Description

The ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer is the world’s 1st motherboard with an M.2 gen2 x2 10Gb/s socket! Targeting the gamming market, is comes fully featured with cutting edge technology such as the 5x faster Killer LAN.

Gaming Armor
CPU Power – Hi-Density Power Connector
VGA Card – 15 Gold Finger, SLI/CrossFireX Power Connector
Internet – Qualcomm Atheros Killer LAN
Audio – Purity Sound
Supports Socket AM3+ / AM3 processors
Supports 8-Core CPUs
Premium Gold Capacitor Design, Digi Power, 8 + 2 Power Phase Design
Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2450(OC)
3 PCIe 2.0 x16, 2 PCIe 2.0 x1

Supports AMD 3-Way CrossFireX, NVIDIA Quad SLI
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec), Supports DTS Connect
Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Series Gigabit LAN
Supports A-Style, F-Stream, Key Master, X-Boost, XFast RAM, Easy Driver Installer
5 SATA3, 1 M.2 (NGFF) Socket, 1 eSATA3
7 USB 3.0 (2 Front, 4 Rear, 1 Vertical Type A), 10 USB 2.0 (4 Front, 5 Rear, 1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port)
Free Bundle : XSplit 3 Months Premium License

A-Style
Purity Sound

CPU
Supports Socket AM3+ processors
Supports 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)
Digi Power design
8 + 2 Power Phase design
Supports CPU up to 140W
Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s)
Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology

Chipset
Northbridge: AMD 990FX
Southbridge: AMD SB950

Memory
Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
Supports DDR3 2450(OC)/2100(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB*
Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
Supports AMD Memory Profile (AMP)

*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 Compliant wake up events
Supports jumperfree
SMBIOS 2.3.1 support
CPU, DRAM, NB, HT, CPU VDDA, PCIE VDDA, CPU NB Voltage multi-adjustment

Graphics
n/a

Audio
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray Audio support
Supports Purity Sound
115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier
TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets)
Direct Drive Technology
EMI shielding cover
PCB isolate shielding
Supports DTS Connect

LAN
PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Qualcomm Atheros KillerTM E2200 Series
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE

Slots
3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE3 @ x16 mode; PCIE5 @ x4 mode)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX, 3-Way CrossFireX and CrossFireX
Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI and SLI

Storage
5 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD and RAID 5), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)

*M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3 is shared with the eSATA3 connector.

Connector
1 x IR Header
1 x COM Port Header
1 x TPM Header
1 x Power LED Header
2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)
1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)
1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
1 x SLI/XFire Power Connector
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
1 x SPDIF Out Connector
2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
1 x Vertical Type A USB 3.0
1 x USB 3.0 Header by Etron EJ188 (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)

Rear Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
5 x USB 2.0 Ports
1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0)
4 x USB 3.0 Ports (ASMedia Hub)
1 x eSATA3 Connector
1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Unique Feature
F-Stream
ASRock Instant Boot
ASRock Instant Flash
ASRock APP Charger
ASRock XFast RAM
ASRock Crashless BIOS
ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
ASRock Internet Flash
ASRock UEFI System Browser
ASRock UEFI Tech Service
ASRock Dehumidifier Function
ASRock Easy RAID Installer
ASRock Easy Driver Installer
ASRock Fast Boot
ASRock X-Boost
ASRock Restart to UEFI
ASRock Key Master
Hybrid Booster:
CPU Frequency Stepless Control
ASRock U-COP
Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Turbo 50 / Turbo 60 Overclocking
Good Night LED

Support CD
Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), XSplit, Killer Network Manager

Accessories
1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
4 x SATA Data Cables
1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3 Screw

Hardware Monitor
CPU/Chassis temperature sensing
CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust fan speed by CPU temperature)
CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control
Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore Voltage

Form Factor
ATX Form Factor
Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality conductive polymer capacitors)

OS
Microsoft Windows 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

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