If you aren’t deep into the overclocking scene, the name Nick Shih might not mean anything to you, but if you poke around many of the CPU benchmarking record charts online you’ll often see the handle ‘nickshih’ on the front page. The Brainchild of ASRock’s OC Formula lineup, Nick knows what it takes to break records and ASRock brings that…
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The ASRock X299 OC Formula, on the other hand, is ready to push 450W easily (provided the VRM has the required airflow), making it one of the few boards out there ready to push the new i9-7980XE CPU I have sitting here on my desk. These CPUs can pull that 250W at stock, if not more, when Turbo is enabled. So if you’ve got plans on getting one of Intel’s HCC CPUs, you best pay attention to this motherboard that is ready to break past such limits.
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If bragging rights are the point of overclocking, the X299 OC Formula may be your perfect companion. If program performance is the point of overclocking, the X299 OC Formula is easily matched. On balance, a lower price may have earned this model an award.
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ASRock’s OC Formula series motherboards typically trade blows with other top overclocking products such as ASUS’s ROG Apex and GIGABYTE’s SOC series boards, and with this generation, ASRock is bringing out their A-game. While the motherboard might look very similar to other X299 overclocking boards with only four memory DIMMs, a hefty VRM, and many full-sized PCI-E x16 slots, it actually packs some serious hardware you won’t notice without reading this review.
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