ASRock B450 Steel Legend AMD Socket AM4 ATX HDMI/DisplayPort M.2 DDR4 RGB USB C 3.1 Motherboard

Description

WINDOWS 11 READY

AMD AM4 Socket
Supports DDR4 3533+ (OC)
2 PCIe 3.0 x16, 4 PCIe 2.0 x1
AMD Quad CrossFireX™
Graphics Output: DisplayPort, HDMI
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
6 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4), 1 M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA3)
2 USB 3.1 Gen2 (Rear Type-A+C)
6 USB 3.1 Gen1 (2 Front, 4 Rear)
Realtek Gigabit LAN

Steel Legend represents the philosophical state of rock-solid durability and irresistible aesthetics. Built around most demanding specs and features, the Steel Legend series aims at daily users and mainstream enthusiasts! Providing a strong array of materials/components to ensure a stable and reliable performance. A motherboard that fulfills every task – with style!

RULE YOUR OWN LIGHTING WAY – POLYCHROME RGB
Steel legend motherboards deliver stunning performance and superior aesthetics to rule your own colorful lighting way! ASRock offers a very comprehensive control to perform the built-in RGB LEDs or the connected LED strips, CPU fans, coolers, chassis and any RGB devices smoothly. Devices can be synchronized across the Polychrome RGB Sync-certified accessories as well.

A SOLID M.2-SOLUTION PERFORMER
Two of the world’s fastest M.2 slots. One delivers up to PCIe Gen3 x4 32Gb/s transfer speed, the other one supports PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA3 6Gb/s mode.

M.2 Armors
Good M.2 SSD protection is important for longevity and stability. ASRock provides a completed M.2 armor solution on B365 platform that makes SSDs to run in a certain low temperature.

Dual USB 3.1 Gen2 (Type-A + Type-C)
This motherboard has a pair of onboard Type-A and Type-C USB 3.1 Gen2 ports built on the rear i/o for supporting next generation USB 3.1 Gen2 devices and to deliver up to 10 Gbps data transfer rates.

ULTRA STABLE POWER
+5V voltage is transferred from the +12V. Supplying enough current to USB devices without dropping voltage directly from the PSU.

ANTISTATIC SHIELD
Protect mouse/keyboard against static electricity, especially lowering the chances of USB mouse lag or stuttering.

PURE AUDIO QUALITY
USB speaker is suggested to be connected via Ultra USB Power ports to perform the pure current and offer high audio quality without distortion.

2oz Copper
It comes with 2 ounces copper inner layers, using only carefully selected copper materials for PCB layers, delivering lower temperature and higher energy efficiency for overclocking.

PREMIUM 60A POWER CHOKE
ASRock’s premium 60A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better, thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard.

PCI-E STEEL SLOT
The advanced PCI-E Steel Slot 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 slot safely.

Specifications

Unique Feature
ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2
– ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
– ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy
– XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
– Premium 60A Power Choke
– Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
– I/O Armor
– Sapphire Black PCB
– High Density Glass Fabric PCB
– 2oz Copper PCB
ASRock Steel Slot
ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4)
ASRock Ultra USB Power
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
AMD StoreMI

CPU
AMD AM4 Socket
Digi Power design
6 Power Phase design

Chipset
AMD Promontory B450

Memory
Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) support DDR4 3533+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory
AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory
AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933/2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB
15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

BIOS
128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
Supports “Plug and Play”
ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events
Supports jumperfree
SMBIOS 2.3 support
DRAM Voltage multi-adjustment

Graphics
Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen Series APU
DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0
Shared memory default 2GB. Max Shared memory supports up to 16GB.
Dual graphics output: Support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 ports by independent display controllers
Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 24Hz / (3840×2160) @ 30Hz
Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz
Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
Supports HDCP 1.4 with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports

Audio
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray Audio support
Supports Surge Protection
Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
PCB Isolate Shielding
Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
Gold Audio Jacks

LAN
PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Realtek RTL8111H
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE

Slots
AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)
– 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode)
AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge)
– 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x8 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode) (If you use Athlon 2xxGE series APU, PCIE1 slot will run at x4 mode.)
AMD Athlon series CPUs
– 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x4 mode; PCIE4: x2 mode)

4 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™

Storage
4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge) or Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s) (with Athlon 2xxGE series APU and Raven Ridge 2)**
1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s)

Connector
1 x COM Port Header
1 x TPM Header
1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
1 x RGB LED Header
1 x Addressable LED Header
1 x AMD Fan LED Header
1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
3 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)

Rear Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
1 x HDMI Port
1 x DisplayPort 1.2
1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)
4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

Software and UEFI
Software
– ASRock A-Tuning
– ASRock Polychrome SYNC
– ASRock XFast LAN
UEFI
– ASRock Full HD UEFI
– ASRock Instant Flash
– ASRock Easy RAID Installer

Support CD
Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar

Accessories
Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
2 x SATA Data Cables
2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
1 x Standoff for M.2 Socket

Hardware Monitoring
Temperature Sensing: CPU, MB
Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

Form Factor
ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

OS
Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit