ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Review

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2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots - 2 x PCI slots - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ - Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ and SLI™ SATA3 - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® Z77, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and 'Hot Plug' functions. 4 x DDR3 2800+(OC): This motherboard unlocks maximum memory performance, coming with 4 DIMM slots for dual-channel memory, supporting up to DDR3 2800+ (OC) MHz! Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0 Support: The ASRock motherboards support the Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0! PCI Express 3.0 can maximize the bandwidth for the next-gen PCI Express 3.0 VGA cards, provide. ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M - motherboard - micro ATX - LGA1155 Socket - Z77 overview and full product specs on CNET. RAM Slots 4 DIMM slots Power Connectors.

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• - Supports 3^rd and 2^nd Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon^® / Pentium^® / Celeron^® in LGA1155 Package
  - Digi Power Design
  - 8 + 4 Power Phase Design
  - Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
  - Supports Intel^® K-Series unlocked CPU
  - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
• - Intel^® Z77
  - Supports Intel^® Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect Technology
  

  *Intel^® Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect Technology are only supported under Windows^® 7 OS or later versions.
• - Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
  - 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
  - Supports DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
  - Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
  - Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
  

  *Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows^® 32-bit OS. For Windows^® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
  **In order to maximize the system memory, please install 8GB memory module with 16 cells
• - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
  - Supports 'Plug and Play'
  - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
  - Supports jumperfree
  - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
  - CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, 1.8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment
• - Supports Intel^® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel^® Quick Sync Video 2.0, Intel^® InTru™ 3D, Intel^® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel^® Insider™, Intel^® HD Graphics 2500/4000 with Intel^® Ivy Bridge CPU
  - Supports Intel^® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel^® Quick Sync Video, Intel^® InTru™ 3D, Intel^® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel^® HD Graphics 2000/3000, Intel^® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) with Intel^® Sandy Bridge CPU
  - Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel^® Ivy Bridge CPU. Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel^® Sandy Bridge CPU
  - Max. shared memory 1760MB with Intel^® Ivy Bridge CPU. Max. shared memory 1759MB with Intel^® Sandy Bridge CPU
  - Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
  - Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
  - Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
  - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz
  - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
  - Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports
  - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI and HDMI ports
  

  *Intel^® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
  **Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel^® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows^® Vista™ and Windows^® 7.
  ***Intel^® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows^® 7 and Windows^® 7 x64.
• - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec)
  - Premium Blu-ray audio support
• - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
  - Broadcom BCM57781
  - Supports Wake-On-LAN
  - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  - Supports PXE
• - 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE3: single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE3) or dual at x8/x8 mode)
  - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
  - 2 x PCI slots
  - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
  - Supports NVIDIA^® Quad SLI™ and SLI™
  

  *PCIe Gen3 is supported on 3^rd Generation of Intel^® Core™ i5 and Core™ i7 CPUs.
• - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel^® Z77, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel^® Rapid Storage and Intel^® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
  - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions (SATA3_A1 connector is shared with eSATA3 port)
• - 2 x Rear USB 3.1 Gen1 ports by Intel^® Z77, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
  - 2 x Rear USB 3.1 Gen1 ports by ASMedia ASM1042, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
  - 1 x Front USB 3.1 Gen1 header by Intel^® Z77 (supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports), supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
• - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel^® Rapid Storage and Intel^® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
  - 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
  - 1 x IR header
  - 1 x CIR header
  - 1 x COM port header
  - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
  - 1 x Power LED header
  - 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
  - 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)
  - 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)
  - 24 pin ATX power connector
  - 8 pin 12V power connector
  - Front panel audio connector
  - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
  - 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 header (supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
  - 1 x Dr. Debug with LED*
  - 1 x Power Switch with LED
  - 1 x Reset Switch with LED
  - 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
  
• Rear Panel I/O
  I/O Panel
  - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port
  - 1 x D-Sub Port
  - 1 x DVI-D Port
  - 1 x HDMI Port
  - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  - 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
  - 1 x eSATA3 Connector
  - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports
  - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  - 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
  - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
• - ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
  - ASRock Instant Boot
  - ASRock Instant Flash
  - ASRock APP Charger
  - ASRock XFast USB
  - ASRock XFast LAN
  - ASRock XFast RAM
  - ASRock Crashless BIOS
  - ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
  - ASRock Internet Flash
  - ASRock Dehumidifier Function
  - ASRock No-K OC Technology
  - Lucid Virtu Universal MVP
  - Hybrid Booster:
  - CPU Frequency Stepless Control
  - ASRock U-COP
  - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
  - Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
  - Good Night LED
  

  *Lucid Virtu Universal MVP can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
  **LucidLogix Virtu MVP only supports Windows^® 7 or Windows^® 8.
• - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - Trial
• - 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
  - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
  - 2 x SATA Data Cables
• - CPU Temperature Sensing
  - Chassis Temperature Sensing
  - CPU, Chassis, Power Fan Tachometer
  - CPU, Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature)
  - CPU, Chassis Fan multi-speed control
  - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
• - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm
  - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
• - Microsoft^® Windows^® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit / Vista™ 32-bit / Vista™ 64-bit / XP 32-bit / XP 64-bit
  

  *Windows^® 8.1 is supported with Intel^® Ivy Bridge CPU for onboard VGA.
• - FCC, CE
  - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)