The Intel LGA1150 Haswell Owners Thread & Survey (H.O.T.S)

[MacClipper]

Z87E-ITX
ASRock > Z87E-ITX official page

Just sharing the unboxing and a few photos for now, more to come right after my holidays...

Unboxing

Contents

Front & Back

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[MacClipper]

Minutiae


Intel GLAN

Proper upright CMOS battery socket, 8 pin CPU 12V plug

Heatsink properly screwed down

Proper upright SATA3 ports x 6, front USB3, wireless

mSATA connector

6 layers PCB

All in , it is starting to look like a good base for a potentially mighty Haswell powerhouse mITX rig. Nice!

 

[asungel]

Does anyone know when is asrock z87 extreme 9/ac avaliable?

 

[snipes14]

Z87E-ITX
ASRock > Z87E-ITX official page

Nice, do you think it would make for a good NAS rig when the budget Haswells come out?

 

[MacClipper]

Haven't put it on my test bench yet, have to wait till after my brief break. Looks good on paper though so don't be too surprised if it performs as well as its predecessor, the Z77 version, which is a hot favourite among its owners (see the OCN owners thread).


Meanwhile...

Roadmap - Beyond 2013?
Here Is the Intel Roadmap for 2013 and 2014

 

[MacClipper]

WR - DDR3 4285.6MHz !!!
Too way crazy!!!

NickShih`s Memory Clock score: 2142.8 MHz with a DDR3 SDRAM

 

[MacClipper]

H87 Fatal1ty Performance
Getting the bling bling without the ding... (or zing?), finally sharing one H87 mobo as requested.

ASRock > Fatal1ty H87 Performance

Unboxing
The usual ADC trademark colour for the mobo ie. Asrock Dark Chocolate

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[MacClipper]

Minutiae


Fatal1ty heatsinks - properly anchored down with screws

LGA1150 Socket

Intel GLAN and Purity Sound

CPU 12V 8 pin connector and Fatal1ty Gaming port

Front USB3 connector

Dual BIOS and SATA3 ports

From what can be seen, this is an unusual pioneering attempt to liven up Intel's otherwise staid non-o'c H87 chipset, dressing it in the Red Black colour combos of high end gaming models. There have be no prior Fatal1ty model for H series chipset till now. And afaik, no other mobo makers have done any similar moves.

Will consumers bite and go for it? And will you?

Hands on testing to be done after next week... so keep tuned in .

 

[muddle]

Thanks for the preview mac. I think the h87 is s decent chipset. It should be a good alternative for users who don't*wish*to over clock their cpu. But not many vendors make a normal atx size motherboard based on this chipset. It would be a nice budget full size board otherwise.

 

[MacClipper]

Glad you found it useful, guess Asrock decided there is no real need to punish non-ocers with plain mobos from now on.


On another note.

What voltage do you run your cache or ring at? Saw this pic over at OCN forums and got me intrigued.

vRing < vCore can cause damage??? 1st time seeing this warning.

 

[MacClipper]

Hmm, above pic shows Vcore and Vring taking up to 2.0V and Ram allowing <1.65V (more than the official +10% ie. 1.575V of earlier gens).

 

[Cryogenist]

Seems like I somewhat found the stable voltage, 1.180V for my i5-4670k @ 4.3Ghz.
Left 12h Prime95 Blend Test to do...

 

[MacClipper]

OC Formula Mobos - A 5 Year Warranty!
plus Conformal Coating Waterproofing

Impt for you?

 

[MacClipper]

wrt post #430

Still haven't found any other incriminating evidence that Vring < Vcore is detrimental to the components so simply did the next safest thing (probably).

Now running my chip at Core-Cache-GPU 4.5/4.2/1.5GHz all at exactly 1.18V Adaptive all round, tada!

 

[xingkia]

i5-4670K On Asrock Z87 Extreme4


★ Asrock Z87 Extreme4 | i5-4670K Retail |Intel HD 4600 | 8GB KVR1866 | Enermax 240ELC | TT Smart 630W ★

Ambient non-aircon temps


LinX AVX Stock Run

Cinebench

WinRAR

7Zip

Comparing Extreme 6 vs Extreme4
- seems very similar in features and performance in daily usage, both are officially specced at 12 power phase

Official specs
ASRock > Z87 Extreme6
ASRock > Z87 Extreme4


ASRock > Motherboard Series > Models Compare

Notes

★ Sample size of just 1 retail chip
★ The Z87 Extreme4 is able to clock the i5 to the same 4.5GHz (heat limited) as the Extreme6
★ if you are chip limited for o'cing, do most of us actually need those > USD400 mobos?



HTH

Hi MacClipper,

I just oc my 4670k to 4.4ghz using the extreme 4. Ran linx64. But I am wondering why my timing so much different from urs. Urs is 5plus seconds whereas mine is always 10plus seconds. Any clue?

 

[MacClipper]

Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
... the last model unboxing sharing before I scoot off for my break

Glad to see the PS/2 keyboard port still present in this gaming mobo

ASRock > Fatal1ty Z87 Professional

Notable Specs

12 Power Phase Design
Dual VGA Output Options : HDMI, DisplayPort
Creative Sound Core3D 7.1 CH HD Audio, Supports SBX Pro Studio, Scout Mode, Premium Headset Amplifier
Intel® Dual Gigabit LAN with Teaming

Contents
Chockful of goodies inside

Fatal1ty Branding

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[MacClipper]

LGA1150 Socket
plentiful caps, front and back

Hardware Creative Core3D Sound
Yes Virginia, there is no Bluff-tech or Realtek underneath... real stuff no duff!

SATA3 Aplenty!

Intel® Dual Gigabit LAN with Teaming
plus Fatal1ty Gaming mouse port and Key Master gamers' utility included

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[MacClipper]

Other Notables

Dual BIOS, beautiful onboard LED buttons, Debug LED

Front USB3 x 2

mPCI-e

Going by current Newegg pricing, this model is priced around USD250 which is below that of competing gaming models from most other makes. Hands on testing to follow, after my break.


HTH

 

[layzibum22]

That's one wicked looking mobo!

 

[MacClipper]

Yeah, the Fatal1ty series is targeted more at the gaming and bling bling crowd than the extreme o'cers. Hence the striking bright red-black contrasty looks with no extraneous components to push up the costs eg. Conformal coat, LN2 mode etc...

Should look great in a lit windowed casing.