Description

The ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 ATX motherboard for AM3+ Processor. With 100% all solid capacitor design and support for AMD Quad crossfire or Nvidia SLI. This board is designed for gamers on a budget.

Key Features:

100% All Solid Capacitor design
Supports AM3+ Processor, 8-Core CPU
Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2100(OC)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 Slots, Support AMD Quad CrossFireX and CrossFireX
2 x USB 3.0, 6 x SATA3
Supports XFast RAM, XFast LAN, XFast USB, OMG, Internet Flash, On/Off Play, UEFI System Browser
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), supports THX TruStudio
Free Bundle : CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite

FULL SPECIFICATION:

CPU
Support for Socket AM3+ processors
Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors
Supports 8-Core CPU
Supports UCC feature (Unlock CPU Core)
4 + 1 Power Phase Design
Supports CPU up to 140W
Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
FSB 2400 MHz (4.8 GT/s)
Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology

Chipset
Northbridge: AMD 970
Southbridge: AMD SB950

Memory
Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
Supports DDR3 2100(OC)/1866(OC)*/1800(OC)*/1600(OC)*/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
*1866/1800/1600MHz memory speed is supported depend on the AM3/AM3+ CPU you adopt. For detail CPU specification, please refer AMD official website.
**Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows 32-bit OS. For Windows 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

BIOS
32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
Supports “Plug and Play”
ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
Supports jumperfree
SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
CPU, VCCM, NB, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment

Audio, Video and Networking

Audio
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray audio support
Supports THX TruStudio

LAN
PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Realtek RTL8111E
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports LAN Cable Detection
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE

Expansion / Connectivity
Slots
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2: x16 mode; PCIE3: x4 mode)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
2 x PCI slots
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX and CrossFireX

SATA3
6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions

USB 3.0
2 x USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

Connector
6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
1 x IR header
1 x CIR header
1 x COM port header
1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
1 x Power LED header
2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
2 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)
24 pin ATX power connector
8 pin 12V power connector
Front panel audio connector
3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)

Rear Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Other Features / Miscellaneous
Unique Feature
ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
ASRock Instant Boot
ASRock Instant Flash
ASRock APP Charger
ASRock SmartView
ASRock XFast USB
ASRock XFast LAN
ASRock XFast RAM
ASRock Crashless BIOS
ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
ASRock Internet Flash
ASRock On/Off Play Technology
Hybrid Booster:
CPU Frequency Stepless Control
ASRock U-COP
Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Turbo UCC

Support CD
Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, AMD OverDrive Utility, AMD Fusion, AMD Fusion Media Explorer, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite – OEM

Accessories
Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
2 x SATA Data Cables

Hardware Monitor
CPU Temperature Sensing
Chassis Temperature Sensing
CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan
CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

Form Factor
ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.2-in, 30.5 cm x 20.8 cm
All Solid Capacitor design

OS
Microsoft Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant

Certifications
FCC, CE, WHQL
ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)