Performance
| Motherboard form factor |
ATX |
| Audio system |
HD Audio |
Back panel I/O ports
| Parallel ports quantity |
1 |
| Serial ports quantity |
1 |
| S/PDIF in port |
N |
| PS/2 ports quantity |
2 |
| Headphone outputs |
1 |
| S/PDIF out port |
Y |
| Microphone in |
Y |
| eSATA ports quantity |
2 |
| HDMI ports quantity |
1 |
Internal I/O
| USB 2.0 connectors |
4 |
| S/PDIF out connector |
Y |
| Number of SATA connectors |
4 |
| ATX Power connector (24-pin) |
Y |
| Power fan connector |
Y |
| Floppy disk drive connector |
Y |
| CD/AUX audio in |
Y |
| CPU fan connector |
Y |
| Number of chassis fan connectors |
1 |
| Front panel audio connector |
Y |
Memory
| Non-ECC |
Y |
| ECC |
N |
| Number of memory slots |
4 |
| Maximum internal memory |
8 GB |
Expansion slots
| PCI Express x16 slots |
1 |
| PCI Express x1 slots |
1 |
| Expansion slots |
3 x PCI slots |
Networking
| Networking features |
LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s |
Additionally
| Chipset |
AMD 480X CrossFire |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity |
1 |
ALiveXFire-eSATA2 R3.0, Socket AM2, ATX, AMD 480X Crossfire, FSB: 1000 MHz, max. 8GB/ DDR2/ 533/667/800 MHz Dual Channel, HDD: SATA II, 3x PCI/ 1x PCI-E x1/ 1x PCI-E x16, GBit/LAN, RAID, Vista Ready
-Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor.
-AMD 480X CrossFire™ Chipset.
-ATI™ SB600 Chipset.
-AMD LIVE!™ Ready.
-Supports ATI™ CrossFire™.
-Untied Overclocking : During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses.
-Supports Dual Channel DDR2 800/667/533 , 4 x DIMM slots, with max. capacity up to 8GB.
-ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5%.
-Hybrid Booster - ASRock Safe Overclocking Technology.
-1 x PCI Express x16 slot with PCIE Switch card or 2 x PCI Express Graphics slots for ATI™ CrossFire™.
-Supports PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s.
-4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10) , NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions.
-2 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions.
-HDMI_SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/projector/LCD devices.
-Windows® Vista™ Premium 2007 Logo Ready.
-Supports Windows® XP Media Center Edition.
-Free Bundle: 1 x USB bracket.
-ASRock 6CH_eSATAII I/O: 2 eSATAII ports, 2 ready-to-use USB ports.
