Supports 10th Gen and future generation Intel Core Processors (Socket 1200) 13 Phase Dr.MOS Power Design Supports DDR4 4666MHz (OC) 2 PCIe 3.0 x16, 3 PCIe 3.0 x1, 1 M.2 (Key E) for WiFi AMD Quad CrossFireX and 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) 2 USB 3.2 Gen2 (Rear Type A C), 9 USB 3.2 Gen1 (4 Front, 4 Rear, Front Type-C) Phantom Gaming 2.5 Gigabit LAN, Intel Gigabit LAN ASRock Polychrome SYNC PCI Express 4.0 Hardware Ready! Welcome to the PCI Express 4.0 new era and be a smart buyer with ASRock motherboards! Z490 enthusiast level motherboards equipped with luxury components that allows geeks to be hardware ready for PCI Express 4.0 standard ! Optimized for Water Cooling XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink design with active fan that effectively improve heat dissipation and promotes overall performance. This is aimed for die hard gamers and enthusiasts to bring a new computing experience paired with Intel’s 10-core processors. Nahimic Audio Whether you are using headphones, a headset, external or internal speakers, via USB, Wi-Fi, analog output or even HDMI, Nahimic Audio offers you the most engaging listening experience, vibrant and rich with details. 2oz Copper PCB 2 ounce copper inner layers that provide stable signal traces and power shapes! Delivering lower temperature and higher energy efficiency for overclocking, its able to support the latest DDR4 memory modules with most extreme memory performance! RULE YOUR OWN LIGHTING WAY - POLYCHROME RGB ASRock motherboards deliver stunning performance and superior aesthetics to rule your own colorful lighting way! ASRock offers a very comprehensive control to perform the built-in RGB LEDs or the connected LED strips, CPU fans, coolers, chassis and any RGB devices smoothly. Devices can be synchronized across the Polychrome RGB Sync-certified accessories as well. Specification Gaming Armor Power - Hi-Density Power Connectors (24 pin and 8 pin) Memory - 15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots VGA Card - 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1) Internet - 2.5G LAN Cooling - XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink - Heat Pipe Design Audio - Nahimic Audio Unique Feature ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 - ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) - ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C 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 - ASRock Phantom Gaming 2.5G LAN 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 13 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 BIOS 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events SMBIOS 2.7 Support CPU Core/Cache, GT, DRAM, VPPM,VTTDDR, VCCSFR, VCCPLL_OC, 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 Audio 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec) Premium Blu-ray Audio support Supports Surge Protection 120dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier for Front Panel Audio Connector (Supports up to 600 Ohm headsets) 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 Phantom Gaming 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 Slots 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x16 (PCIE1) / x4 (PCIE3) 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX and CrossFireX 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT module and Intel CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT) 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1) 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_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) 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) 5 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 Gen1 Header (Intel® Z490) (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x Dr. Debug with LED 1 x Power Button with LED 1 x Reset Button with LED 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 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (ReDriver) (Supports ESD Protection) 4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Intel Z490) (Supports ESD Protection) 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks) Software and UEFI Software - ASRock Motherboard Utility (Phantom Gaming Tuning) - ASRock Phantom Gaming LAN Software - ASRock Polychrome SYNC - ASRock Key Master 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 3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets 2 x Standoffs for M.2 Sockets Hardware Monitor Temperature Sensin 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 monitorin 12V, 5V, 3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, VPPM, PCH, VCCSA, VCCST, VCCIO, VCCPLL_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