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C7Z87-OCE key selling points• New Haswell 4th generation CPU support• Onboard predefined over clock hot buttons (OC1: 15% boost, OC2: 23%

boost, OC3: user define), easy for first time gamers as well as professional gamers 

• Reset & CMOS clear button (1st insurance), Dual boot block BIOS design (double insurance), Debug LED (triple insurance) making this board user friendly for all type consumers

• Thunderbolt support (most others no support)• Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN with NIC teaming (most others support 1)• 8 SATA & 8USB 3.0 (most others 6) • 4 display interface (VGA, HDMI, DVI, DP) with flexible PCI-e Gen 3

configuration for graphic cards• Highest power efficiency with server level design, made of server level

quality components • Highest performance (i7 4770K CPU can be easily OC to 5.0GHz) with the

best Cinebench mark 10.05, the best score among all Z87 MB tested from 7.49 to 9.91

• Designed in California, USA.

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Dual Boot Block BIOS (New-3)

Bios Main Block

Bios Boot Block #1

Bios Boot Block #2

Switchable

Dual Switchable boot sectorsBoot sector block contains recovery code

for flashing BIOS image. Switching to boot from back-up BIOS when main BIOS is corrupted

BIOS recovery By closing jumper JBR1, power up

system and press <Ctrl> + <Home> simultaneously

Minimize system downtime

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BIOS setup options/Hardware feature: CPU Overclocking

Base clock, Multiplier, Voltage tuning Memory Overclocking

Bus Clock, Voltage tuningMemory frequency support up to 1600MHz / 3000MHz(OC*)

Support Intel XTU ( OS application)

OverClocking (New-4)

Facilitate easy ways to fine tuning parameters to achieve the best possible system performance

OC1

OC2

OC3

Reset

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Simplify HW Debugging

Auto diagnose and display “Post Code” to indentify HW issue

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C7Z87-OCE / X10SAT

0 0 x16 Gen3 or 0 x8 x8 Gen3or x4 x4 x8 Gen3

x1 Gen2

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C7Z87-OCE / X10SAT Rear IO

0 0 x16 Gen3 or 0 x8 x8 Gen3or x4 x4 x8 Gen3

x1 Gen2

Thunderbolt

DVI Port

USB 3.0 Ports

USB 3.0 Ports Audio Jacks

RJ45 LAN ConnectorsUSB 2.0 Ports VGA Connector

Clear CMOS

HDMI Port

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C7Z87-OCE / X10SAT Rear IO

0 0 x16 Gen3 or 0 x8 x8 Gen3or x4 x4 x8 Gen3

x1 Gen2

Thunderbolt

DVI Port

USB 3.0 Ports

USB 3.0 Ports Audio Jacks

RJ45 LAN ConnectorsUSB 2.0 Ports VGA Connector

Clear CMOS

HDMI Port