ASRock went with a blue color scheme as opposed to the silver one they featured on their previous Extreme series motherboards. The ASRock Z97 Extreme 4 is a mid-end board featuring the LGA1150 socket and Z97 PCH. I/O includes Purity Sound 2 powered 7.1 Channel audio jack, Dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports, Cloud from ASRock, e-SATA, DVI, HDMI, Display port, 6 USB 3.0 ports and a PS/2 port. A separate PCI-e power connector is added in the bottom which adds additional stability to the board. Storage includes a massive 10 SATA 6 GB/s ports while OC and LED for Diagnostics can be found under the Z97 PCH heatsink.Įxpansin slots includethree PCI-e 3.0 x16, two PCI-e 3.0 x1, Ultra M.2 and M.2 slots for support of add-in mPCIe cards and SSDs.
Four DDR3 DIMMs are spotted with the same black and blue color and support upto 32 GB of maximum capacity. We are looking at a 12 Phase VRM featuring high-quality components while the CPU is powered by a 8-Pin ATX power connector for stability and overclocking. The ASRock Z97 Extreme 6 is a high-end board featuring the LGA1150 socket and Z97 PCH. I/O includes 6 USB 3.0, 4 USB 2.0, HDMI, PS/2, LAN, Clear CMOS and a 7.1 channel audio jack.
ASRock has loaded their Z97 OC Formula with features such as the Purity Sound 2 chip for high-quality audio output and the Killer E2200 chip for lag free online experience. A SATA M.2 slot can also be seen which will support Intel's NGFF form factor SSDs. A few OC and tuning switches are located below the SATA ports along with the Dual BIOS chips.Įxpansion slots include four PCI-e 3.0 x16 and two PCI-e 3.0 x1 slots. For storage, ASRock went with 7 SATA 6 GB/s ports and a USB 3.0 header that's adjusted next to the 24-Pin ATX connector. Four DDR3 DIMMs can be spotted and a large voltage check-point is located on their right. The CPU socket is powered with Dual 8-Pin connectors while the PCH and VRM are cooled by large aluminum heatsinks featuring heatpipe tech. The ASRock Z97 OC Formula features 12 Phase supply featuring a Digi Power, Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM), Multiple Filter Cap (MFC) (Filters different noises by 3 different capacitors: DIP solid cap, POSCAP and MLCC) and Premium Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke). The motherboard features the Z97 Express chipset and the LGA1150 socket which will support the latest Haswell, Haswell Refresh, Devil's Canyon and Broadwell CPUs. The motherboard has an impressive yellow and black color theme which show that it sticks loyal to the OC series design from ASRock. ASRock Z97 OC FormulaĪSRock Z97 OC Formula is the spiritual successor of Z87C OC Formula, built and tested by ASRock's in-house and legendary overclocker, Nick Shih. We will see more motherboards such as the Z97 OC Formula /AC, Z97 Extreme 9 and other variants in the coming future but for now, let's just detail the one we have access to at the moment. ASRock's Z97 boards include the following:įor those of you who know ASRock, the motherboards listed up don't make up their entire Z97 lineup. The classic series would be aimed towards everyone moving on the Z97 platform with design schemes and price ranges that make them an attractive product line.
These boards slightly resemble the Z97 Gaming lineups from MSI and Gigabyte. The FATAL1TY series is ASRock's long running product line which are the feature packed yet low cost offerings. ASRock Z97 Motherboards – OC and FATAL1TY Boards PicturedĪSRock's Z97 motherboards will fall into three tiers, the OC boards will be geared towards overclockers who need the best performance with new design schemes and powerful VRM designs. The ASRock Z97 motherboards lineup is the fourth product line we will be detailing today, in addition to the several Z97 product lines from ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte which have been pictured over the past weeks. ASRock's Z97 motherboards have finally been exposed a few weeks prior to their launch next early next month with Intel 9-Series platform.