CPU

- Supports 10th Generation Intel® Core™ processors (socket 1200)

- Digitally powered

- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology

- Supports Intel® K-series unlocked multiplier processors

- Support ASRock BCLK full range overclocking

Chipset

-Intel® Z490

RAM

- Dual channel DDR4 memory technology

- 4 x DDR4 memory slots

- Support DDR4 4400+(OC)* / 4333(OC) / 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 (operating in non-ECC mode)

- Maximum system memory capacity: 128GB**

- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0 technology

- DIMM sockets feature 15µ gold plated headers

Core™ (i9/i7) supports up to DDR4 2933; Core™ (i5/i3), Pentium and Celeron® support up to DDR4 2666.

**Due to operating system limitations, the actual memory available under Windows® 32-bit operating system will be less than 4GB. Using a 64-bit CPU under Windows® 64-bit operating system does not have this limitation.

BIOS

- Multilingual 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

- Compliant with ACPI 6.0 Compliant Wake Events

- Support SMBIOS 2.7

- CPU core/cache, GT, memory, PCH, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA voltage multi-function regulator

Onboard graphics card

- 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 and Computing: Microsoft® DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Intel Embedded Vision Technology, Intel® High Speed Video Sync Technology, Mixed/Switchable Graphics, OpenCL 2.1

- Display and Content Security: Rec. 2020 (Wide Color Gamut), Microsoft® PlayReady 3.0, Intel SGX Content Protection, UHD Blu-ray Disc

- Dual display output option: HDMI and D-Sub ports supported via separate display controller

- Supports HDMI 1.4 technology, up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz resolution

- Supports D-Sub, up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

- Supports HDMI 1.4 port auto-sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) (requires HDMI compatible monitor)

- Supports HDCP 2.3 via HDMI 1.4 port

- Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback via HDMI 1.4 port

*Only processors with built-in GPU can support Intel® UHD graphics chip built-in visual technology and display output.

**VP9 10bit and VC-1 are for decoding only.

Windows® OS does not support VP8 and VP9 encoding.

Sound effect

- 7.1 channel high definition audio with content protection function (Realtek ALC1200 audio codec)

- Support high quality Blu-ray sound

- Support anti-surge

- PCB isolation shield

- Layered routing of left and right channels

- Nahimic Audio

local area network

- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Giga PHY Intel® I219V

- Support Wake-On-LAN function

- Support anti-lightning/anti-ESD static electricity

- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az

- Support PXE

Expansion slot

- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single slot x16 (PCIE2); dual slot x16 (PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE4)*

- 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 slots

- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™

- 1 x M.2 connector (Key E), supports Type 2230 WiFi/Bluetooth PCIe WiFi Module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)

*Support NVMe SSD boot

Storage

- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, supports RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 17), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*

- 1 x Ultra M.2 connector (M2_1), supports M Key 2260/2280 type M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s and M.2 PCIe modules to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

- 1 x Ultra M.2 connector (M2_2), supports M Key 2260/2280/22110 type M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s and M.2 PCIe modules to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**

*If the M2_1 slot is occupied by a SATA type M.2 device, SATA3_5 will be turned off.

If the M2_2 slot is occupied by a SATA type M.2 device, SATA3_1 will be turned off.

If M2_2 is occupied by a PCIE-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 will be disabled.

**Supports Intel® Optane™ Technology

Support NVMe SSD boot

Support ASRock U.2 kit

Onboard interface

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x SPI TPM header

- 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header

- 2 x RGB LED headers*

- 2 x Programmable 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

- 1 x 8-pin 12V power connector

- 1 x 4-pin 12V power connector

- 1 x front panel audio jack

- 1 x Thunderbolt™ Header (5-pin) (Only supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ 3 AIC R2.0 card)

- 1 x USB 2.0 header (supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (supports ESD protection)

- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 headers (supports 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (supports ESD protection)

*Support up to 12V/3A, 36W LED strip

**Supports up to 5V/3A, 15W LED strip

***CPU fan connector supports up to 1A (12W) power supply.

****CPU / water pump fan supports up to 2A (24W) water cooling fan.

*****Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports up to 2A (24W) water cooling fan.

CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP and CHA_FAN4/WP can automatically detect 3-pin or 4-pin fans.

I/O port on the rear panel

- 2 x Antenna Mounting Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

- 1 x D-Sub connector

- 1 x HDMI port

- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type A Connector (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD protection)

- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (supports ESD protection)

- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 ports (supports ESD protection)

- 2 x USB 2.0 ports (supports ESD protection)

- 1 x RJ-45 network interface with indicator lights (action/connection indicator and speed indicator)

- HD Audio Jack: Line In / Front / Mic

Dimensions

- ATX; 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm

OS

- Supports Microsoft® Windows 10 64-bit / 11 64-bit