Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac Socket 1150 DVI-I HDMI Display Port 7.1 CH HD Audio Mini-ITX Motherboard Unique Feature ASRock Super Alloy Premium 60A CPU Choke Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke) Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM) Nex FET MOSFET Nichicon 12K Platinum Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) Sapphire Black PCB ASRock 802.11ac Wi Fi ASRock HDMI-In 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 Chipset Intel Z97 Memory Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology 2 x DDR3 DIMM Slots Supports DDR3 3200+ (OC)/2933 (OC)/2800 (OC)/2400 (OC)/2133 (OC)/1866 (OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB* Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots * 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, PCH 1.5V 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: DVI-I, HDMI & Display Port 1.2 Supports Triple Monitor Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x 2304) @ 24 Hz Supports DVI-I with max. resolution up to 1920x 1200 @ 60 Hz Supports Display Port 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x 2304) @ 24 Hz or 4K x 2K (3840x 2160) @ 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-I, HDMI & Display Port 1.2 Ports Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-I, HDMI & Display Port 1.2 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 ALC1150 Audio Codec) Premium Blu-ray Audio support Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets) 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 Wireless LAN Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz) Supports high speed wireless connections up to 867 Mbps 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology Supports Bluetooth 4.0 / 3.0 + High speed class II Expansion / Connectivity Slots 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x 16 Slot (PCIE1: x 16 mode) 1 x mini-PCI Express Slot: For Wi Fi + BT Module 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1) 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 1 x SATA Express 10 Gb/s Connector (shared with SATA3_4, SATA3_5 & M.2 Socket)* 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module & M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen 2 x 2 (10 Gb/s) * Support to be announced. Connector 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header 1 x TPM Header 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin) 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density 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 DVI-I Port 1 x HDMI-Out Port 1 x HDMI-In Port 1 x Display Port 1.2 1 x Optical SPDIF Out 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) 1 x Clear CMOS Switch HD Audio Jacks: 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 Tachometer CPU/ Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature) CPU/ Chassis Fan multi-speed control CASE OPEN detection Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore Form Factor Mini-ITX 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 Er P/ Eu P ready (Er P/ Eu P ready power supply is required)