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

[Splave]

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



This round ASRock has decided to create just a normal ATX form factor board, so there will just be the large OCF not an M.
The board will have the same coating as the z87 which im super happy about.
Its held up very well for me in the past even after heavy frozen memory benching countless times.

The price point in the USA will be $216-$225 for a fully featured flag ship board is



Courtesy HKEPC


The z97 board pics up right where the z87 left off. Its clocks all IC's of memory just as well and doesnt have the hiccups that the z87 board had. ( Delayed post hanging on 9D or A3 for a couple seconds before booting normal ) Efficiency is top notch as usual


Thanks to L0ud for showing off what the Samsung and MFR can do.

Samsung



Hynix



Here is some examples with classic ICs PSC and BBSE

PSC



BBSE




BIOS
**Coming Soon



Tools
OC tools 0512


Last Update
5/18/2014

[THERULE]

Nice, can't wait to test it!
I'm happy about coating, perfect for memory under LN2.

[asfgbdnf]

debug OLED screen is gone

[Splave]

yes it is Im happy about it, it was too small for me to read unless I was right above it

[Nizzen]

When does the z97 OC Formula hit the stores?

[Reefa_Madness]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157502

OOS at the Egg at the moment, but I couldn't help but notice that the previous 5-year warranty that came with the Z87 board has been replaced by a 1-year warranty, according to the product page at the Egg. Is that correct, or a typo on Newegg's part?

IF correct, that's a BIG reduction and a 1-year warranty for a motherboard sure seems pretty short.

Got any info on this?

[ZenEffect]

hmmm doesnt really seem like i should upgrade from z87 atm.

[asfgbdnf]

May I ask what is cause of hiccups that z87 board had. ( Delayed post hanging on 9D or A3 for a couple seconds before booting normal )?
Mobo design or result from the chipset?

[moorhen2]

Well according to the ASrock website, no mention of the Z97 OC FORMULA, but there is an Z97M OC FORMULA, very confusing.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z97M%20OC%20Formula/

http://www.asrock.com/mb/index.asp?s=1150

[nickshih]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157502

OOS at the Egg at the moment, but I couldn't help but notice that the previous 5-year warranty that came with the Z87 board has been replaced by a 1-year warranty, according to the product page at the Egg. Is that correct, or a typo on Newegg's part?

IF correct, that's a BIG reduction and a 1-year warranty for a motherboard sure seems pretty short.

Got any info on this?

opps .Seems the description is wrong on the page .

I will ask someone to fix that

[nickshih]

May I ask what is cause of hiccups that z87 board had. ( Delayed post hanging on 9D or A3 for a couple seconds before booting normal )?
Mobo design or result from the chipset?

The OLED sometimes try to access lots info during bios posting . It cause bios to hang on 9D and A3 for a while .

[asfgbdnf]

The OLED sometimes try to access lots info during bios posting . It cause bios to hang on 9D and A3 for a while .

Thanks for your reply, Nick. It might be a good choice to remove OLED on 97 board if it is the source of BIOS hanging problem.

[Reefa_Madness]

opps .Seems the description is wrong on the page .

I will ask someone to fix that

Thanks for the clarification and I'm glad to hear that it is an error on Newegg's part. So, what exactly is the warranty period for this motherboard?

[Splave]

^ 5 years newegg page is just a place holder for now

[NickF]

I just picked up a Z97 Extreme6 and I didnt realize the OC was coming out....

[Splave]

return it for sure

[Reefa_Madness]

^ 5 years newegg page is just a place holder for now

Thanks. I thought it extremely odd that the warranty would drop to only 1 year.

[nickshih]

I just picked up a Z97 Extreme6 and I didnt realize the OC was coming out....

If u live in USA ..... please return it hahahah

[nickshih]

This mobo will be full "coated" for sure .... got lots msg about this .

[hiwa]

ext6 is also very nice more featured than ocf for daily pc imao, but if you are going extreme ocf ftw

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

It's all about IMC strength when it comes to BBSE. All 3 of my kits (2133 c8's) would pass in single channel at the below timings but add another dimm and training was impossible. Change chips and no other settings and now all dimms pass go figure.

[Dumo]

^^Same thing From 4 chips tested with bbse air only 1 with good enough imc to finish 32m @ 1333+ 8-12-7.

Nice board

[bullant]

Board looks great,nice result loud

[ZenEffect]

hard to tell if efficiency is the same with bbse... dont really have a board to find out. perhaps one of these days i will get around to getting back into the game but lately i just havent been "feeling it"

[Splave]

speaking of IMCs, it made all the difference on these sticks. Used to to max 2720 now rocking 2800.



No issues on cold so far