ASUS & [H]ardOCP Haswell Z87 ROG Motherboard Giveaway! Week 2

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have yet to try UEFI, what a fine opportunity to do so.
 
The RamDisk feature is very helpful, and the entire UEFI has been positively revamped in a way that is geared towards high performance, but is also very intuitive and carefully thought out. A huge step forward in the UEFI evolution that should help bring the older bios holdouts along into 2013 without much apprehension.
 
Ramdisk definatly ,,,SSD Secure Erase is definatly a 2nd couldn't ask for a better looking and more feature packed bios tho,,,,
 
The ability to store settings via profiles makes it ideal for different use-cases or even different times of the year when ambi temperature is radically different. The ramdisk feature seems enticing as well :O
 
Superspeed ramdisk plus has got to be, now what is that word.......awesome. That you can keep it at reboot without losing any data is just er....... awesome? Those benchmark speeds are...... awesome?
 
I teach computer science, and like to impress upon my students that commented code helps everyone including yourself understand what is going on. I would love to use the note taking capabilities to show my students how this concept even applies to overclocking.
 
Oh what takes the cake for me ability to set short cuts. also the fan options on the easy menu is always a highlight
 
Being able to view all vital system stats without hunting around in different menus for them. That, and being able to customize what info you want to appear on the main page.
 
After watching that 20 minute video, I have a laundry list of new features that had me pretty amped up. The GUI looks spectacular, and it seems like ASUS put a lot of effort in to making it very functional. So many UEFI's have issues with inverted mouse tracking or general choppiness, but that one looked spectacular start to finish. From the basic real-time view of connected SATA devices to the little touches, such as the flashing ROG logo so you know your system isn't locked up while you're tweaking, that interface shows they care about what they've put together.

The overclocking functionality seems to be a lot more newbie friendly while making it more convenient for the average user. Seeing some of the less-used OC features in Tweaker's Paradise was cool, and being able to drill down in to some of the more obscure features all in the same place is convenient. The included BCLK and Gamer's profiles will probably make a lot of people's lives easier, or give a jumping off point to people newer to the OC game. CPU Level-Up will also give people a head start in figuring out what they can get out of their processors with little 200mhz jumps.

As I said, there's a laundry list of items that have me excited about ROG boards in general with this new UEFI configuration, and even the small stuff like drag and drop boot order has me thinking ASUS for my next motherboard.

But the question was was which new feature(not features) so I would have to go with Secure Erase along with a lot of other posters. At first it seemed sort of useless, but thinking about it got me on the other side of the fence. Secure Erase looks pretty terrific for getting my SSD back to peak performance without having to mess around with third party drive utilities to get back to a factory-like state. Having that built in to the BIOS means one less application to deal with when I need to re-image my SSDs, which happens almost monthly with me.
 
The ability to name individual ports and keep track of overclocking details. Love this new board and the external overclocking interface.
 
I like the fact the UEFI has evolved to a system control panel that gives more a feel of control. It's not just changing a setting anymore. The ability to add notes and the fact that more information is available on one screen.
 
My Favorites/Shortcuts options, I can get to the settings I am working with with a click instead of going through pages to get to that one setting,

Last Modified Log, for those times I just plain forget what I changed........
 
Easily [pun intended] the best feature (to me ) is the EZ Mode. Slick.
 
I like the new overclocking features. It feels powerful but also simple. CPU overclocking is almost too easy with "CPU level up": just set the MHZ goal and the BIOS will do the rest.

The memory presets also seem like a nice feature for new people to easily upgrade to higher clocked RAM.
 
I think that the note taking ability is the Bios is going to be incredibly useful. I often wish I could have some notes saved in my old school BIOS as an explanation for why I did certain things.
 
I would have to say the ssd secure erase. I use nothing but ssd's so making sure everything is erased is a great feature!
 
I thought that the last modified feature was an excellent idea, when paired with the custom field page it saves a lot of time when changing the settings to get the maximum overclock. This feature alone makes me lean even more towards buying an ASUS board than I already was.
 
The note-taking ("Quick Note") ability is fantastic. Once the setup is fixed, I don't go into the BIOS every day, and I may forget why I set something up the way I did, or how sensitive some voltage or multiplier was to stability at the time I was fiddling with it. Being able to review those notes two years later, when I've gotten a new cooler and want to push harder, would be very helpful.
 
Having a number of SSDs now, Secure Erase is a a definite benefit. Also I really like the note feature. having done a lot of overclocking in the past and writing out tons of notes in my overclocking handbook, its nice to be able to include some notes in the system where i am making changes.
 
I am interested in the simplicity of the layout. I can use this to build my 9 year old daughters first computer with her and it would be really easy to get her started on overclocking as well. And the Quick Notes along with customizable shortcuts would make for a great learning experience.
 
Tweakers Paradise looks awesome, that and it's just plain sexy compared to the BIOS screen's I've been staring at for 20 years haha
 
At the risk of sounding like an echo, adding secure erase and ramdisk is exciting. These are great features that seem appropriate to handle at that basic, UEFI BIOS level.
 
I'd love to get off of my aging AMD setup and get back into the fastest, easiest overclocking environment of Intel. Asus FTW
 
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