ASRock X99M Extreme4 and Fatal1ty X99M Killer Dominates the Micro ATX Category with Tom's Hardware 2014 Smart Buy and Approved Awards

TAIPEI, Taiwan, December 8, 2014 – With technology advancing and space becoming rather expensive, the demand for small form factors such as micro ATX motherboards is growing as well. At one time, users held back to these micro ATX systems, assuming that they would be inferior both in hardware specifications and overall performance, but not anymore. Now that ASRock's X99M Extreme4 has picked up the Smart Buy award and Fatal1ty X99M Killer has collected the Approved award from the globally renown authority on tech – Tom's Hardware, ASRock has demonstrated once again "good things come in small packages"!

ASRock Z97 OC Formula Achieves Highest 3DMark2001 SE Score on HWBOT!
The Winner Announcement of ASRock 9 Series OC Competition

TAIPEI, Taiwan, December 3^rd, 2014 — The global leading motherboard brand ASRock today announced the winners for the ASRock 9 Series OC Competition with HWBOT, sponsored by Antec, Crucial and Palit. 8 PACK, the outstanding overclocker from United Kingdom, outpaced all participants and became the final champion of both 3DMark Fire Strike 1xGPU and 3DMark 2001 SE 1xGPU events. Furthermore, 8 PACK set a new World Record for 3DMark2001 SE with a score of 192167 marks by using ASRock Z97 OC Formula and Intel® Core i7-4770K.

X99 Extreme11, TechPowerUp: Editor's Choice

The only X99 motherboard that will make you drool over its true high-speed storage! ASRock X99 Extreme11 is the closest to perfect with 9.7 out of 10 points and the Editor's Choice badge from TechPowerUp

H97M-ITX/ac, PC Ekspert: Recommended

Solid performance with high-end LAN+WIFI solutions plus an acceptable price for an ITX motherboard. H97M-ITX wins big with the Recommended badge from PC Ekspert

X99 Extreme4, DGL.ru: Best Buy

Extremely good functionality at a very attractive price. ASRock X99 Extreme4 snags the Best Buy badge from DGL.ru

X99 WS, HwT.dk: Gold

A motherboard with features that are good to have both in a server or workstation! ASRock X99 WS has been awarded with the Gold award from HwT.dk

X99 Extreme6, HardwareZone: 8.5 / 10

If you're more practical and prefer a better tuned board with better memory support, then ASRock X99 Extreme6 is a better fit! And so it beats ASUS's X99 motherboard scoring 8.5 out of 10 on HardwareZone.

AM1B-MDH, Hardware Ready: Best Buy

Considering its low power consumption and high performance, Am1B-MDH is Ideal for building a mini office system or small NAS. Therefore it scores 4.5 out of 5 stars and wins the Best Buy award from Hardware Ready.

Fatal1ty 990FX Killer, PC Ekspert: Recommended

A solid product with improved audio, network and overclocking potential. ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer has picked up the Recommended badge from PC Ekspert.

Z97M OC Formula, Oclab.ru: Recommended

Offering users the most rich functionality demanded by gamers, enthusiasts and overclockers. ASRock Z97M OC Formula wins the Recommended badge from Oclab.ru

M8 Series (Z97), kitGuru: Worth Buying

The ASRock M8 Z97 looks lovely and is a rugged small form factor PC, hence it well deserves the Worth Buying badge from kitGuru.

Fatal1ty X99M Killer, futurelooks.com: Recommended

The extra features, performance and overclocking makes Fatal1ty X99M Killer a unique micro ATX motherboard! Therefore it takes home the Recommended award from futurelooks.com

Fatal1ty X99M Killer, Tom's Hardware: Approved

Appealing to gamers with its enhanced network controller and game streaming software license, ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer gains the Approved award from Tom's Hardware

X99M Extreme4, Tom's Hardware: Best Buy

ASRock X99M Extreme4 takes the throne of enthusiast oriented micro ATX motherboards! Therefore, it is honored with the Best Buy award from Tom's Hardware

Z97E-ITX/ac, Computer DIY: Best Buy

Compact yet surprisingly packs a M.2, HDMI-In, 802.11ac WiFi and more. ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac has obtained the Best Buy award from Computer DIY