ASRock Z87E-ITX Mini-ITX Motherboard Review

This isn’t the ASRock motherboard review I thought I’d be writing. We were intent on checking out one of the company’s ATX boards as part of our rolling coverage of Z87-based Haswell motherboards. Thus far, we’ve looked at trio of full-sized desktop offerings: Asus’ Z87-PRO, Gigabyte’s Z87X-UD3H, and MSI’s Z87-GD65 Gaming. Something comparable from ASRock was supposed to complete the set, but a Mini-ITX mobo arrived instead.

Normally, the imperfect match would upset my OCD tendency toward apples-to-apples comparisons. After reviewing three ATX boards in a row, though, I could use a change of pace. Yeah, I know—#FirstWorldHardwareReviewerProblems…at TechReport