Review ASRock Z77 OC Formula: Overclocking Motherboard Pertama dari ASRock
Produk motherboard memang memiliki cakupan pengguna yang beragam. Ada produk motherboard yang ditujukan untuk kalangan pengguna biasa, kalangan gamer, maupun kalangan khusus seperti overclocker. Pada produk motherboard untuk kalangan overclocker, biasanya motherboard ini memiliki keistimewaan yang jarang ditemukan pada motherboard lainnya. Beberapa keistimewaan tersebut seperti penggunaan komponen dengan kualitas lebih baik dan juga disertakannya feature overclocking lebih, baik dari segi software maupun hardware. Tentu saja keistimewaan tersebut ditujukan agar overclocker mampu menggenjot kemampuan prosesor, memori, maupun graphics card hingga batas maksimal dengan mengggunakan motherboard tersebut.
Beberapa waktu yang lalu, pasar motherboard kembali didatangi oleh sebuah produk motherboard untuk kalangan overclocker yang berasal dari salah satu produsen ternama, ASRock. Motherboard bernama ASRock Z77 OC Formula ini memang begitu spesial karena untuk menciptakannya, ASRock bekerjasama dengan salah satu overclocker tingkat dunia bernama Nick Shih.
Selama ini motherboard kelas atas dari ASRock terwujud di seri Extreme. Seri Extreme mereka selama ini dikenal memiliki feature peling lengkap terutama di sisi feature overclocking. Oleh karena itu menarik untuk dilihat hal apa sajakah yang membedakan ASRock Z77 OC Formula dengan produk motherboard seri Extreme mereka dengan chipset sejenis. Tanpa membuang banyak waktu mari kita langsung lihat berbagai keunggula yang ditawarkan oleh ASRock Z77 OC Formula.
Chipset Intel Z77
Spesifikasi
General | |
CPU | – Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package – 12 + 4 Power Phase Design – Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology – Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPU – Supports Hyper-Threading Technology |
Chipset | – Intel® Z77 – Supports Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect Technology *Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect Technology are only supported under Windows® 7 OS or later versions. |
Memory | – Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology – 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots – Supports DDR3 3000+(OC)/2800(OC)/2666(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory – Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB* – Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 *Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation. |
BIOS | – 2 x 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Recovery Backup BIOS) – Supports “Plug and Play” – ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events – SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support – CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, 1.8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment |
Audio, Video and Networking | |
Graphics | – Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video 2.0, Intel® InTru™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® Insider™, Intel® HD Graphics 2500/4000 with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU – Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video, Intel® InTru™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® HD Graphics 2000/3000, Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU – Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU. Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU – Max. shared memory 1760MB with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU. Max. shared memory 1759MB with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU – Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz – Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) – Supports HDCP function with HDMI port – Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with HDMI port *Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.**Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows® Vista™ and Windows® 7. ***Intel® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows® 7 and Windows® 7 x64. |
Audio | – 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec) – Premium Blu-ray audio support – Supports THX TruStudio™ |
LAN | – PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s – Broadcom BCM57781 – Supports Wake-On-LAN – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az – Supports PXE |
Expansion / Connectivity | |
Slots | – 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) or dual at x8/x8 mode) – 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE5: x4 mode) – 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots – Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ – Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ and SLI™ *PCIe Gen3 is supported on 3rd Generation of Intel® Core™ i5 and Core™ i7 CPUs. |
Storage | – 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® Z77, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions – 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9172, support RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions |
USB 3.0 | – 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Intel® Z77, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s – 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ188H, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s – 1 x Front USB 3.0 header by Intel® Z77 (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports), supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s |
Connector | – 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions – 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors – 1 x IR header – 1 x CIR header – 1 x COM port header – 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header – 1 x Power LED header – V-Probe™: 2 x 7-set of onboard voltage measurement points laid – 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) – 4 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 3 x 3-pin) – 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin) – 1 x MOS Fan connector (3-pin) – 24 pin ATX power connector – 8 pin 12V power connector – 4 pin 12V power connector – SLI/XFire power connector – Front panel audio connector – 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) – 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) – 1 x Dr. Debug with LED – 1 x Power Switch with LED – 1 x Reset Switch with LED – 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED – Rapid OC Button: +/- buttons to adjust OC frequency – 1 x PCIe ON/OFF Switch – 1 x Post Status Checker (PSC) |
Rear Panel I/O | I/O Panel – 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port – 1 x HDMI Port – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port – 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports – 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) – 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED – HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone |
Other Features / Miscellaneous | |
OC Formula Kit | OC Formula Power Kit – Digi Power – Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM) – Multiple Filter Cap (MFC) (Filter different noise by 3 different capacitors: DIP solid cap, POSCAP and MLCC) – Premium Alloy Choke (Reduce 70% core loss compare to iron powder choke) OC Formula Connector Kit – Hi-Density Power Connector – 15μGold Finger (CPU and memory sockets) OC Formula Cooling Kit – Twin-Power Cooling (Combine active air cooling and water cooling) – 8 Layer PCB, 4 x 2oz copper – GELID Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound |
Unique Feature | – Formula Drive – ASRock Instant Boot – ASRock Instant Flash – ASRock APP Charger – ASRock XFast USB – ASRock XFast LAN – ASRock XFast RAM – ASRock Crashless BIOS – ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) – ASRock Internet Flash – ASRock UEFI System Browser – ASRock Dehumidifier Function – ASRock Interactive UEFI – NickShih’s OC Profile – Fine-Tuning V-Controller – Timing Configurator – Lucid Virtu Universal MVP – Hybrid Booster: – ASRock U-COP – Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) – Good Night LED *Lucid Virtu Universal MVP can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.**LucidLogix Virtu MVP only supports Windows® 7 OS or later versions. |
Support CD | – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite – OEM |
Accessories | – 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield – 6 x SATA Data Cables – 2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables – 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel – 4 x HDD Screws – 6 x Chassis Screws – 1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket – 10 x OC Stands – GELID GC-Extreme Thermal Compound |
Hardware Monitor | – CPU/Chassis/Power/MOS Temperature Sensing – CPU/Chassis/Power/MOS Fan Tachometer – CPU/Chassis/MOS Quiet Fan (Allows Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature) – CPU/Chassis/MOS Fan Multi-Speed Control – Multi Thermal Sensor – Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore |
Form Factor | – EATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm – Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) |
OS | – Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant |
Platform Pengujian ASRock Z77 OC Formula
- Prosesor: Intel Core i5 3570K
- Motherboard: ASRock Z77 OC Formula
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti
- Memory: 8 GB of KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX
- Storage: Kingston HyperX SSD 120GB
- Flash Drive: Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0
- Power Supply: Corsair AX850
- CPU Heatsink: Corsair H80
- Monitor: LCD Monitor 1920×1080
- Input: Generic Keyboard and Mouse
- OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1