Hardware controller designed for overclocking enthusiasts

May 21, 2009 06:57 GMT  ·  By

After having made a surprise appearance on the Internet a week ago, ASUS' new ROG OC Station has just been officially launched by the Taiwanese manufacturer. Designed as a hardware controller that will help computer enthusiasts further tweak the specifications of their desktop computer system, the new OC Station from ASUS is bound to end up in some of the upcoming high-end gaming rigs. Fans of the company and other computer enthusiasts will likely adopt the new controller for their own, home-built desktop machines.

 

Part of ASUS' growing line of ROG gaming products, the new OC Station has been designed to allow computer users to access system voltages and frequencies, without them being required to enter the system's BIOS. In addition, according to the company, the new OC Station can work with the iROG controller on some of its ROG motherboards, consequently enabling them to take advantage of some of the unique features of the aforementioned class of motherboards, such as CPU Level UP and ASUS EPU-6 Engine.

 

Other particular features of the ROG OC Station include the integrated 3-inch display that allows users to read important statistics of the computer system. This faceplate of the device can be tilted upwards at about 30 degrees, thus enabling a better viewing angle for all desktop computer systems. The device itself can be mounted in two 5.25-inch bays and even has a photo slide show feature.

 

Unfortunately, the Taiwanese company hasn't released any specific details on the pricing and availability of its new ROG OC Station, but there's a high chance you will be seeing it in systems and on store shelves in the near future. There's also a good possibility that ASUS will make the station part of an upcoming bundle with a high-end motherboard, but that is yet to be confirmed by the company.