ASRock 890GX Extreme3 Motherboard
Main Specifications
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ASRock 890GX Extreme3 motherboard main features are:
- Socket: AM3.
- Chipset: AMD 890GX.
- Super I/O: Nuvoton NCT6771F
- Parallel ATA: None.
- Serial ATA: Six SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10).
Motherboard comes with one bracket to convert one of these ports into an eSATA-600 port. - External SATA: One eSATA-300 port.
- USB: 12 USB 2.0 ports, four soldered on the motherboard and eight available through four headers on the motherboard. Two USB 3.0 ports controlled by a NEC μPD720200 chip.
- FireWire (IEEE 1394): Two ports, one normal-sized soldered on the rear panel and one available through a header on the motherboard, controlled by a VIA VT6315N chip.
- On-board video: Yes, Radeon HD 4290 engine running at 700 MHz (40 processing cores), with 128 MB GDDR3-1333 memory (Nanya NT5CB64M16AP-CG).
- On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a VIA VT2020 codec (8-channel, 110 dB signal-to-noise ratio for its outputs, no more technical information is provided). On-board optical SPDIF output.
- On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by a Realtek RTL8111E chip, connected to the system through one PCI Express x1 lane.
- Buzzer: No.
- Power supply required: EPS12V
- Slots: Three PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (the first two working at x8 when two video cards are installed and the third one always working at x4), one PCI Express x1 slot and two standard PCI slots.
- Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR3-1800 through overclocking).
- Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU cooler and three three-pin connectors for auxiliary fans.
- Extra Features: External clear CMOS button, POST diagnostics display, serial port.
- Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One.
- Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities, CyberLink DVD suite (trial) and Sound Blaster X-Fi (trial).
- More Information: https://www.asrockamerica.com
- Average price in the US*: USD 130.00
* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.