Gigabyte GA-X99-SOC Force Review : Overclocking on the X99 with Force
The GA-X99-SOC Force has support for 4-way SLI and CrossFire with two slots running at x8 and two slots running at x16 which gives more bandwidth but whether that makes a difference is something we need to investigate further. The board’s MRP is at Rs.38K which going by the feature set that the board gives you is justified.
The board has a whole section dedicated to overclocking. There is the OC-ignition button which allows you to keep your fans running in cold-bug conditions and the OC-tag button loads whatever setting was saved to the Tag profile in the BIOS so you can recover quickly in case you had to clear CMOS. Then there is the OC trigger which switches between two different frequencies and then there are plenty of buttons to increase or decrease the CPU ratio and Moreover, there are plenty of V-check points right next to these buttons so it’s a well organized section dedicated for the job.
The GA-X99-SOC Force has support for 4-way SLI and CrossFire with two slots running at x8 and two slots running at x16 which gives more bandwidth but whether that makes a difference is something we need to investigate further. The board’s MRP is at Rs.38K which going by the feature set that the board gives you is justified.
Specifications
Chipset: Intel X99
Memory support: 4×3000(OC)MHz upto 64GB
LAN: Intel Gigabit Ethernet
Audio: ALC1150 7.1
SATA: 10x SATA III
Expansion: 4x PCIe X16(x16+x8+x16+x8)
Dimensions (LxWxD): 305 mm x 264 mm
Warranty: 3 years.
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