ASRock touts DDR5 RAM overclock to 10,133 MT/s on new Taichi Z890 OCF board

ASRock has announced that its new Taichi OCF motherboard, equipped with the Intel Z890 chipset, can handle DDR5 RAM at speeds above 10,000 MT/s. This board for Intel Core Ultra 200S processors is designed specifically for overclockers, is equipped with an enhanced power subsystem and has only two slots for installing RAM.

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According to ASRock, the regular version of the Taichi Z890 supports RAM speeds of up to 9200 MT/s via overclocking. However, the OCF (OC Formula) version is designed to support memory up to 10,133 MT/s. However, of course, no one guarantees that such memory speed will actually be achieved. Even the official specifications of the Taichi Z890 OCF indicate that it supports RAM up to 9600 MT/s. In other words, we are not talking about official support for memory modules with speeds above 10,000 MHz (memory sticks with such a declared speed are simply not on sale yet), but about the fact that users can independently experiment with overclocking, trying to achieve the declared speed.

ASRock did not share any examples of overclocking achievements using the new Taichi Z890 OCF board, since the publication of such information is still prohibited. However, the manufacturer published photographs of the board from its overclocking laboratory. Obviously, the Taichi Z890 OCF will only be able to demonstrate its full overclocking capabilities when using extreme cooling, for example, in the form of liquid nitrogen, so the memory speed of 10,133 MT/s may not be possible at all using conventional air cooling.

The new ASRock Z890 series of motherboards are equipped with patented Memory OC Shield technology, which the manufacturer says reduces electromagnetic interference in the signal transmission between RAM modules and the CPU, which can hinder the full potential of overclocking. ASRock has redesigned its boards to limit this interference. In addition, the manufacturer’s new boards support Intel XMP and AMD EXPO RAM overclocking profiles.

It is worth noting that Intel has indeed improved support for DDR5 memory in the new Arrow Lake-S platform, including support for CUDIMM modules, which are equipped with their own clock generators for stable operation of RAM at higher frequencies. However, the Intel Arrow Lake-S platform officially supports memory up to DDR5-6400 without overclocking.

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The ASRock Z890 OCF, like other previously announced boards based on the Intel Z890 chipset, not only from ASRock, but also from other manufacturers, will be available later this month. According to the large Western retailer Newegg, the cost of the ASRock Z890 OCF model will be $599.