If this wasn't free I'd imagine quite a few people would be upset... Just think back to when Apple released Snow Leopard at $15 (IIRC) and everyone was up in arms that Apple was charging for a "service pack".
Most likely not. The 3960X has already had a refresh in the 3970X and even so, that was just a frequency bump.
If the past is anything to go on, the 965 was replaced with the 975, the 980X was replaced with the 990X... None of them have had three refreshes until you get back to C2Q.
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I have owned the Z77X-UD3H, Z77X-UD4H, and Z77X-UP7. It doesn't surprise me at all that this board is getting praises.
The review is definitely a bit late, though lol
Yeah... ASRock doesn't manufacture the slots themselves. They just buy them and put them on the boards. Did you have the card secured in any way or was the slot the only thing holding it up?