ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional Motherboard

Main Specifications

The main specifications for the ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional include:

• Socket: LGA1150
• Chipset: Intel Z87 Express
• Super I/O: Nuvoton NCT6776D
• Parallel ATA: None
• Serial ATA: Six SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 10, and 5) and four SATA-600 ports controlled by two ASMedia ASM1061 chips
• External SATA: One eSATA-600 port shared with one of the ports controlled by one of the ASMedia ASM1061 chips
• USB 2.0: Eight USB 2.0 ports, four on the motherboard’s rear panel and four available through two headers on the motherboard
• USB 3.0: Eight USB 3.0 ports, four available through two headers one the motherboard and four available on the motherboard’s rear panel and connected to one port controlled by the chipset by the way of an ASMedia ASM1074 hub chip
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): None
• Thunderbolt: None
• On-board video: Controlled by the CPU; DisplayPort and HDMI connectors
• On-board audio: Produced by a Creative Sound Core3D controller (24-bit resolution, 192 kHz sampling rate, 102 dB SNR for the outputs, and 101 dB SNR for the inputs), on-board optical SPDIF output, and audio amplifier for analog headphones (Texas Instruments NE5532 chip)
• On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports, one controlled by an Intel I217-V chip and one controlled by an Intel I211-AT chip
• Buzzer: No
• Infrared interface: Yes
• Power supply required: EPS12V
• Slots: Three PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slots (working at x16/x0/x0, x8/x8/x0 or x8/x4/x4), one PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot, two PCI slots (ASMedia ASM1083 bridge chip), and one Mini PCI Express slot
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to DDR3-2933, 32 GiB maximum)
• Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU cooler and four three-pin connectors for auxiliary fans
• Extra features: HDMI input, two BIOS chips, POST diagnostics display, legacy serial port, and “Fatal1ty mouse port”
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One
• Programs included: Motherboard utilities
• More Information: https://www.asrock.com
• Average Price in the U.S.*: USD 250.00

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.