In recent years ASRock have stepped up to the table with some impressive hardware across the Intel and AMD platforms. Their black and gold styling generated both interest and intrigue – paving the way for attention to detail upon motherboard aesthetics. It seems that since Sandy/Ivy Bridge with their respective chipsets, motherboard styling is as important as the features that come integrated, and ASRock are back yet again with some black and gold action for their Intel 8 Series motherboards.

Today, as tradition would have it – we are taking a look at the Z87 Extreme4. This motherboard is regarded as ASRock’s mid-range mainstay and their Z77 version last year was quite frankly a great value for money offering. Are we to expect the same qualities and characteristics with Z87 Extreme4 too? Only time will tell.