-Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II X4 / X3 and Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 processors (except 920 / 940).
-ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors.
-Supports CPU up to 140W.
-AMD 790GX + SB750 Chipsets.
-Supports AMD OverDrive™ with ACC feature (Advanced Clock Calibration).
-FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s).
-Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology.
-Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1600(OC)/1333/1066/800 (4 x DIMM slots) non-ECC, un-buffered memory, Max. capacity up to 16GB.
-Integrated AMD Radeon HD 3300 graphics, DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0, Max. shared memory 512MB.
-Supports ATI™ CrossFire™, Hybrid CrossFireX™ and 3-Way CrossFireX™.
-Integrated 128MB side port memory for iGPU (DDR3 1333).
-3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (green @ x16 mode, blue @ x8 mode, orange @ x4 mode).
-6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1,RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions.
-Supports 2 x IEEE1394 ports (one port on back panel, one header on board).
-PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s.
-Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI.
-Supports HDCP function.
-Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback.
-Supports ASRock Instant Boot.
-Supports Smart BIOS, ASRock OC Tuner, Intelligent Energy Saver.
-7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio, DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec), support DTS.
-Windows® Vista™ Premium 2008 Logo Ready.
-I/O Panel: 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port, 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port, 1 x HDMI port, 1 x IEEE 1394 Port, 1 x eSATAII Port,1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED, 6 x USB 2.0 Ports.
| Audio | |
|---|---|
| Audio channels | 7.1 |
| Audio system | ALC890 |
| Back panel I/O ports | |
| IEEE 1394/Firewire ports quantity | 1 |
| Speaker/ headphone/ line-out jack | 1 |
| S/PDIF out port | Y |
| VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity | 1 |
| External SATA ports quantity | 1 |
| USB 2.0 ports quantity | 6 |
| Microphone, line-in jack | Y |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity | 1 |
| PS/2 ports quantity | 1 |
| DVI-D ports quantity | 1 |
| HDMI ports quantity | 1 |
| Certificates | |
| Certification | FCC, CE, WHQL |
| Expansion slots | |
| PCI 32-bit/33 MHz slots | 3 |
| PCI Express x1 slots | 1 |
| PCI Express x16 slots | 3 |
| Internal I/O | |
| Power fan connector | Y |
| S/PDIF out connector | Y |
| USB 2.0 connectors | 3 |
| Floppy disk drive connector | Y |
| ATX Power connector | Y |
| Number of Parallel ATA connectors | 1 |
| Number of SATA connectors | 6 |
| Number of COM connectors | 1 |
| CD/AUX audio in | Y |
| Front panel audio connector | Y |
| Number of IEEE1394 connectors | 1 |
| Memory | |
| Memory type | DDR3 1600(OC)/1333/1066/800 |
| Number of DIMM slots | 4 |
| Internal Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Maximum internal memory (GB) | 16 |
| Non-ECC | Y |
| Networking | |
| LAN controller | Realtek RTL8111DL |
| Networking features | Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s |
| Processor | |
| Processor socket | Socket AM3 |
| Processor socket | PGA941 (Socket AM3) |
| Processor FSB supported | 2600 MHz |
| Processors compatible | AMD Phenom™ II X4 / X3, Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 |
| Processor family | AMD family |
| Storage controllers | |
| Controller interface type | SATA2 |
| RAID levels | 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD |
| Controller (2nd) interface type | ATA133 |
| Technical details | |
| Compatible operating systems | Microsoft® Windows® XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit |
| BIOS memory size (MB) | 8 |
| Motherboard chipset | AMD 790GX (SB750) |
| Motherboard form factor | ATX |
| BIOS type | AMI |
| Parallel processing technology support | CrossFire |
| Video | |
| Graphics controller | AMD Radeon HD 3300 |
| Maximum graphic adapter memory (MB) | 512 |
| Weight & dimensions | |
| Width (mm) | 305 |
| Depth (mm) | 224 |
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If using dual channel the DDR3 is automatically underclocked at 1066MHz. and only the white slots support 1,600 OC. Requires BIOS update to use Phenom II 955 BE at full speed (will be running 25% by default) The IGPU is good.