ASROCK Z87M Extreme4 User Manual download pdf

The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any configuration other than the original product specification is not guaranteed.

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A-Style : Home Cloud, Purity Sound

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Supports 4th Gen Intel

Core

i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon

/ Pentium

/ Celeron

LGA1150 Package

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Premium Gold Capacitor Design, Digi Power, 8 Power Phase Design

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Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2800+(OC)

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2 x PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 x PCIe1 2.0 x16, 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1

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Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX, 3-Way CrossFireX, CrossFireX

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Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI and SLI

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Multi-VGA Output Options : DVI-D, D-Sub, HDMI

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Intel Gigabit LAN

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7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)

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6 x SATA3, 1 x eSATA, 6 x USB 3.0, 8 x USB 2.0

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Supports A-Tuning, XFast 555, Easy Driver Installer, FAN-Tastic Tuning, USB Key

Product Brief

Detail Specication

- Supports 4th Generation Intel

Core

i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon

/ Pentium

/ Celeron

in LGA1150 Package

- Digi Power Design

- 8 Power Phase Design

- Supports Intel

Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

- Supports Intel

K-Series unlocked CPU

- Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

CPU

- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology

- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC,

un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

- Supports Intel

Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

Memory

- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at x16 (PCIE1);

dual at x8 (PCIE1) / x8 (PCIE3))

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE4: x4 mode)

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX

, 3-Way CrossFireX

and CrossFireX

- Supports NVIDIA

Quad SLI

and SLI

Expansion Slot

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)

- Premium Blu-ray audio support

- Supports Purity Sound

- 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier

- TI

NE5532 (Premium Headset Amplifier supports up to 600 Ohms headsets)

- Direct Drive Technology

- EMI shielding cover

- PCB isolate shielding

- Supports DTS Connect

Audio

- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Giga PHY Intel

I217V

- Supports Intel

Remote Wake Technology

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az

- Supports PXE

LAN

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

- 1 x D-Sub Port

- 1 x DVI-D Port

- 1 x HDMI Port

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 1 x eSATA Connector

- 4 x USB 2.0 Ports

- 4 x USB 3.0 Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)

- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Rear Panel I/O

- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10,

Intel Rapid Storage Technology 12 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ,

AHCI and Hot Plug (SATA3_1 connector is shared with the eSATA port)

- 1 x eSATA connector, supports NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and Port Multiplier

Storage

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x Power LED header

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion header

- 1 x TPM header

- 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

- 2 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

- 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)

- 1 x 24 pin ATX power connector

- 1 x 8 pin 12V power connector

- 1 x 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)

Connector

- 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with Multilingual GUI support

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjustment

BIOS Feature

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial,

Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8, MeshCentral, Splashtop Streamer

Support CD

- 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge Card

- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield

- 4 x SATA Data Cables

Accessories

- CPU/Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature)

- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

- CASE OPEN detection

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

Hardware Monitor

- Microsoft

Windows

8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant OS

- FCC, CE, WHQL

- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

Certiﬁcations

- Intel

Z87

Chipset

- Home Cloud

- Purity Sound

A-Style

- Micro ATX Form Factor

- Premium Gold Capacitor design

(100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

Platform

* Intel

HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with

processors which are GPU integrated.

- Supports Intel

HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel

Quick Sync Video with AVC,

MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel

InTru

3D, Intel

Clear Video

HD Technology, Intel

Insider

, Intel

HD Graphics 4400/4600

- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

- Max. shared memory 1792MB

- Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

- Supports Triple Monitors

- Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 4K × 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz

- Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio)

(Compliant HDMI monitor is required)

- Supports HDCP function with DVI-D and HDMI ports

- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI ports

Graphics

Unique Feature

- ASRock A-Tuning

- ASRock Instant Flash

- ASRock APP Charger

- ASRock XFast USB

- ASRock XFast LAN

- ASRock XFast RAM

- ASRock Crashless BIOS

- ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)

- ASRock Internet Flash

- ASRock UEFI System Browser

- ASRock UEFI Tech Service

- ASRock Dehumidifier Function

- ASRock Easy RAID Installer

- ASRock Easy Driver Installer

- ASRock Interactive UEFI

- ASRock Fast Boot

- ASRock Restart to UEFI

- ASRock USB Key

- ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control

- ASRock U-COP

- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

- Good Night LED

Intel

Z87 Chipset

Digi Power

A-Tuning

Easy Driver

Installer

Triple Monitor

FAN-Tastic

Tuning

Home Cloud

A-Style

Premium Gold

Caps

4K/2K

8 Power Phase

Design

Purity Sound

- Supports 4

Generation Intel

Core

i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon

/ Pentium

/ Celeron

LGA1150 Package

- Digi Power Design

- 4 Power Phase Design

- Supports Intel

Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

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