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ASRock 990FX Extreme4
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ASRock 990FX Extreme4

15 Jul 2011

Based on the AMD 990FX and SB950 chipsets, the ASRock 990FX Extreme4 features support for AM3+ Processor, AMD Quad CrossFireX, NVIDIA Quad SLI, and THX TruStudio.

Tags: motherboard, asrock, amd 990fx, amd sb950

Product Specification

Processor Support and Chipset Type
  • Socket AM3+ processors, Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors
  • Northbridge: AMD 990FX Chipset
  • Southbridge: AMD SB950 Chipset
Memory
  • Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
  • 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
  • Supports DDR3 2100(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
  • Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB
Storage
  • 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gbps connectors by AMD SB950, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD and RAID 5), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
  • 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gbps connectors by Marvell SE9120, support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (SATA3_8 connector is shared with eSATA3 port)
Audio
  • 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
  • Premium Blu-ray audio support
  • Supports THX TruStudio
Networking PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Rear I/O
  • 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
  • 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
  • 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port
  • 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  • 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
  • 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
  • 1 x eSATA3 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
Internal Connectors
  • 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gbps connectors
  • 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 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
  • CD in header
  • Front panel audio connector
  • 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
  • 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
  • 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED)
Expansion Slots
  • 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4 @ x16 mode; PCIE5 @ x4 mode)
  • 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
  • 2 x PCI slots
Form Factor ATX Form Factor, 30.5 x 24.4cm

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