Armor Your VR Machine
Prepare yourself well to enjoy the impressive world of Virtual Reality. Before that, you have to make sure everything is qualified, including hardware, software and drivers. Motherboard is the key to connect every critical components and ASRock’s VR Ready motherboards are definitely the one you’re looking for. The premium qualify is assured by rigorous testing during development. The sturdy components and rock-slid performance makes you completely immersive in the VR scenario. Users can be assured to experience VR enjoyments without any compatibility problems.
RGB LED
Build your own colorful lighting system! RGB LED and header allows users to connect LED strip and create their unique PC style easily. The ASRock RGB LED utility can be downloaded directly or from an all-in-one utility ASRock Live Update & APP Shop!
Supports 4-Way SLI with NVIDIA® Quadro® & GTX VGA Cards
4-Way SLI & CrossFireX Supported by PLX PEX 8747 Bridge
Via the onboard PLX PEX 8747 bridge chip, this flagship motherboard is able to support 4-Way SLI or 4-Way CrossFireX effortlessly. Not only support GeForce GTX multi-GPU, it is also fully compatible with NVIDIA® Quadro® professional desktop workstation graphics solutions 4-Way SLI.
PCI-E STEEL SLOTS
The advanced PCI-E Steel Slots packed with solid cover that prevent any signal interference with graphics cards. It also ensures the heavy graphics cards to be well-installed in the PCI-E slots safely.
AQUANTIA® 5Gb/s BASE-T Ethernet
The new 5Gb/s network standard was specifically designed to satisfy the users who are seeking for immediate performance improvements but can’t afford more expensive 10Gb/s networking products. Based on AQUANTIA’s AQtion™ client controller, this motherboard offers blazingly fast 5-gigabit/sec transfer speeds over 100m of Cat5e/Cat6 cables, which is 5X faster than standard gigabit LAN.
Dual Intel® LAN
Users are able to connect two LAN cables to this motherboard’s rear I/O. Dual LAN with Teaming function enabled on this motherboard allows two single connections to act as one single connection for twice the transmission bandwidth, making data transmission more effective.
Dual Band 802.11ac WiFi
No one has time for weak WiFi signals and sluggish internet! That’s why this motherboard comes with a 802.11ac WiFi (2.4G / 5G WiFi) module which supports wireless networks and Bluetooth v4.0.
Triple Ultra M.2
Triple of the world’s fastest PCIe Gen3 x4 Ultra M.2 slots that deliver up to 32Gb/s transfer speed, it also supports SATA3 6Gb/s M.2 modules.
*Performance result may vary with a different configuration.
Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 & USB 3.1 Type-C 40Gb/s
Experience the world’s fastest connectivity with ASRock’s Intel® Thunderbolt™ ready motherboards. The Daisy-chain feature allows users to connect up to 6 Thunderbolt™ devices with a single wire. The highly desirable reversible USB 3.1 Type-C interface delivers breathtaking 40 Gb/s data transfer speeds and also supports USB PD 2.0 charging up to 12V@3A (36W).
Purity Sound 4
It’s time to enjoy the most purified audio performance with ultra high definition. Purity Sound4 is a combination of several hardware, software audio solutions. 7.1 CH HD audio with the latest Realtek ALC1220 audio codec, individual PCB layers for R/L audio channel, 120dB SNR DAC and other technologies to deliver the crispest sound effects.
SLI HB Bridge Free Bundled
The free bundled ASRock’s new SLI HB Bridge is compatible with the NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070 graphics cards that doubles the available transfer bandwidth, thus delivering rock stable gameplay and experiencing surround gaming in the best way.
Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready
Supports Intel® Optane™ memory technology and Intel® Optane™ storage technology that redefines a new standard of high performance and responsiveness.