb/s).

e-sata ports the Asus got 2 where the AsRock only got 1.

Audio is Realtek ALC892 vs. Realtek ALC898.

if it was me i would have taken the AsRock so i got more internal HDD connectors i find that nice for my own personal use.

Seems like the AsRock Professional-M is trying to compete with the Asus Maximus V Gene, though it does come short in certain areas.

Thanks guys, I'm going with the AsRock.

System Name	Dust Collector
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Motherboard	Asus B550I Aorus Pro WiFi AX
Cooling	Alpenfohn Black Ridge V2 w/ Noctua NF-A9x14
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3200MHz/CL16
Video Card(s)	Power Color Red Dragon RX 5700 XT
Storage	Samsung EVO+ 500GB NVMe
Display(s)	Dell S2721DGF
Case	Dan Case A4
Power Supply	Corsair SF600 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Logitech G613

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Processor	Intel Core i7 2600K @ 5.0GHz/1.45 volts
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77 WS
Cooling	Custom CPU loop
Memory	Kingston 12GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Galaxy GTX 680/Zotac GTX 680 in SLi/EVGA GTX 650Ti
Storage	2 Vertex 3 120's, raid 0, 2 Seagate Momentus XT 500GB's in raid 0, 1 Hitatchi 2TB for backup
Display(s)	3 Acer S232HLX2 in nvidia surround
Case	Corsair C70 White
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Software	Win 7 x64 Pro

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad T480
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i7-8550U Kaby Lake-R
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo 20L60036MX Bios 1.47
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Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| T480 UK Lumi
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System Name	Dust Collector
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Motherboard	Asus B550I Aorus Pro WiFi AX
Cooling	Alpenfohn Black Ridge V2 w/ Noctua NF-A9x14
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3200MHz/CL16
Video Card(s)	Power Color Red Dragon RX 5700 XT
Storage	Samsung EVO+ 500GB NVMe
Display(s)	Dell S2721DGF
Case	Dan Case A4
Power Supply	Corsair SF600 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Logitech G613

Asus P8Z77-M Pro or ASRock Professional-M

Kantastic

Sinzia

Shou Miko

Kantastic