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870 Extreme3

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Detail Specification

Product Brief

CPU

Memory

Expansion Slot

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel I/O

Connector

SATA3

USB 3.0

BIOS Feature

Smart Switch

Support CD

Accessories

Hardware Monitor

Certifications

The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their

respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.

Chipset

Platform

- Phenom II X6 Six-Core CPU Ready

- Supports Exclusive ASRock UCC Chip - Unlock CPU

Core feature

- ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time), 100%

Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer

Capacitors

- Supports ATI

Quad CrossFire

, CrossFireX

- 1 x eSATAIII Connector, 5 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s

connectors, 2 x USB 3.0 ports, 2 x IEEE1394 ports

- Smart Swith Design : 1 x Power Switch with LED,

1 x Reset Switch with LED, 1 x Clear CMOS Switch

with LED

- Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash,

OC Tuner, IES, OC DNA, Multi-Speed Fan Control

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek

ALC892 Audio Codec) , Premium Blu-ray audio

support

- ErP/EuP Ready

- Free Software: CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial;

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial

- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-

quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

- Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom

X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 /

Sempron processors

- Six-Core CPU Ready

- Supports UCC feature (Unlock CPU Core)

- V4 + 1 Power Phase Design

- Supports CPU up to 140W

- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology

- FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s)

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology

- Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology

- Northbridge: AMD 870

- Southbridge: AMD SB850

- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology

- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR3 1800(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066/800 non

-ECC, un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB

- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (Single at x16 or dual at

x8/x8 mode)

- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

- 2 x PCI slots

- Supports ATI

Quad CrossFireX

and CrossFireX

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek

ALC892 Audio Codec)

- Premium Blu-ray audio support

- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

I/O Panel

- 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

- 1 x eSATAIII Connector

- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports

- 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

- 5 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors

- 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

- Front panel audio connector

- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)

- 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED)

- 8Mb AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports "Plug and Play"

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- CPU VID, VCCM, NB, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment

- 1 x Power Switch with LED

- 1 x Reset Switch with LED

- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

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

RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5), NCQ, AHCI and

"Hot Plug" functions

- 2 x USB 3.0 ports by NEC MPD720200, support USB

1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD

OverDrive

Utility, AMD Fusion, AMD Fusion Media

Explorer, ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite -

OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial)

- CPU Temperature Sensing

- Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

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

- Microsoft

Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit

/ XP / XP Media Center / XP 64-bit compliant

- FCC, CE, WHQL

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

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

- 4 x SATA data cables (optional)

Unique Feature

- ASRock OC Tuner

- Intelligent Energy Saver

- Instant Boot

- ASRock Instant Flash

- ASRock OC DNA

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control

- ASRock U-COP

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

Summary of content (8 pages)

PAGE 1
870 Extreme3 www.asrock.com AMD 870 + SB850 Chipsets Detail Specification Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.
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870 Extreme3 www.asrock.com AMD 870 + SB850 Chipsets Stunning Data Transfer Speed ASRock True 333 USB3.0, the world's best-known computer peripheral interface once again receives a major revamp to stay current with today’s most demands for connectivity bandwidth. Delivering data transfer rates up to ten times faster than USB 2.0 with the optimized power efficiency, USB 3.0 promises a major leap forward in transfer speeds and capability.
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870 Extreme3 www.asrock.com AMD 870 + SB850 Chipsets ASRock UCC (Unlock CPU Core) World's First AMD 870 Chipset Motherboard Supports Unlock CPU Core With ASRock unique UCC chip onboard, one simple click in BIOS can unlock CPU core to enjoy an instant performance boost. Step 1 Step 2 Press “F2 or DEL” to enter the BIOS. Choose the “OC Tweaker” page and “ASRock UCC” option! Step 3 Step 4 “ASRock UCC” set to Enabled. Press “F10” to save change and exit.
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870 Extreme3 890GX Extreme3 www.asrock.com AMD 870 + SB850 Chipsets 890GX + SB850 Chipsets Phenom II X6 Six-Core CPU Ready Supports ATITM Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM Smart Switch Design Clear CMOS Switch Power Switch Reset Switch Set your ideal fan speed by tuning the fan speed from level 1 to 10 in BIOS or OC Tuner.
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870 Extreme3 AMD 870 + SB850 Chipsets ErP/EuP Ready Motherboard www.asrock.com ErP/EuP Ready Power Supply ErP/EuP System What is ErP/EuP? ErP/EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by European Union to define the power consumption for the completed system.
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870 Extreme3 www.asrock.com AMD 870 + SB850 Chipsets OC DNA Save your OC settings as a profile and share with friends. Try OC DNA now! OC DNA Instruction Step 1 Step 2 Save your BIOS OC settings as User Default in BIOS OC Tweaker menu. (For example: we name this User Default setting as “CPU_OC3.8GHz”) Execute ASRock OC DNA under OS, you will find “CPU_OC3.8GHz” as User Profile 1. 870 Extreme3 Step 3 Step 4 Press “Save” button to save the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” OC settings as a profile.
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870 Extreme3 AMD 870 + SB850 Chipsets www.asrock.com ASRock Instant Boot ASRock Instant Boot is a new feature invented exclusively by ASRock. It can boot up system in an amazing speed, which is 10 times faster than traditional boot up. For home users or office PC users, ASRock Instant Boot can also guarantee a clean Windows OS, and consumed less power! For details: http://www.asrock.com/feature/InstantBoot/index.
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