ASRock N68C-S UCC Motherboard Review

Main Specifications

The main specifications for the ASRock N68C-S UCC are:

• Socket: AM2+
• Chipset: GeForce 7025, which has the nForce 630a chipset embedded
• Super I/O: Winbond W83627DHG
• Parallel ATA: One ATA-133 port controlled by the chipset
• Serial ATA: Four SATA-300 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 0+1, and 5)
• External SATA: None
• USB: 10 USB 2.0 ports, four soldered on the motherboard rear panel and six available through three headers on the motherboard
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): None
• On-board video: Yes, GeForce 7025 engine running at 425 MHz (four processing cores, two pixel shaders and two vertex shaders)
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a VIA VT1705 codec (5.1 audio with 192 kHz sampling rate, 24-bit resolution, 100 dB signal-to-noise ratio for its outputs, and 93 dB signal-to-noise ratio for its inputs)
• On-board LAN: One Fast Ethernet port (10/100 Mbps) controlled by the chipset using a Realtek RTL8201 chip to make the physical layer interface
• Buzzer: No
• Power supply required: ATX12V
• Slots: One PCI Express 1.0 x16 slot, one PCI Express x1 slot and two standard PCI slots
• Memory: Two DDR2-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-1066 with appropriate CPU for speeds over DDR2-800) and two DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR3-1600 through overclocking with a socket AM3 CPU)
• Fan connectors: One with four pins (PWM control) for the CPU and two with three pins for auxiliary fans
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One
• Programs included: CyberLink Power2Go 6.1 LE OEM, CyberLink MediaShow 4.1 SE OEM, CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 DTS Trial, CyberLink PowerDirector 8.0 Trial, CyberLink P
  owerBackup 2.5 Trial, and Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Trial.
• Extra features: Core unlocking feature (UCC), instant boot, serial port, and parallel port
• More Information: https://www.asrock.com
• MSRP in the US: USD 47.00