***Offical ASRock z97 OC Formula Thread - Tips / Discussion / BIOS / Tools***

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Originally Posted by Splave

Depends if you want high frequency or tight timings, some cant do both. 2666 8-11-7 on bbse and 2720 8-12-8 on psc seems to be a good imc for old ic's or run loose and try max mhz on mfr or samsung.

http://i.imgur.com/8LuQHCx.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/OVUDW5f.jpg

amazing work Splave




Benching like crazy for 4 hours, hw never let me down.

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is it better for mem and CPU than the Z87 OC formula or mostly same ?

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Originally Posted by rivaldokfc

Hi guys, you were talking about imc. but how to judge whether it is a strong or weak imc? because for 4770k, most of them can go 3200+ on air with mfr..

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i had a crap one and put 2666@ 3448 on teamx mem :) lets be clear ASRock Z87M

so, can I consider this as a "good" imc? it can do both 2700 8-12-8 PI 32m(Maximus VI Impact) and 3200 memtest(Z87M OC Formula)

http://i.imgur.com/teFObvt.png

http://i.imgur.com/PGpftrx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/l4SlZI3.jpg

looks good to me :)

I failed to pass PI 32m with Z87M OC Formula @2666 8 12 8 with no matter what voltage but successfully done that on Maximus VI Impact, is this impacted by imc?

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Originally Posted by rivaldokfc

I failed to pass PI 32m with Z87M OC Formula @2666 8 12 8 with no matter what voltage but successfully done that on Maximus VI Impact, is this impacted by imc?

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Board shouldn't matter if. . .

hardware and all settings were the same, (primary's, seconds & thirds, voltages etc. . .), but remember you have to tune each board differently. In my case swapping the order of the sticks can mean the difference between running 32M and not even training so I try to label everything.

And what a unique kit of ram, it's not everyday you see that type of quality ic in the wild :)

Congrats on the killer cpu, low voltage for 5Ghz and killer IMC, i'm sure with cold on the memory you have a prime candidate for a 2800 c6 run :yepp:

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Originally Posted by l0ud_sil3nc3

Board shouldn't matter if. . .

hardware and all settings were the same, (primary's, seconds & thirds, voltages etc. . .), but remember you have to tune each board differently. In my case swapping the order of the sticks can mean the difference between running 32M and not even training so I try to label everything.

And what a unique kit of ram, it's not everyday you see that type of quality ic in the wild :)

Congrats on the killer cpu, low voltage for 5Ghz and killer IMC, i'm sure with cold on the memory you have a prime candidate for a 2800 c6 run :yepp:

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tks for your reply, I tried to change ram order and adjust some of the voltage for psc, but most of time I can't pass even training(with same g.skill pi psc kit I can pass 32m on Maximus VI Impact)....some of my friends just load OC Formula mb presetting can finish pi 32m... it's weird :confused:

would you mind sharing the psc air basic setting on Z87 OC Formula :p:

this bord is alredy avaliable in usa or europe??

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Originally Posted by websmile

The M is listed in germany for 130 euros, it has no ln2 or slow mode switches, no debug LED and no power/reset switches as far as I can see, also it has 8 power phases, Z87 had 12 and all the former mentioned features - yes, this is not made for extreme oc

P.S. Good to see my old 17066 ripjawx are still alive, Allen :p:

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Well i just bought it, either way i always liked ASRock for the MEM OC and lower Volts on CPU...i guess it will be good, i dont use LN2, just water and mem on AIR

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Originally Posted by nickshih

i think that one is 2000 6 9 6 kits ..:up:

Thanks for providing the info of OCF-M .... it builded for normal usesr only this time ......not for extreme OC ..

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Well Nick i just bought it i prefeered it over the others same as i did for the MEM OC and the CPU low volts compared, So you saying it will be not so good as the Z87M OC Formula ? I dont use LN2 just water AIO for CPU delided and mem on air, Have som GeIL 3000 MFR and some others 2933 to Test :)

Tell me your opinion

Thanks !
Sergio

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Originally Posted by rivaldokfc

would you mind sharing the psc air basic setting on Z87 OC Formula :p:

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Hey man I have some imcs that won't do 2666 psc on air and cold. 2800 still okay for samsung

this can do both 2666 with psc and 2800 with samsung on Maximus VI Impact.. but failed to do 2666 with psc on OC Formula.. what's the key factor:confused:

this board still not avaliable in my country

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Originally Posted by rivaldokfc

this can do both 2666 with psc and 2800 with samsung on Maximus VI Impact.. but failed to do 2666 with psc on OC Formula.. what's the key factor:confused:

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there are electrical differences between boards as well as the settings that arent exposed to the end user. what you should do is load up 2400 and see which board is faster with the exact same settings, im willing to bet its the ocf, and its faster because the things you cant see are set a little tighter to make it more efficient.

Hi guys,Ive done some real quick memory tests on the Z97 OC Formula today,memory was on Air all tests were @ 1.88v PSC
Thanks to Nick for the sample,also to Splave and Loud :up:
Will test with ln2 soon
Some 32m stability testing
http://s16.postimg.org/r9n8lbq05/ocf_z97.png

Also did a quick test on trcd and seems we can run PSC trcd 11 now on air,really good sign
http://s28.postimg.org/47ls9rpvx/ocf_z97_2.png

Did a quick boot in,memory still on air
http://s27.postimg.org/nive0ta5f/wow.png

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Originally Posted by bullant

Hi guys,Ive done some real quick memory tests on the Z97 OC Formula today,memory was on Air all tests were @ 1.88v PSC
Thanks to Nick for the sample,also to Splave and Loud :up:
Will test with ln2 soon
Some 32m stability testing
http://s16.postimg.org/r9n8lbq05/ocf_z97.png

Also did a quick test on trcd and seems we can run PSC trcd 11 now on air,really good sign
http://s28.postimg.org/47ls9rpvx/ocf_z97_2.png

Did a quick boot in,memory still on air
http://s27.postimg.org/nive0ta5f/wow.png

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Awesome result... Wow

Crazy bully, glad to see you got everything working and working well might I add.

So awesome to see 2800 c8 air cooled PSC :D

2300 c8's this time?

Thanks guys,these memory's used were 2000 pis cl6 loud,the 2300 cl8 prob do the same but require bit more volts,these memory's are untested on ln2.

but ocf cannot go 2600+ so i cannot compare with other borads:(

I see you guys with TCWL 6 @ 2666+ under air cooling and is impressive, i've never found the combination IMC/DRAM to do that.

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Originally Posted by THERULE

I see you guys with TCWL 6 @ 2666+ under air cooling and is impressive, i've never found the combination IMC/DRAM to do that.

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It's so hard to determine if it's the RAM or the IMC holding us back :(

Still oos @ neweeg...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157502

why this board is more cheap than Z87 OC formula??


low quality componentes?? or what??

Yeah it's a garbage board......