8 Phase Power Design |
Since quite some time Gigabyte
has been equipping its boards with digital power designs. With the
Z87X-OC they are very proud about their solution which is using components from
International Rectifyer (IR3553 and IR3563B) and each phase offers up to 60A.
Additionally Gigabyte makes use of special black capacitors which are
rated a 10'000 hours at 105°C. |
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OC Ignition |
If you activate OC
Ignetion basically everything on the system turns on but the CPU. In
this case for example iRAM is able to preserve memory states and also
all fan are running. It can also be a practical features if you want to
fill up a new custom watercooling solution. |
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OC Touch |
OC-Touch
enables overclockers to quickly and easily get more performance from
their system. With onboard OC-Touch buttons, users are able to manually
raise and lower the CPU ratio, change BCLK settings, and even change the
BCLK stepping. These changes can be made at any time whether in the BIOS or
Windows or in real-time without the need for rebooting, so users can quickly fine-tune to find their
CPU’s maximum frequency. In the same area of the board you find voltage measurement
points and connectors. Included in the delivery are twelve voltage
measurement cables to easily connect a voltage read-out device. |
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OC Brace |
Included in the
delivery you find the so called OC Brace. In our opinion this is one of
the most practical new features in a long time. If you attach the OC
Brace to the motherboard, you can then safely install graphics cards
using screws to attach them to the OC Brace. |
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