Welcome to the Z87X-OC and OC Force Club!
Okay so it is that time of the year again where new boards are released and many new questions come up.
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GIGABYTE product Page for:
Z87X-OC
Z87X-OC Force
Some FYI in General:
#1. To use full HD Mode one can use the iGPU, must use a GPU and monitor with pretty high resolution, I think 1080P. I also don't think a D-SUB/VGA cable can be supported.
#2. To change driver order in Windows mode you can select the drive and hold down ATL and then use the arrows.
#3. TAG profile is Profile #8 under save profiles, i like to setup TAG then load optimized defaults and just load TAG for OCing.
#4. If you run into issues with USB 3.0 without drivers in windows you can try disabling xHCI.
Some things for OC
#1. OC Touch for multiplier is capable of being increased even when trigger is engaged. So I can hit trigger and go to 8x and press + on multiplier and when i go back to full speed(when i disengage trigger) my multiplier will be one higher than before.
#2. Currently need to have EIST enabled for multiplier OC to work in Windows.
#3. GTL is coming out very soon.
#4. If your BCLK dividers don?t work at all then reflash the BIOS you might have corrupted ME firmware.
#5. BCLK on air 110+, add LN2 to CPU gain maybe 5 more MHz on top on air, LN2 on PCH gain maybe 5 mhz more as well.
#6. tRDRD =tRRSR on GBT BIOS
#7. For memory OC use 1.00x or 1.25x divider, 1.67x divider isn?t optimized for memory OC.
#8. Use Ring voltage for higher uncore frequency
#9. Use SA, CPU IO Analog and Digital for Memory OC. You can use +0.2 on SA and up to 0.15 on the others. The deltas here are important too.
#10. If you want to OC BCLK use the iGPU OR you can use the last PCi-E slot, the 4x PCI-E 2.0 slot's PCi-E frequency is locked at 100mhz always b/ it comes from the PCH.
Z87X-OC Force OC Features list:
#1. OC Touch (Multiplier, BCLK, Gear, Turbo, power, reset, clear CMOS)
#2. TAG
#3. OC Ignition
#4. Trigger
#5. Dual BIOS Selector
#6. Single BIOS Mode
#7. 15u gold plate on CPU pins, DIMM pins, and PCI-E pins
#8. 8-Layer 2oz Copper PCB
#9. 4-way SLI/CF at 8x/8x/8x/8x with PLX bypass
#10. 16 phase VRM using IR3563B and IR3550 (very high quality).
Z87X-OC OC Features:
#1. OC Touch(Multiplier, BCLK, Gear, Turbo, power, reset, clear CMOS)
#2. TAG
#3. OC Ignition
#4. Trigger
#5. Dual BIOS Selector
#6. Single BIOS Mode
#7. 15u gold plate on CPU pins, DIMM pins, and PCI-E pins
#8. GIGABYTE Mem SAFE
#9. Settings Lock
#10. Direct to BIOS
#11. CBAT Button
#12. 6-Layer 2oz PCB
#13. 8-Phase VRM with IR3563B and IR3553 and 60A Custom chokes.
Overall the Z87X-OC is perfect at its price, however if you want the best of the best the OC Force is the best high-end. Also there is a Z87X-UD7 TH which also has the same OC Features as the OC Force, but the board has gold highlights like the Z87X-UD5H.
Also GBT has really improved their memory OC for Z87, so enjoy.
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