Supports the Intel® Core™ i7 and Intel® Core™ i5 Processors in the LGA1156 Package
Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
Intel® P55 Chipset
Advanced V8 + 2 Power Phase Design
Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2600+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory, 4 x DIMM slots, Max. capacity up to 16GB
Supports ATIâ„¢ CrossFireXâ„¢, 3-Way CrossFireXâ„¢ and Quad CrossFireXâ„¢
Supports NVIDIA® SLI™ and Quad SLI™
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (Single at x16 or Dual at x8/x8 mode), 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (at x4 mode, 2.5GT/s), 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot (2.5GT/s)
6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel® Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
1 x Powered eSATAII/USB Connector
Supports 2 x IEEE1394 ports (one port on back panel, one header on board)
PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
1 x Power Switch with LED
1 x Reset Switch with LED
1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
1 x TPM header
Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash, OC DNA
Supports Smart BIOS, ASRock OC Tuner, Intelligent Energy Saver
EuP 2.0 Ready (supported by Nuvoton NCT3016 IC)
Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection, supports DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray audio support
Windows® Vista™ Premium 2008 Logo Ready
Free Bundle: 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
I/O Panel: 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port, 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port, 1 x IEEE 1394 Port, 7 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports, 1 x Powered eSATAII/USB Connector, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED, 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
Product Specifications
General
CPU
- Supports the Intel® Core™ i7 and Intel® Core™ i5 Processors in the LGA1156 Package - Advanced V8 + 2 Power Phase Design - Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology - Supports EM64T CPU
*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
- 16Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, VCCM, SB, VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology) - Supports Smart BIOS
Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics
- n/a
Audio
- 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection - DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec) - Premium Blu-ray audio support
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (Single at x16 or Dual at x8/x8 mode) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (at x4 mode, 2.5GT/s) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot (2.5GT/s) - 3 x PCI slots - Supports ATI™ CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and Quad CrossFireX™ - Supports NVIDIA® SLI™ and Quad SLI™
Connector
- 6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel® Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - 1 x IEEE 1394 header - 1 x TPM header - CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
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 - 7 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x Powered eSATAII/USB Connector - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and 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 OC Tuner - Intelligent Energy Saver - Instant Boot - ASRock Instant Flash - ASRock OC DNA - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control - ASRock U-COP - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) - Good Night LED
Smart Switch
- 1 x Power Switch with LED - 1 x Reset Switch with LED - 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
- 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield - Floppy/ATA 133 Cables - 4 x SATA Data Cables (optional) - 2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables (optional)
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, CPU 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® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
Certifications
- FCC, CE, WHQL - EuP 2.0 Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)