Try SUPERMICRO's overclocking mother "C7Z87-OCE"

Although it is a motherboard designed by focusing on gaming and overclocking, C7Z87-OCE has been inherited from SUPERMICRO DNA.The first thing is the design philosophy of the "server level".

The C7Z87-OCE was for consumers and was handled by a team that designed the company's server motherboard.Equipped with parts that require server -class quality, such as power supply design, ferrite chalk coil, and Japanese solid capacitor.The level of static protection is equivalent to the server.In addition, operating guarantees in an environment of 0 to 50 ° C and MTBF exceeding 200,000 hours are also claimed, and these are also based on server products.

Most of the general consumers' motherboards have a life expectancy at the parts level, but most of the MTBFs as a whole product are not claimed, and it is found that the operation is guaranteed in a wide range of 0 to 50 ° C.do not have.This is the point that can only be suggested because it is Supermicro.

The power supply is the server's design philosophy itself.It is common to use a digital PWM controller used in many motherboards for overclocking, but this product does not dare to make a multi -phase, and has a simple design of one phase per controller.While there are many designs that make up more than two phases with a 1 controller to earn current output, it is said that one phase is fastened to reduce performance and temperature rise.

This product uses 6 phases for CPU and 2 phases for memory.In each case, the adoption of integrated Driver Mosfet (DRMOS) is enhanced to increase efficiency and reduce excess power consumption.DRMOS is Infineon's "TDA21215", the supply per phase is 51W, so a total of 306W for the CPU and a total of 102W can be supplied to memory.The stability when the CPU is overclocked to the limit is unknown, but it can be said that overclocking in an air -cooled environment is more than enough equipment.

The PWM controller uses PRIMARION's "PX3746DDQ" on the CPU side and the PRIMARION "PX3743DDQ" on the memory side.I don't know the details because there is no data sheet, but as Supermicro says, the former is 6 phases and the latter is a 2 pham controller.Since Primary was acquired by Infineon in April 2008, all semiconductors around the power supply are solidified in infineon.

Not only quality and power design, but another server -like design can be seen in the commitment to PCB itself.

For general consumer motherboards, PCB wiring changes the direction at 45 degrees, 90 degrees, or 135 degrees to eliminate the complexity of the design, and rarely performs a distinction wiring to align the timing of the signal.However, the wiring of this product is irregular like a fingerprint.

The angle is adjusted in detail so that the wiring is the shortest around the PCI Express bus, and the two lines need to be reached at the same time, and the inner line is zigzag in small increments.It is quite elaborate, such as a device that makes the inside and outer distance the same.The back is also at the level of art, such as wiring through the pins of the parts, wiring that turns the pins delicately.If the flow of the signal could be visualized, it would be an interesting motherboard.

At first glance, the PCB is a jumbled PCB, because it is not a lot of wiring or parts, but is assigned a number to each part and printed silk.These points may be strongly conscious of repair and renovation.

In any case, it is a fun motherboard to watch without using it.Until this, the only thing that can be particularly particular about each part is the only thing that the server/workstation team has worked on.