ASROCK Z87 EXTREME FORMULA OC MANUALS
ASROCK Z87 EXTREME FORMULA OC DRIVER
ASROCK Z87 EXTREME FORMULA OC SOFTWARE
ASROCK Z87 EXTREME FORMULA OC CODE

You can also check the officially supported modules at ASRock’s memory support page. There are of course far more memory adjustments and even higher overclocking features, but more on that later. Thanks to XMP support (Intel eXtreme Memory Profiles), XMP memory modules be set correctly with one mouse click in the BIOS. The Intel LGA1150 motherboard supports DDR3 memory modules and can be optimized in the BIOS for DDR3-1600 Dual Channel modules with an Intel Haswell processor. Here is a picture of the four DDR3 memory slots with dual channel support:

The ASRock Z87M OC Formula can be equipped with up to four DDR3 modules and is expandable depending upon operating system used (see list) to maximally 32 GB memory. PCI cards are not supported on this board. Additionally to the two PCI Express 3.0 slots there is one x4 PCIe 2.0 slot, one x1 PCIe 2.0 slot, one mini-PCIe slot (SATA 3_4 shared), one half-size mini-PCIe slot. If one like only use one video card on the Z87 OC Forumula, one should insert the PCI Express video card into the PCIE1 slot, in order to get the fastest x16 bandwidth. A CrossFire bridge is included in the motherboard box, another special SLI/XFire switch card is not necessary to get the optimal performance for single or CF operation.

The AMD CrossFireX / nVidia SLI motherboard offers two PCI Express 3.0 video card slots, whereby either one video card can operate with x16 band-width, or two with x8 lanes.

ASROCK Z87 EXTREME FORMULA OC DRIVER

The OC formula features are so extensive that we cannot explain all of the features in detail in this review, but we explain some of the following features in the following review and for the completeness we want to mention at least some of them: ASRock Formula Drive, ASRock Instant Flash, ASRock Internet Flash, ASRock APP Charger, ASRock Fast Boot, ASRock Restart to UEFI, ASRock XFast USB, ASRock XFast LAN, ASRock XFast RAM, ASRock Crashless BIOS, ASRock Online Management Guard, ASRock UEFI System Browser, ASRock Dehumidifier Function, ASRock Easy RAID Installer, ASRock Easy Driver Installer, ASRock Interactive UEFI, NickShih?s OC Profile, Fine-Tuning V-Controller, Timing Configurator, ASRock Good Night LED, ASRock USB Key, ASRock Home Cloud, Purity Sound, HDMI-In, 12 Power Phase Design, 8 Layer PCB, ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning and the ASRock Distortion-Free Slot. USB Slot brackets or the ASRock 3.5-inch USB3.0 frontpanel are optional available.

ASROCK Z87 EXTREME FORMULA OC SOFTWARE

The ASRock Z87M OC Formula motherboard came with a manual, the above mentioned software setup guide, one DVD, foru SATA data cables, GELID Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound, two fine screws for the mini PCI Express slots, a SLI bridge, 10 OC-stands and one ATX I/O shield.

ASROCK Z87 EXTREME FORMULA OC CODE

Debug 7-segment LED post code display, the slow mode switch and the LN2 mode switch in the lower right: Here you can already see some interesting features, like the two high-quality, illuminated switches for power and reset, and the two BIOS ICs that can be independently selected with a small BIOS select switch:Īnother features are the additional internal USB-A port, the USB 3.0 headers, the Dr.

The ASRock Z87M OC Formula board is build with high-quality Premium Gold Caps Conductive Polymer capacitors and makes an amazing impression even of the smaller Micro ATX layout as well as the processing: In order that the motherboard reach the user in perfect condition, it was carefully wrapped with foam and fastened with cable ties:

ASROCK Z87 EXTREME FORMULA OC MANUALS

Here is a first look at the ASRock mainboard carton, where in addition to the usual manuals and utensils even small OC stands are included: The ASRock Z87M OC Formula LGA 1150 motherboard is delivered in this cardboard box: In the following detailed review, we examine the ASRock Z87M OC Formula and overclock an Intel Core-i5 4670K CPU with this OC motherboard. Overclock enthusiasts will have tears of joy in their eyes when looking in the UEFI Setup, so it is not surprising that ASRock earned our Overclocking Dream Award 07/2013 with this Z87M OC Formula. ASRock offers especially very powerful options for overclockers with this LGA1150 motherboard. We were also amazed about the plenty of features which can be integrated in such a small micro-ATX 8-layer PCB Z87 motherboard layout. 180 Euro (07/2013) and is thus in the upper price segment of the Intel LGA 1150 Haswell motherboards.Īwesome! This is how we could describe the brand-new ASRock Z87M OC Formula motherboard for Intel Haswell CPUs in the shortest mainboard review with just one word. ++++ The ASRock Z87M OC Formula/M/ASR motherboard has a price of approx.

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