ASRock 970 Extreme 4 Socket AM3+ 7.1 CH HD Audio ATX Motherboard Product Specifications General CPU Support for Socket AM3+ processors Support for 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 4 + 1 Power Phase Design Supports CPU up to 140W Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology FSB 2400 MHz (4.8 GT/s) Supports Untied Overclocking Technology Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology Chipset Northbridge: AMD 970 Southbridge: AMD SB950 Memory Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots Supports DDR3 2100 (OC)/1866*/1800*/1600*/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB** *1866/1800/1600 M Hz memory speed is supported depend on the AM3/AM3+ CPU you adopt. For detail CPU
Specification, please refer AMD official website. ** To reach the maximum 64GB of system memory, memory modules with 16GB capacity or above are required. ASRock will update the memory support list on the official website once these memory modules are available on the market. *** 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 32 Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support Supports " Plug & Play" ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support CPU, VCCM, NB, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment Audio, Video & Networking Graphics
- n/a Audio 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec) Premium Blu-ray audio support LAN PCIE x 1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s Realtek RTL8111E Supports Wake-On-LAN Supports LAN Cable Detection Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az Supports PXE Expansion / Connectivity Slots 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x 16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x 16 (PCIE2) / x 8 (PCIE4), or dual at x 8 (PCIE2) / x 8 (PCIE4) ; PCIE5: x 4 mode) 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x 1 slots 2 x PCI slots Supports AMD Quad Cross Fire X, 3-Way Cross Fire X & Cross Fire X Supports NVIDIA SLI SATA3 5 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD & RAID 5), NCQ, AHCI & Hot Plug functions USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 2 x Rear USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 ports by Asmedia ASM1042, support USB (Universal Serial Bus) 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5 Gb/s 1 x Front USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 header (supports 2 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 ports) by Asmedia ASM1042, supports USB (Universal Serial Bus) 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5 Gb/s Connector 5 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors 1 x IR header 1 x CIR header 1 x COM port header 1 x IEEE 1394 header 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header 1 x Power LED header CPU/ Chassis/ Power FAN connector 24 pin ATX power connector 8 pin 12V power connector Front panel audio connector 3 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 headers (support 6 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 ports) 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 header (supports 2 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 ports) 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED)* Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 4 x Ready-to-Use USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 Ports 1 x e SATA3 Connector 2 x Ready-to-Use USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 Ports 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED & SPEED LED) 1 x IEEE 1394 Port 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone Other Features / Miscellaneous Unique Feature ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) ASRock Instant Boot ASRock Instant Flash ASRock APP Charger ASRock XFast USB (Universal Serial Bus) ASRock XFast LAN ASRock XFast RAM ASRock On/ Off Play Technology Hybrid Booster: CPU Frequency Stepless Control ASRock U-COP Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) Turbo UCC Smart Switch 1 x Power Switch with LED 1 x Reset Switch with LED 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED Support CD Drivers, Utilities, Anti Virus Software (Trial Version), Cyber Link Media Espresso 6.5 Trial Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature Sensing Chassis Temperature Sensing CPU/ Chassis/ Power Fan Tachometer CPU Quiet Fan CPU/ Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore Form Factor ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm All Solid 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 / Vista 32-bit / Vista 64-bit / XP 32-bit / XP 64-bit Certifications FCC, CE, WHQL Er P/ Eu P Ready (Er P/ Eu P ready power supply is required)