• Supports 12th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)
• 13 Phase Dr.MOS Power Design
• Supports DDR4 5000MHz (OC)
• 1 PCIe 5.0 x16, 1 PCIe 4.0 x16, 1 PCIe 3.0 x16, 2 PCIe 3.0 x1
  1 M.2 Key-E for WiFi
• Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort
• Realtek ALC897 7.1 CH HD Audio Codec, Nahimic Audio
• 8 SATA3
• 2 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4)
  1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
• 1 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Front Type-C
  2 USB 3.2 Gen2 (Rear Type A+C)
  8 USB 3.2 Gen1 (4 Rear, 4 Front)
• Dragon 2.5G LAN
• ASRock Graphics Card Holder
• Unique Feature
  ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
  - ASRock Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s)
  - 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 Power Choke
  - 50A Dr.MOS
  - 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
  ASRock Auto Driver Installer
  ASRock Steel Slot
  ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
  ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
  ASRock Ultra USB Power
  ASRock POST Status Checker (PSC)
  ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
  ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
• CPU
  - Supports 12th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)
  - Digi Power design
  - 13 Power Phase design
  - Supports Intel^® Hybrid Technology
  - Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
• Chipset
  - Intel^® Z690
• Memory
  - Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
  - 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
  - Supports DDR4 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 5333+(OC)*
  - 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
  
  

  *Supports DDR4 3200 natively.
• BIOS
  - 256Mb 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, VCCIN AUX, +1.05V PROC, +1.8V PROC, +0.82V PCH, +1.05V PCH Voltage Multi-adjustment
• Graphics
  - Intel^® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12)
  - Dual graphics output: support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers
  - Supports HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz
  - Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC (compressed) max. resolution up to 8K (7680x4320) @ 60Hz / 5K (5120x3200) @ 120Hz
  - Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible 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.
• Audio
  - 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec)
  - Supports Surge Protection
  - Gold Audio Jacks
  - 15μ Gold Audio Connector
  - Nahimic Audio
• LAN
  - 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
• Slots
  - 3 x PCIe x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE3/PCIE5: single at Gen5x16 (PCIE2); dual at Gen5x16 (PCIE2) / Gen4x4 (PCIE3); triple at Gen5x16 (PCIE2) / Gen4x4 (PCIE3) / Gen3x4 (PCIE5))*
  - 2 x PCIe Gen3x1 Slots
  - Supports AMD CrossFire™
  - 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel^® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT)
  - 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
  
  

  *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• Storage
  - 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors*
  - 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode**
  - 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen3x4 (32 Gb/s) modes**
  - 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2242/2260/2280/22110 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode**
  
  

  *If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_7 will be disabled.
  
  **Supports Intel^® Optane™ Technology
  Supports Intel^® Volume Management Device (VMD)
  Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  Supports ASRock U.2 Kit
• RAID
  - Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
  - Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 NVMe storage devices
• Connector
  - 1 x SPI TPM Header
  - 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
  - 1 x RGB LED Header*
  - 3 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™ 4 AIC Card)
  - 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (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 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
  

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