M3A790GXH/USB3
AMD 790GX + SB750 Chipsets
Product Brief
- ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time), 100%
Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer
Capacitors
- Supports CPU up to 140W
- Supports AMD OverDrive™ with ACC feature
(Advanced Clock Calibration)
- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1600(OC)
- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 3300 graphics,
DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0, Max.
shared memory 512MB
- Built-in 128MB DDR3 1333(OC)/1200MHz
SidePort Memory
- Supports ATI
Quad CrossFireX
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CrossFireX
, CrossFireX
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CrossFireX
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- Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and
HDMI
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD
playback
- Supports 2 x IEEE1394 ports, PCIE Gigabit LAN
- 7.1 CH HD Audio, DAC with 110dB dynamic
range (ALC890 Audio Codec), DTS & Premium
Blu-ray audio support
- Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash,
OC Tuner, IES, OC DNA
- Free Bundle: 1 x ASRock USB 3.0 Card
- Free Software: CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM
and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB -
Trial
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Detail Specification
- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm
Platform
- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality
Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
CPU
- Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom
X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron
processors
- Supports CPU up to 140W
- Supports AMD OverDrive™ with ACC feature (Advanced
Clock Calibration)
- AMD LIVE!
TM
Ready
- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
- FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology
Chipset
- Northbridge: AMD 790GX
- Southbridge: AMD SB750
- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
Memory
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1600(OC)/1333/1066/800 non-ECC,
un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB
- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue: single at x16 or dual at x8/x8
Expansion Slot
mode; white: x4 mode)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
- 2 x PCI slots
- Supports ATI
TM
Quad CrossFireX
CrossFireX
and Hybrid CrossFireX
TM
- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 3300 graphics
Graphics
- DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0
- Max. shared memory 512MB
- Built-in 128MB DDR3 1333(OC)/1200MHz SidePort Memory
- Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
- Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200
(1080P)
- Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @ 75Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz
- Supports HDCP function
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback
Audio
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection
- DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec)
- DTS (Digital Theater Systems) support
- Premium Blu-ray audio support
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
LAN
- Realtek RTL8111DL
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
Rear Panel I/O
I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
- 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
- 1 x eSATAII Port
- 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /
Front Speaker / Microphone
Connector
- 6 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and JBOD), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot
Plug" functions
- 1 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII port)
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x COM port header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- CPU/Chassis/NB/Power FAN connector
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 8 pin 12V power connector
- SLI/XFire power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
BIOS Feature
- 8Mb AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, DRAM, NB Voltage Multi-adjustment
Support CD
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDrive
Utility, AMD Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion
ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial;
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial)
Unique Feature
- ASRock OC Tuner
- Intelligent Energy Saver
- Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock OC DNA
- Hybrid Booster:
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Hardware Monitor
- CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU/Chassis/NB/Power Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
OS
- Microsoft
Windows
®
Media Center / XP 64-bit compliant
- FCC, CE, WHQL
Certifications
- EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)
- 1 x ASRock SLI/XFire Switch Card
Accessories
- 1 x ASRock USB 3.0 Card
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- Floppy/ATA 133 cables
- 4 x SATA data cables (optional)
- 1 x SATA 1 to 1 power cable (optional)
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64-bit / XP / XP
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