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Fatal1ty 970 Performance/3.1

Gaming Armor
» VGA Card - 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot + PCIe Power Connectors
» Audio - Purity Sound™ 2
Supports Socket AM3+ / AM3 processors
Support 220W, 8-Core CPUs
ASRock DuraCap, High Density Glass Fabric PCB, Digi Power, 8 + 2 Power Phase Design
Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2400+(OC)
3 PCIe 2.0 x16, 2 PCIe 2.0 x1, 1 PCI
Supports AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec), Supports Purity Sound™ 2 & DTS Connect
Realtek Gigabit LAN
6 SATA3, 1 M.2 (Gen2 x4 & SATA3)
2 USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gb/s (1 x Type-A + 1 x Type-C) (Supported by the bundled ASRock USB 3.1/A+C), 6 USB 3.1 Gen1 (2 Front, 4 Rear), 10 USB 2.0 (6 Front, 3 Rear, 1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port)
Supports F-Stream, Key Master, X-Boost, XSplit, Full Spike Protection, APP Shop

This model may not be sold worldwide. Please contact your local dealer for the availability of this model in your region.

Specification
Support

Gaming Armor
VGA Card
- 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE2)
- PCIe Power Connectors
Audio
- Purity Sound™ 2
Unique Feature
ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2
- ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2/A+C (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy
- Sapphire Black PCB
ASRock Full Spike Protection
ASRock APP Shop
CPU
- Supports Socket AM3+ processors
- Supports Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom™ II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors
- Supports 8-Core CPU
- Supports UCC feature (Unlock CPU Core)
- Digi Power design
- 8 + 2 Power Phase design
- Supports CPU up to 220W
- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
- FSB 2400 MHz (4.8 GT/s)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology
Chipset
- Northbridge: AMD 970
- Southbridge: AMD SB950
Memory
- Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR3 2400+(OC) / 2100(OC) / 1866(OC) / 1800(OC) / 1600(OC) / 1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB*
- Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
- Supports AMD Memory Profile Technology (AMP) up to AMP 2400

*Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows^® 32-bit OS. For Windows^® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
BIOS
- 32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 support
- CPU, VCCM, NB, SB Voltage multi-adjustment
Graphics
- n/a
Audio
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)
- Premium Blu-ray Audio support
- Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- Supports Purity Sound™ 2
- Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
- 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier
- TI^® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets)
- Direct Drive Technology
- EMI shielding cover
- PCB isolate shielding
- Supports DTS Connect
LAN
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111GR
- Supports Wake-On-WAN
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- Supports LAN Cable Detection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE
Slots
- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE4/PCIE5: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4); triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) / x4 (PCIE5))
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
- 1 x PCI Slot
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™

*If M.2 PCI Express module is installed, PCIE5 slot will be disabled.
Storage
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
- 1 x M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3, supports M Key M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x4 (20 Gb/s) (M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3 is shared with the SATA3_0 connector)

*RAID 5 is not supported with Windows^® 7 and Widows 10
USB
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
Connector
- 1 x COM Port Header
- 1 x TPM Header
- 1 x Power LED Header
- 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
- 3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)
- 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)
- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
- 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
- 2 x PCIe Power Connectors
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
- 1 x SPDIF Out Connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header by ASMedia ASM1042A (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
Rear Panel I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 3 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Etron EJ188H) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch
- HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Software and UEFI
Software
- ASRock F-Stream
- ASRock Key Master
- ASRock APP Charger
- ASRock XFast RAM
- ASRock Restart to UEFI
- ASRock X-Boost
UEFI
- ASRock Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock Crashless BIOS
- ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
- ASRock UEFI System Browser
- ASRock UEFI Tech Service
- ASRock Dehumidifier Function
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer
- ASRock Easy Driver Installer
- Turbo 50 / Turbo 60 Overclocking
Support CD
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), XSplit
Accessories
- 1 x ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2/A+C
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA Data Cables
- 1 x Screw for M.2_SSD (NGFF) Socket 3
Hardware Monitor
- CPU, Chassis temperature sensing
- CPU, Chassis, Power Fan Tachometer
- CPU, Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust fan speed by CPU temperature)
- CPU, Chassis Fan multi-speed control
- Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore Voltage
Form Factor
- ATX Form Factor
- ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time) (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
OS
- Microsoft Windows^® 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit / Vista™ 32-bit / Vista™ 64-bit / XP 32-bit / XP 64-bit
Certifications
- FCC, CE
- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

Description	Language	Download
User Manual	English	Global	China
BSMI	Multi-Language	Global	China
Quick Installation Guide	Multi-Language	Global	China
RAID Installation Guide	English	Global	China

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