Features

• ASRock Super Alloy
• Supports AMD Socket AM4 A-Series APUs (Bristol Ridge) and Ryzen CPUs (Summit Ridge)
• Supports DDR4 3200+(OC) (Ryzen CPU) / 2400 (A-series APU)
• 2 PCIe 3.0 x16, 4 PCIe 2.0 x1, 1 M.2 (Key E)
• NVIDIA® Quad SLI™, AMD Quad CrossFireX™
• Graphics Output:HDMI
• 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec), Supports Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 3
• 6 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3), 1 M.2 (PCIe Gen2 x2 & SATA3)
• 12 USB 3.0 (1 Type-C, 4 Front, 1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port, 6 Rear)
• Intel® Gigabit LAN

Armor Your VR Machine
Prepare yourself well to enjoy the impressive world of Virtual Reality. Before that, you have to make sure everything is qualified, including hardware, software and drivers. Motherboard is the key to connect every critical components and ASRock's VR Ready motherboards are definitely the one you're looking for. The premium quality is assured by rigorous testing during development. The sturdy components and rock-solid performance makes you completely immersive in the VR scenario. Users can be assured to experience VR enjoyments without any compatibility problems.

RGB LED
Build your own colorful lighting system! RGB LED and header allows users to connect LED strip and create their unique PC style easily.

Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 3
Sound Blaster™ Cinema 3 is the latest software that is designed with SBX Pro Studio to deliver a holistic audio experience. Whether you're gaming or watching a movie, Reality 3D technology lets you enable 5.1/7.1 surround sound for an additional layer of transience to your listening experience even with just a pair of headphones or stereo speakers.

Intel® LAN
Intel® LAN provides the best throughput performance, lower CPU utilization, enhanced stability and is able to deliver ultimate network experience to users!

PCI-E STEEL SLOTS
The advanced PCI-E Steel Slots packed with solid cover that prevent any signal interference with graphics cards. It also ensures the heavy graphics cards to be well-installed in the PCI-E slots safely.

Dual M.2 For SSD
One PCIe Gen3 x4 Ultra M.2 interface that pushes data transfer speeds up to 32Gb/s, and is compatible with ASRock's U.2 Kit for installing some of the world's fastest U.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 SSD. The other one supports PCIe Gen2 x2 10Gb/s transfer speed. Both of them support SATA3 6Gb/s M.2 modules.

2oz Copper
It comes with 2 ounces copper inner layers, using only carefully selected copper materials for PCB layers, delivering lower temperature and higher energy efficiency for overclocking.

M.2 (KEY E) For WiFi
Besides the onboard LAN port, users may also choose 802.11ac wireless connections by M.2 (Key E) slot.

Specifications

Gaming Armor

Power

• Hi-Density Power Connectors (24 pin and 8 pin)

Memory

• 15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

VGA Card

• 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)

Internet

• Intel® LAN

Cooling

• XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink

Audio

• Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 3

Unique Features

• ASRock Super Alloy
• XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
• Premium 45A Power Choke
• Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
• I/O Armor
• Matte Black PCB
• High Density Glass Fabric PCB
• 2oz Copper PCB
• ASRock Steel Slots
• ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
• ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
• ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

CPU

• Supports AMD Socket AM4 A-Series APUs (Bristol Ridge) and Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge)
• Digi Power design
• 12 Power Phase design
• Supports 95W Water Cooling

Chipset

• AMD Promontory X370

Memory

• Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
• 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
• AMD Ryzen series CPUs support DDR4 3200+(OC­)/2933(OC)/2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
• AMD 7th Gen A-Series APUs support DDR4 2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
• Max. capacity of system memory 64GB**
• 15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

BIOS

• 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
• Supports “Plug and Play”
• ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events
• Supports jumperfree
• SMBIOS 2.3 support
• CPU, VCORE_NB, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.05V, +1.8V, VDDP, PROM 2.5V, Voltage Multi-adjustment

Graphics

• Integrated AMD Radeon™ R-Series Graphics in A-series APU*
• DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0
• Max. shared memory 2GB
• Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 24Hz / (3840×2160) @ 30Hz
• 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 HDMI Port
• Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDMI Port

*Actual support may vary by CPU

Audio

• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
• Premium Blu-ray Audio support
• Supports Surge Protection
• Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
• 120dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier
• TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier for Front Panel Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets)
• Pure Power-In
• Direct Drive Technology
• PCB Isolate Shielding
• Impedance Sensing on Line Out port
• Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
• Gold Audio Jacks
• Supports Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 3

LAN

• Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• GigaLAN Intel® I211AT
• Supports Wake-On-LAN
• Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
• Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
• Supports PXE

Slots
AMD Ryzen series CPUs

• 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4))*

AMD 7th A-Series APUs

• 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (single at x8 (PCIE2))*
• 4 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™**
• Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ and SLI™**
• 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT module
• 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)

• Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• This feature is only supported with Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge).

Storage

• 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connec­tors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
• 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Ryzen Series CPU) or Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s) (with A-Series APU)*
• 1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10 Gb/s)*

• Supports ASRock U.2 Kit
• Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Connector

• 1 x COM Port Header
• 1 x TPM Header
• 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
• 1 x AMD Fan LED Header
• 2 x RGB LED Headers*
• 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)**
• 1 x CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***
• 2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
• 1 x Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
• 1 × 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 × 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
• 1 x AMD LED Fan USB Header
• 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 2 x USB 3.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x Dr. Debug with LED

• Supports up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
• The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
• The CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.
• The Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.
• CHA_FAN2 can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Rear Panel I/O

• 2 x Antenna Ports
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
• 1 x HDMI Port
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 1 x USB 3.0 Type-A Port (Supports ESD Protection)
• 1 x USB 3.0 Type-C Port (Supports ESD Protection)
• 6 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD 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 (Gold Audio Jacks)

• 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 3.0) is included

Software and UEFI

Software

• ASRock F-Stream
• ASRock RGB LED
• ASRock Key Master
• ASRock APP Charger
• ASRock XFast LAN*

UEFI

• ASRock Full HD UEFI
• ASRock Instant Flash
• ASRock Internet Flash
• ASRock Crashless BIOS
• ASRock Easy RAID Installer