ASRock Extreme4 Front Panel USB ports Performance Issues! [H]ard Forum The Sandy Bridge processor have an integrated memory controller that operates at MHz natively but many, including the Extreme4, offer memory frequencies up to MHz. Since those are above the native frequency, those between MHz and MHz are in overclocking mode. The fifth PCIe x16 is electrically only x4 and so runs in x4 mode regardless. The PCIe controller is integrated into the Sandy Bridge chip, which is why we[…]