Asrock Z97 Pro 3 Socket 1150 VGA DVI-D HDMI 7.1 CH HD Audio ATX Motherboard Product Specifications General Unique Feature ASRock Super Alloy Premium Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke) Nex FET™ MOSFET Sapphire Black PCB ASRock Full Spike Protection ASRock Cloud ASRock APP Shop CPU Supports 5th Generation Intel Core i 7/i 5/i 3/ Pentium/ Celeron Processors (Socket 1150) Supports New 4th & 4th Generation Intel Xeon/ Core i 7/i 5/i 3/ Pentium/ Celeron Processors (Socket 1150) Digi Power design 4 Power Phase design Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology Supports Intel K-Series unlocked CPUs Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking Chipset Intel Z97 Memory Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology 4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots Supports DDR3 3100+ (OC)/2933 (OC)/2800 (OC)/2400 (OC)/2133 (OC)/1866 (OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB* Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 * 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 64 Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events SMBIOS 2.3.1 support CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V Voltage multi-adjustment Audio, Video & Networking Graphics Supports Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals: Intel Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) & MPEG-2 Full HW Encode 1, Intel In Tru 3D, Intel Clear Video HD Technology, Intel Insider, Intel HD Graphics 4400/4600 Pixel Shader 5.0, Direct X 11.1 Max. shared memory 1792MB Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D & HDMI Supports Triple Monitor Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 1920x 1200 @ 60 Hz Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x 1200 @ 60 Hz Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x 1200 @ 60 Hz Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xv YCC & HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) Supports HDCP with DVI-D & HDMI Ports Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D & HDMI Ports * Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals & the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated. ** Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel HD Graphics is only supported under Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit. *** Intel In Tru 3D is only supported under Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit. Audio 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec) Premium Blu-ray Audio support Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) ELNA Audio Caps 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 Expansion / Connectivity Slots 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x 16 Slot (PCIE2: x 16 mode) 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x 1 Slots 2 x PCI Slots Storage 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 13 & Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI & 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) 2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (2 x 4-pin) 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin) 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector 1 x PCIe Power Connector 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 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 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) 4 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED & SPEED LED) HD Audio Jacks: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone Other Features / Miscellaneous Software & UEFI Software ASRock A-Tuning ASRock Disk Health Report ASRock USB (Universal Serial Bus) Key ASRock APP Charger ASRock XFast LAN ASRock XFast RAM ASRock Restart to UEFI 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 System Browser ASRock UEFI Tech Service ASRock Dehumidifier ASRock Easy RAID Installer ASRock Easy Driver Installer Support CD Drivers, Utilities, Anti Virus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser & Toolbar, Start 8 (30 days trial), Orbweb.ME Professional (Win 8.1) 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 Solid Capacitor design 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 Er P/ Eu P ready (Er P/ Eu P ready power supply is required)