ASROCK Z87M OC Formula User Manual download pdf

- Micro ATX Form Factor

- Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

OC Formula Power Kit

- 12 Power Phase Design

- 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 (8 pin)

- 15µ Gold Finger (CPU sockets, memory sockets and PCIE x16 slots)

- Distortion-Free Slot

OC Formula Cooling Kit

- 8 Layer PCB

- 4 x 2oz Copper

- GELID Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound

- Supports 4

Generation Intel

Core

i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon

/ Pentium

/ Celeron

in LGA1150 Package

- Supports Intel

Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

- Supports Intel

K-Series unlocked CPU

- Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

- Intel

Z87

- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology

- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR3 3000+(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(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

- Distortion-Free Slot

- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3))

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x4 slot

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

- 1 x half mini-PCI Express slot

- 1 x mSATA/mini-PCI Express slot

* The mSATA/mini-PCI Express slot is shared with the SATA3_4 port.

- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX

and CrossFireX

- Supports NVIDIA

Quad SLI

and SLI

* Intel

HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are

GPU integrated.

- Supports Intel

HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel

Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full

HW Encode1, Intel

InTru

3D, Intel

Clear Video HD Technology, Intel

Insider

, Intel

HD Graphics 4400/4600

- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

- Max. shared memor y 1792MB

- Dual VGA Outputs: Supports HDMI and DisplayPort ports by independent display controllers

- Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz

- Supports DisplayPort with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz

- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI

(Compliant HDMI monitor is required)

- Supports HDCP with HDMI and DisplayPort ports

- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDMI and DisplayPort ports

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)

- Premium Blu-ray audio support

- Supports Purity Sound

- 115dB SNR DAC with differential ampliﬁer

- TI

NE5532 Premium Headset Ampliﬁer (supports up to 600 Ohms headsets)

- Direct Drive Technology

- EMI shielding cover

- PCB isolate shielding

- Supports DTS Connect

- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Giga PHY Intel

I217V

- Supports Intel

Remote Wake Technology

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports Energy Efﬁcient Ethernet 802.3az

- Supports PXE

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

- 1 x HDMI-Out Port

- 1 x HDMI-In Port

- 1 x DisplayPort

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 1 x eSATA Connector

- 2 x USB 2.0 Ports

- 4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Intel

Z87) (ASMedia Hub)

- 2 x USB 3.0 Ports (Intel

Z87)

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)

- 1 x Clear CMOS Button

- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage

Technology 12 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

- 1 x eSATA connector, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 12 and

Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

* eSATA Connector is shared with the SATA3_1 port.

- 2 x 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with Multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)

- Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjustment

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome

Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), MeshCentral, Splashtop Streamer

- CPU/Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature)

- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

- FCC, CE, WHQL

- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

- 1 x ASRock Flexible SLI Bridge Connector Cable

- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield

- 4 x SATA Data Cables

- 10 x OC Stands

- GELID Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Compound

- 1 x WiFi Module Screw

- 1 x mSATA Screw

- Microsoft

Windows

8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant

- ASRock Formula Drive

- 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 UEFI Tech Ser vice

- ASRock Dehumidiﬁer Function

- ASRock Easy RAID Installer

- ASRock Easy Driver Installer

- ASRock Interactive UEFI

- ASRock Fast Boot

- ASRock Restart to UEFI

- NickShih's OC Proﬁle

- Fine-Tuning V-Controller

- Timing Conﬁgurator

- ASRock USB Key

- ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control

- ASRock U-COP

- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

- Good Night LED

Platform

- Home Cloud

- Purity Sound

- HDMI-In

A-Style

OC Formula Kit

KIT

CPU

Chipset

Memory

Expansion Slot

Graphics

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel I/O

Storage

BIOS Feature

Support CD

Hardware Monitor

Certiﬁcations

Accessories

Unique Feature

Connector

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x Power LED header

- 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

- 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)

- 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)

- 1 x 24 pin ATX power connector

- 1 x 8 pin 12V power connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)

- 1 x Front panel audio connector

- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

- 1 x Vertical Type A USB 2.0

- 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)

- 1 x Power Switch with LED

- 1 x Reset Switch with LED

- 1 x Clear CMOS Button

- 1 x Post Status Checker (PSC)

- 1 x Slow Mode Switch

- 1 x LN2 Mode Switch

- 1 x BIOS Selection Switch

Detail Speciﬁcation

The speciﬁcation is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any conﬁguration other than original product speciﬁcation is not guaranteed.

Product Brief

• Supports NickShih's OC Proﬁle, Formula Drive, FAN-Tastic Tuning

• Supports Fine-Tuning V-Controller, Interactive UEFI, Timing

Conﬁgurator, USB Key, Post Status Checker

• Free Bundle : 10 x OC Stands

HDMI-In

Intel

Z87 Chipset

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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Product Brief

- Micro ATX Form Factor- Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)OC Formula Power Kit- 12 Power Phas

Page 2 - brings you:

Home CloudHDMI-InPurity SoundTM is a combination of several hardware, software audio solutions and technologies that will satisfy even the pickiest au

Page 3 - COOLING KIT

The speciﬁcation is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any conﬁguration other

Page 4 - Dehumidiﬁer

The speciﬁcation is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any conﬁguration other