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By Justin Robinson
May 29, 2009 | 11 Comments
Tags: ASUS | ROG | republic | of | gamers | overclocking | station

ASUS' Republic of Gamers branded OC Station promises easy overclocking in a classy box.

It isn't every day that a big vendor like ASUS release something as eccentric and stylish as their latest product; the ROG OC Station - first shown at the ASUS Insights event we hosted three weeks ago.

It's basically a dual-slot 5.25" bay device but the features that have been packed in are pretty impressive; covering a 3" TFT LCD screen, large control dial, tilt (of 30° upwards), buttons and a built-in fan controller.

The OC Station is controllable via included software, and when idling it can even show a slideshow of pictures - though its main use is to enable BIOS-free overclocking.

All the important features of the BIOS are included in the OC Station with control over the QPI, voltage, multiplier, PCIe bus speed and memory speeds.

It's even built solidly, and feels more like professional audio gear thanks to the  very smooth feel of the brushed aluminium dial - though the screen will attract more fingerprints than an unguarded wallet will attract shady-looking people.

There's a huge (and we really mean huge) downside to the OC Station - it is only compatible with a grand total of three motherboards, all ASUS:

We're a little wary of incredibly luxurious things (and as of writing are still waiting for a response from ASUS about pricing), but this seems to be an interesting one - head into our gallery of pics for more detail, and pick up a copy of Atomic magazine to see the full review!

 

 
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bnew
May 29, 2009 2:29 PM
 This kind of product doesn't sit well with me. Sounds like the kind of thing that people with more money than sense would buy.

I wonder how many people who purchase this would even know what half of the provided settings do?
Kasalal
May 29, 2009 6:08 PM
 You would think the people with mobos like that would know how to OC pretty well.
Kasalal
May 29, 2009 6:09 PM
 Or is it for more then noobs ?
nesquick
May 29, 2009 6:47 PM
 Overclocking in windows is a bad idea and always results in a BSOD unless you are squeezing those extra few mhz out of an unstable OC.
Sabmac
May 30, 2009 1:35 AM
 It's an interesting step in making overclocking more accessible (sort of), but as I commented in the first story, I'd be very worried about somebody coming up and playing with the dials if there's no security (ie. a child/idiot).
nesquick
May 30, 2009 7:51 AM
 Sabmac even if people played with the dials theres not a lot you can do to hurt your computer from overclocking despite popular controversy except maybe pump over 1.8volts into the cpu without subzero cooling.
bbjai
May 30, 2009 9:12 PM
 to be fair i would be interested if the price was right and it was easy to overclock on air this way. I mean saves me the hassle
Sabmac
May 31, 2009 1:06 AM
 Nesquick, that's exactly what I would be worried about (pumping up the volts.) However, as I said, I think this is a good step to accessible overclocking if there was security (a simply pin number, perhaps.)
nesquick
May 31, 2009 1:09 PM
 Bbjai I doubt it is any easier to use one of these than to do it in the bios after all you will have to change the same settings.
fliptopia
May 31, 2009 11:18 PM
 Looks just like a double din car deck. This thing would be awesome if it slid down car audio style and had a dvd-rw/blueray player with hardware onboard playback so you could watch it on the little screen or through the computer. Then it would be a really sweet bit of gear.

You would really want to spend a bit of time making sure you had the case to match it though.
thesorehead
Jun 1, 2009 2:35 PM
 needs moar features. IMHO ppl aren't too impressed with the ability to stick a screen and a shiny knob on their PC, especially when it interferes with the case door.
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