Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax Welcome to the new Wi-Fi standard! ASRock’s motherboard will be the 1st product coming with next generation Intel Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax adapter. The speed will be working up to 2.4 Gbps & it will also natively operate with both 2.4 Ghz & 5 Ghz simultaneously. Significant improvement in bi-directional MU-MIMO support is another attractive feature as well. Phantom Gaming 2.5 Gb/s LAN The intelligent Phantom Gaming 2.5 Gb/s LAN platform is built for maximum networking performance for the demanding requirements of home networking, content creators, online gamers & high-quality streaming media. Boost networking performance up to 2.5X the bandwidth compared to the standard gigabit Ethernet, you’ll enjoy the faster & uncompromised connectivity experience for gaming, file transfers & backups. 2.5G ETHERNET, HIGH TCP & UDP THROUGHPUT Going beyond gaming! ASRock 2.5 Gb/s LAN motherboard with higher throughput that is excellent at a small package file transferring & unleash the stunning performance especially for gaming. STEEL SLOT WITH NEW-GEN PCI EXPRESS 4.0 The next generation PCI Express 4.0 is capable of performing twice the speed compared to previous 3rd generation. ASRock’s exclusive Steel Slot with extra anchor points are revolutionary added to ensure signal stability & also making sure heavy graphics cards to be well-installed in the PCI-E slot safely. Features Supports AMD AM4 Socket Ryzen 2000 & 3000 Series processors Intel Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.0 Phantom Gaming 2.5 Gigabit LAN, Intel Gigabit LAN Supports DDR4 4666+ (OC) 3 PCIe 4.0 x 16, 2 PCIe 4.0 x 1 NVIDIA NVLink, Quad SLI, AMD 3-Way Cross Fire X 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec) Supports Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 5 8 SATA3, 2 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen 4 x 4 & SATA3), 1 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen 4 x 4) 3 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 2 (Rear Type A+C, Front Type-C), 8 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 1 (2 Front, 6 Rear) ASRock Polychrome SYNC Specifications Gaming Armor Power Hi-Density Power Connectors (24 pin, 8 pin & 4 pin) Memory 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots VGA Card 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1) Internet Phantom Gaming 2.5G LAN Intel LAN Cooling XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink Heat Pipe Design Audio Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 5 Unique Feature ASRock USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 2 ASRock Front Panel Type C USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 2 Header (10 Gb/s) ASRock USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) ASRock USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) ASRock Super Alloy XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink Premium 60A Power Choke 50A Dr.MOS Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke) Combo Caps (Nichicon 12K Black Caps) 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 Phantom Gaming 2.5G LAN Intel 802.11ax Wi Fi ASRock Steel Slot Gen 4 ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen 4x 4 & SATA3) ASRock Ultra USB (Universal Serial Bus) Power ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB (Universal Serial Bus), Audio, LAN Ports) ASRock Live Update & APP Shop CPU Supports AMD AM4 socket Ryzen™ 2000 & 3000 series processors Intersil Digital PWM 14 Power Phase design Capable of providing extra 300W for CPU Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine II Chipset AMD Premium X570 Memory Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Matisse) support DDR4 4666+ (OC) / 4400 (OC) / 4300 (OC) / 4266 (OC) / 4200 (OC) / 4133 (OC) / 3466 (OC) / 3200 / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory* AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) support DDR4 3600+ (OC) / 3466 (OC) / 3200 (OC) / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory* AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Picasso) support DDR4 3466+ (OC) / 3200 (OC) / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory* Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB* 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots * For Ryzen Series CPUs (Picasso), ECC is only supported with PRO CPUs. Ryzen Series CPUs (Matisse): Ryzen Series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge): Ryzen Series CPUs (Picasso): SR: Single rank DIMM, 1 Rx 4 or 1 Rx 8 on DIMM module label x=1 or 2 DR: Dual rank DIMM, 2 Rx 4 or 2 Rx 8 on DIMM module label ** 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 256 Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support Supports " Plug & Play" ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events Supports jumperfree SMBIOS 2.3 support CPU, CPU VDDCR_SOC, DRAM, VPPM, PREM VDD_CLDO, PERM VDDCR_SOC, +1.8V, VDDP, Voltage Multi-adjustment Graphics Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen Series APU* Direct X 12, Pixel Shader 5.0 Shared memory default 2GB. Max Shared memory supports up to 16GB.** Supports HDMI 2.0 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x 2160) @ 60 Hz Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xv YCC & HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 2.0 Ports (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) Supports HDR (High Dynamic Range) with HDMI 2.0 Supports HDCP 2.2 with HDMI 2.0 Port Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 2.0 Port Supports Microsoft Play Ready * Actual support may vary by CPU ** The Max shared memory 16GB requires 32GB system memory installed. 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 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 Rear Out port Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel Gold Audio Jacks 15μ Gold Audio Connector Supports Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 5 LAN 1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125AG): Supports Phantom Gaming LAN Software Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control Visual User Friendly UI Visual Network Usage Statistics Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, & Streaming Modes User Customized Priority Control Supports Wake-On-LAN Supports Lightning/ESD Protection Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az Supports PXE 1 x Intel Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (1 x Intel I211AT): Supports Wake-On-LAN Supports Lightning/ESD Protection Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az Supports PXE Wireless LAN Intel 802.11ax Wi Fi Module Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz) Supports Wi Fi 6 802.11ax (2.4 Gbps) 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology Supports Bluetooth 5.0 + High speed class II Supports MU-MIMO Slots AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Matisse) 3 x PCI Express 4.0 x 16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE5: single at x 16 (PCIE1); dual at x 8 (PCIE1) / x 8 (PCIE3); triple at x 8 (PCIE1) / x 8 (PCIE3) / x 4 (PCIE5))* AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) 3 x PCI Express x 16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE5: single at Gen 3x 16 (PCIE1); dual at Gen 3x 8 (PCIE1) / Gen 3x 8 (PCIE3); triple at Gen 3x 8 (PCIE1) / Gen 3x 8 (PCIE3) / Gen 4x 4 (PCIE5))* AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge) (Picasso) 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x 16 Slot (single at x 8 (PCIE1))* 1 x PCI Express 4.0 x 16 Slot (single at x 4 (PCIE5))* 2 x PCI Express 4.0 x 1 Slots Supports AMD Quad Cross Fire X™, 3-Way Cross Fire X™ & Cross Fire X™ Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI™ & SLI™** Supports NVIDIA NVLink™ with dual NVIDIA Ge Force RTX series graphics cards** 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled Wi Fi-802.11ax module (on the rear I/O) 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1) * Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks **NVIDIA NVLink™ Bridge does not come with the package. Please purchase it from NVIDIA if necessary. This feature is only supported with Ryzen Series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge). Storage 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 & RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI & Hot Plug 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module & M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen 4x 4 (64 Gb/s) (with Matisse) or Gen 3x 4 (32 Gb/s) (with Pinnacle Ridge & Picasso)* 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen 4x 4 (64 Gb/s)* 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module & M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen 4x 4 (64 Gb/s)* * If M2_3 is occupied, PCIE5 slot will be disabled Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks Supports ASRock U.2 Kit Connector 1 x SPI TPM Header 1 x Power LED & Speaker Header 1 x AMD Fan LED Header* 1 x RGB LED Header** 1 x Addressable LED Header*** 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)**** 1 x CPU/ Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***** 4 x Chassis/ Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****** 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) 1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector) 1 x AMD LED Fan USB (Universal Serial Bus) Header 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ AIC Card only) 2 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 1 Header (Supports 2 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x Front Panel Type C USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 2 Header (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x Dr. Debug with LED 1 x Power Button with LED 1 x Reset Button with LED 1 x Clear CMOS Button * The AMD Fan LED Header is compatible with a regular RGB LED stripe. ** Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip *** Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip **** The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power ***** The CPU/ Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. ****** The Chassis/ Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP & CHA_FAN3/WP 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/ Keyboard Port 1 x HDMI Port 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) 6 x USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.2 Gen 1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)* 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED & SPEED LED) 1 x Clear CMOS Button 1 x BIOS Flashback Button HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks) * Ultra USB (Universal Serial Bus) Power is supported on USB3_5_6 ports. ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_5_6ports. Software & UEFI Software ASRock Phantom Gaming LAN Software ASRock Polychrome SYNC ASRock XFast LAN UEFI ASRock Full HD UEFI ASRock Instant Flash ASRock Easy RAID Installer * These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop. Support CD Drivers, Utilities, Anti Virus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser & Toolbar Accessories Quick Installation Guide, Support CD 4 x SATA Data Cables 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_ Bridge_2S Card 1 x ASRock Wi Fi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna 1 x ASRock Screwdriver 3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets 2 x Standoffs for M.2 Sockets Hardware Monitor Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU/ Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis/ Water Pump Fans Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/ Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis/ Water Pump Fans Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/ Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis/ Water Pump Fans Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/ Water Pump, Chassis, Chassis/ Water Pump Fans Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, CPU VDDCR_SOC, DRAM, VPPM, PREM VDDCR_SOC, +1.8V, VDDP Form Factor ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm 2oz Copper PCB OS Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit Certifications FCC, CE Er P/ Eu P ready (Er P/ Eu P ready power supply is required)