Thursday, September 12, 2013

Motherboard ASRock Z77 OC Formula - Review

A number of motherboard manufacturers offer a special variant intended for those who want to maximize the system through overclocking. Similarly, through the ASRock Z77 OC Formula, ASRock cooperating NickShih - one expert to overclock in the world - to give her profile on the motherboard with the Intel Z77 Express chipset is. You can choose who you want to overclock level (eg 4800MHz) and ASRock Z77 OC Formula will be necessary to adjust various settings automatically.


If you are not satisfied and want to set it manually , ASRock provides BIOS Setup is fairly overflowing with options . Do not stop there , ASRock also provides a number of facilities that can help you to overclock . One of the immediately noticeable is the Rapid OC button . With it you can raise and lower the processor multiplier , BCLK ( Base Clock ) , and voltage . Want to do it in Windows ? Quiet no specific utility for it called Formula Drive .ASRock also pair the V - Probe which can facilitate you to measure the desired voltage using a multimeter . Talk ease , do not miss ASRock provides easy to clear CMOS button on the rear panel and a debug port . Both can help when you do the troubleshooting .

Outside overclocking , ASRock add 4 SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 4 in Z77 OC Formula supplement offered Intel Z77 Express chipset . This makes a total of 6 SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 8 . Are included also a front panel USB 3.0 . Casing suitable for you who do not have ( or have had but still lacking ) USB 3.0 on the front panel . Unfortunately, this was not followed with FireWire and eSATA . Yes , ASRock Z77 OC Formula is not equipped with the second interface .What about multi- graphics card ? ASRock Z77 OC Formula has 3 PCI - Express x16 slots , but only the first two of which support the latest version ( 3.0 ) when using Ivy Bridge processors . The third slot only supports version 2.0 . Moreover , according LGA1155 processor limitations , only the first full run on x16 , while others run at x8 and x4 . Interestingly , ASRock provides special switch that can turn off the slot that you want. So you do not need to remove the card when just want to try something .

Talk it unique , form factor ASRock Z77 OC Formula is also unique . It uses the form factor called SSI CEB which has dimensions of 30.5 x 26.7 cm , slightly wider than the ATX dimensions 30.5 x 24.4 cm . Oh yes , a number of distinctive features such as the ASRock APP Charger allows you to recharge your portable device battery quickly , of course, are also offered .

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