Description

Key features

Unique Feature
ASRock Super Alloy
XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
Premium Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
NexFET MOSFET
12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
Sapphire Black PCB
ASRock Full Spike Protection
ASRock Cloud
ASRock APP Shop
CPU- Supports 5th Generation, New 4th and 4th Generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron Processors (Socket 1150)
Digi Power design
8 Power Phase design
Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

Chipset
Intel H97

Memory
Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

BIOS
2 x 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS)
Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology
ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events
SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjustment

Graphics
Supports Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel InTru 3D, Intel Clear Video HD Technology, Intel Insider, Intel HD Graphics 4400/4600
Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1
Max. shared memory 1792MB
Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
Supports Triple Monitor
Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2304) @ 24Hz
Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
Premium Blu-ray Audio support
Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
Supports Purity Sound 2
Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
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
Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Giga PHY Intel I218V
Supports Intel Remote Wake Technology
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE

Slots
1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE4: x4 mode)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
3 x PCI Slots
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX and CrossFireX

Storage
6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 13 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

Connector
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 PCIe Power Connector
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
1 x Thunderbolt AIC Connector
2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

Rear Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
1 x D-Sub Port
1 x DVI-D Port
1 x HDMI Port
1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
3 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
4 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
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

Software and UEFI
ASRock F-Stream
ASRock Disk Health Report
ASRock USB Key
ASRock Key Master
ASRock System Browser
ASRock APP Charger
ASRock XFast LAN
ASRock XFast RAM
ASRock Restart to UEFI
ASRock Full HD UEFI
ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
ASRock UEFI Guide
ASRock Instant Flash
ASRock Internet Flash
ASRock Crashless BIOS
ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
ASRock UEFI Tech Service
ASRock Dehumidifier
ASRock Easy RAID Installer
ASRock Easy Driver Installer

Support CD
Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), Orbweb.ME Professional (Win 8.1), XSplit

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

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

Form Factor
ATX Form Factor
High Density Glass Fabric PCB

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)