# Asrock Z490 Taichi (Wi-Fi) Motherboard

> Asrock Z490 Taichi (Wi-Fi) Motherboard by Asrock. Price ₹36,200.00. Out of stock. Key specs: Platform: INTEL | Socket: LGA1200 | Chipset: Z490 | Max Memory Support: 128 GB | Supported Memory Type: DDR4. SKU Z490-TAICHI.

## Facts

- URL: https://www.starpc.in/product/asrock-z490-taichi-wifi-motherboard
- Brand: Asrock
- Category: Motherboards
- SKU: Z490-TAICHI
- Price: ₹36,200.00 INR
- Availability: out of stock
- Shipping: Free above ₹999, delivered in 2-5 business days
- Returns: 7 days from delivery

## Description

Features Supports 10th Gen and future generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1200) 15 Phase Dr.MOS Power Design Supports DDR4 4666MHz+ (OC) 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 2 PCIe 3.0 x1 Supports NVIDIA® SLI™, AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™ Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec), Nahimic Audio 8 SATA3, 2 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3), 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4) 1 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 20Gb/s Rear Type-C 3 USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gb/s (2 Rear Type-A, 1 Front Type-C) 9 USB 3.2 Gen1 (4 Front, 5 Rear) Dragon 2.5 Gigabit LAN, Intel® Gigabit LAN Intel® Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps) + BT 5.1 ASRock Polychrome SYNC Specifications Unique Feature ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 - ASRock Front Panel Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (10 Gb/s) - ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s) - ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A 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 2.5G LAN Intel® 802.11ax WiFi ASRock Steel Slots ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3) ASRock Ultra USB Power ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports) ASRock Live Update & APP Shop CPU - Supports 10th Gen and future generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1200) - Digi Power design - 15 Power Phase design - Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology - Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs - Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking - Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine III Chipset - Intel® Z490 Memory - Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology - 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots - Supports DDR4 4666+(OC)* / 4600 / 4500 / 4400 / 4333/4266(OC) / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode) - Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB** - Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0 - 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots **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 - 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support - ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events - SMBIOS 2.7 Support - CPU Core/Cache, CPU GT, DRAM, VPPM, VCCSFR, VCCPLL, VCCSTG, VCCSTG_OUT, PCH Voltage, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, CPU Internal PLL, GT PLL, Ring PLL, System Agent PLL, Memory Controller PLL Voltage Multi-adjustment Graphics - Hardware Accelerated Codecs: AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265 8bit, HEVC/H.265 10bit, VP8, VP9 8bit, VP9 10bit, MPEG 2, MJPEG, VC-1** - Graphics, Media & Compute: Microsoft® DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Intel® Built In Visuals, Intel® Quick Sync Video, Hybrid / Switchable Graphics, OpenCL 2.1 - Display & Content Security: Rec. 2020 (Wide Color Gamut), Microsoft® PlayReady 3.0, Intel® SGX Content Protection, UHD/HDR Blu-ray Disc - Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers - Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz - Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 60Hz - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) - Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports - Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports *Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated. ** VP9 10bit and VC-1 are for decode only. VP8 and VP9 encode are not supported by Windows® OS. Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec) - Premium Blu-ray Audio support - Supports Surge Protection - WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs) - ESS SABRE9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR) - 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 - Nahimic Audio LAN 1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125BG) - Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software - Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control - Visual User Friendly UI - Visual Network Usage Statistics - Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes - User Customized Priority Control - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Lightning/ESD Protection - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE 1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel® I219V) - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Lightning/ESD Protection - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE Wireless LAN - Intel® 802.11ax WiFi Module - Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax - Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz) - Supports WiFi6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps) - 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology - Supports Bluetooth 5.1 + High speed class II - Supports MU-MIMO Slots - 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE5: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3); triple at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3) / x4 (PCIE5))* - 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ - Supports NVIDIA® and SLI™ - Support NVIDIA® SLI™ with NVIDIA® Quadro graphics cards - Supports NVIDIA® NVLink™ with dual NVIDIA® GeForce RTX series graphics cards** - 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-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. Storage - 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 17), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug* - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)** - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)** - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_3), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)** *M2_2, SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled. M2_3, SATA3_4 and SATA3_5 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled. M2_3, SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and USB32_TC_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, USB32_TC_1 will downgrade to 16 Gb/s max. M2_3 and USB32_TC_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, M2_3 and USB32_TC_1 will downgrade to PCIe Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s). **Supports Intel® Optane™ Technology (M2_1 and M2_2 only) Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks Supports ASRock U.2 Kit Connector - 1 x SPI TPM Header - 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header - 2 x RGB LED Headers* - 2 x Addressable LED Headers** - 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)*** - 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control) - 6 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)**** - 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) - 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector) - 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector) - 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ 3 AIC R2.0 Card only) - 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Intel® Z490) (Supports ESD Protection) - 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection) - 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (Intel® Z490) (Supports ESD Protection) - 1 x Clear CMOS Button - 1 x Dr. Debug with LED - 1 x Power Button with LED - 1 x Reset Button with LED *Support in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip **Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip ***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power. ****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. CPU_FAN2/WP_3A, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP, CHA_FAN4/WP, CHA_FAN5/WP and CHA_FAN6/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use. CPU_FAN2/WP_3A supports the water cooler fan of maximum 3A (36W) fan power. Rear Panel I/O - 2 x Antenna Ports - 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port - 1 x HDMI Port - 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection) - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM3242) (Supports ESD Protection)* - 5 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)** - 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - 1 x BIOS Flashback Button - HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks) *M2_3, SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and USB32_TC_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, USB32_TC_1 will downgrade to 16 Gb/s max. **USB3_3 is from Intel® Z490; USB3_12 and USB3_4_5 are from ASMedia ASM1074 hub. Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_4_5 ports. ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_4_5 ports. Software and UEFI Software - ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) - ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software - ASRock Polychrome SYNC* UEFI - ASRock EZ Mode - ASRock Full HD UEFI - ASRock My Favorites in UEFI - ASRock Instant Flash - ASRock Internet Flash - ASRock Easy RAID Installer Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar Accessories - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD - 4 x SATA Data Cables - 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card - 1 x ASRock WiFi 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/Water Pump Fans - Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans - Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans - Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans - Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, VPPM, PCH, VCCSA, VCCST, VCCIO, VCCFSR_OC, VCCSFR 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 - ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) Warranty 3 Years Note ***Features, Price and Specifications are subject to change without notice.

## Specifications

| Attribute | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Platform | INTEL |
| Socket | LGA1200 |
| Chipset | Z490 |
| Max Memory Support | 128 GB |
| Supported Memory Type | DDR4 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Warranty | 3 Years |

## Features

- Supports 10th Gen and future generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1200)
- 15 Phase Dr.MOS Power Design
- Supports DDR4 4666MHz+ (OC)
- 3 PCIe 3.0 x16, 2 PCIe 3.0 x1
- Supports NVIDIA® SLI™, AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™
- Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort
- 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec), Nahimic Audio
- 8 SATA3, 2 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3), 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4)
- 1 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 20Gb/s Rear Type-C
- 3 USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gb/s (2 Rear Type-A, 1 Front Type-C)
- 9 USB 3.2 Gen1 (4 Front, 5 Rear)
- Dragon 2.5 Gigabit LAN, Intel® Gigabit LAN
- Intel® Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps) + BT 5.1
- ASRock Polychrome SYNC
- Specifications
- Unique Feature
- ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
- - ASRock Front Panel Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (10 Gb/s)
- - ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s)
- - ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A 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 2.5G LAN
- Intel® 802.11ax WiFi
- ASRock Steel Slots
- ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
- ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
- ASRock Ultra USB Power
- ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
- ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
- CPU
- - Supports 10th Gen and future generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Socket 1200)
- - Digi Power design
- - 15 Power Phase design
- - Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
- - Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs
- - Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
- - Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine III
- Chipset
- - Intel® Z490
- Memory
- - Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
- - 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
- - Supports DDR4 4666+(OC)* / 4600 / 4500 / 4400 / 4333/4266(OC) / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- - Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
- - Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB**
- - Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
- - 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
- **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
- - 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
- - ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
- - SMBIOS 2.7 Support
- - CPU Core/Cache, CPU GT, DRAM, VPPM, VCCSFR, VCCPLL, VCCSTG, VCCSTG_OUT, PCH Voltage, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA, CPU Internal PLL, GT PLL, Ring PLL, System Agent PLL, Memory Controller PLL Voltage Multi-adjustment
- Graphics
- - Hardware Accelerated Codecs: AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265 8bit, HEVC/H.265 10bit, VP8, VP9 8bit, VP9 10bit, MPEG 2, MJPEG, VC-1**
- - Graphics, Media & Compute: Microsoft® DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Intel® Built In Visuals, Intel® Quick Sync Video, Hybrid / Switchable Graphics, OpenCL 2.1
- - Display & Content Security: Rec. 2020 (Wide Color Gamut), Microsoft® PlayReady 3.0, Intel® SGX Content Protection, UHD/HDR Blu-ray Disc
- - Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers
- - Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz
- - Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 60Hz
- - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
- - Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports
- - Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports
- *Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
- ** VP9 10bit and VC-1 are for decode only.
- VP8 and VP9 encode are not supported by Windows® OS.
- Audio
- - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
- - Premium Blu-ray Audio support
- - Supports Surge Protection
- - WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs)
- - ESS SABRE9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR)
- - 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
- - Nahimic Audio
- LAN
- 1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Dragon RTL8125BG)
- - Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
- - Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control
- - Visual User Friendly UI
- - Visual Network Usage Statistics
- - Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes
- - User Customized Priority Control
- - Supports Wake-On-LAN
- - Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- - Supports PXE
- 1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel® I219V)
- - Supports Wake-On-LAN
- - Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- - Supports PXE
- Wireless LAN
- - Intel® 802.11ax WiFi Module
- - Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax
- - Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
- - Supports WiFi6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps)
- - 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
- - Supports Bluetooth 5.1 + High speed class II
- - Supports MU-MIMO
- Slots
- - 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE5: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3); triple at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3) / x4 (PCIE5))*
- - 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots
- - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
- - Supports NVIDIA® and SLI™
- - Support NVIDIA® SLI™ with NVIDIA® Quadro graphics cards
- - Supports NVIDIA® NVLink™ with dual NVIDIA® GeForce RTX series graphics cards**
- - 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-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.
- Storage
- - 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 17), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
- - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
- - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
- - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_3), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
- *M2_2, SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
- M2_3, SATA3_4 and SATA3_5 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.
- M2_3, SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and USB32_TC_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, USB32_TC_1 will downgrade to 16 Gb/s max.
- M2_3 and USB32_TC_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, M2_3 and USB32_TC_1 will downgrade to PCIe Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s).
- **Supports Intel® Optane™ Technology (M2_1 and M2_2 only)
- Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
- Supports ASRock U.2 Kit
- Connector
- - 1 x SPI TPM Header
- - 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
- - 2 x RGB LED Headers*
- - 2 x Addressable LED Headers**
- - 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
- - 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
- - 6 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
- - 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- - 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- - 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
- - 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ 3 AIC R2.0 Card only)
- - 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Intel® Z490) (Supports ESD Protection)
- - 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection)
- - 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (Intel® Z490) (Supports ESD Protection)
- - 1 x Clear CMOS Button
- - 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
- - 1 x Power Button with LED
- - 1 x Reset Button with LED
- *Support in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
- **Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip
- ***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
- ****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
- CPU_FAN2/WP_3A, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP, CHA_FAN4/WP, CHA_FAN5/WP and CHA_FAN6/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.
- CPU_FAN2/WP_3A supports the water cooler fan of maximum 3A (36W) fan power.
- Rear Panel I/O
- - 2 x Antenna Ports
- - 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
- - 1 x HDMI Port
- - 1 x DisplayPort 1.4
- - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- - 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection)
- - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Port (20 Gb/s) (ASMedia ASM3242) (Supports ESD Protection)*
- - 5 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)**
- - 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- - 1 x BIOS Flashback Button
- - HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)
- *M2_3, SATA3_4, SATA3_5 and USB32_TC_1 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, USB32_TC_1 will downgrade to 16 Gb/s max.
- **USB3_3 is from Intel® Z490; USB3_12 and USB3_4_5 are from ASMedia ASM1074 hub.
- Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_4_5 ports.
- ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_4_5 ports.
- Software and UEFI
- Software
- - ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
- - ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
- - ASRock Polychrome SYNC*
- UEFI
- - ASRock EZ Mode
- - ASRock Full HD UEFI
- - ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
- - ASRock Instant Flash
- - ASRock Internet Flash
- - ASRock Easy RAID Installer
- Support CD
- - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
- Accessories
- - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD
- - 4 x SATA Data Cables
- - 1 x ASRock SLI_HB_Bridge_2S Card
- - 1 x ASRock WiFi 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/Water Pump Fans
- - Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- - Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- - Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- - Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, VPPM, PCH, VCCSA, VCCST, VCCIO, VCCFSR_OC, VCCSFR
- 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
- - ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
- Warranty
- 3 Years
- Note
- ***Features, Price and Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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