890GX Extreme3

AMD 890GX + SB850 Chipsets

Product Brief

- Supports Exclusive ASRock UCC Chip - Unlock CPU

Core feature

- Six-Core CPU Ready

- ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time), 100%

Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer

Capacitors

- Advanced V8 + 2 Power Phase Design, supports

CPU up to 140W

- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1800(OC)

- Supports ATI™ Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way

CrossFireX™, CrossFireX™ and Hybrid CrossFireX™

- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 4290 graphics, DX10.1

Class iGPU, Shader Model 4.1, Max. shared memory

512MB

- Built-in 128MB DDR3 1333/1200MHz SidePort Memory

- Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

- 1 x eSATAIII Connector, 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connector,

2 x USB 3.0 Ports, 2 x IEEE1394 Ports

- ErP/EuP Ready, Dr. Debug

- Smart Swith Design : Power / Reset / Clear CMOS

Switch with LED

- Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash,

OC DNA OC Tuner, IES, Multi-Speed Fan Control

- 7.1 CH HD Audio (VT2020 Audio Codec with QSound),

110dB & Premium Blu-ray audio support

- Free Bundle: CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial;

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial

The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.

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Detail Specification

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

- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality

Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

CPU - Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom TM II X4 / X3 / X2

(except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors

- Six-Core CPU Ready

- Supports UCC feature (Unlock CPU Core)

- Advanced V8 + 2 Power Phase Design

- Supports CPU up to 140W

- 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 890GX

- Southbridge: AMD SB850

Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology

- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR3 1800(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066/800 non-ECC,

un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB

Expansion Slot

Graphics

Audio

LAN

Rear Panel I/O

- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue: single at x16 or dual at x8/x8

mode; white: x4 mode)

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

- 3 x PCI slots

- Supports ATI TM Quad CrossFireX TM , 3-Way CrossFireX TM ,

CrossFireX TM and Hybrid CrossFireX TM

- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 4290 graphics

- DX10.1 class iGPU, Shader Model 4.1

- Max. shared memory 512MB

- Built-in 128MB DDR3 1333/1200MHz 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 @ 85Hz

- Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports

- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI

and HDMI ports

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection

- DAC with 110dB dynamic range (VIA ® VT2020 Audio Codec)

- Premium Blu-ray audio support

- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

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

- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x eSATA2 Connector

- 1 x eSATA3 Connector through the Bundled eSATA3 Bracket

- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)

- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port

- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front

Speaker / Microphone

- 2 x USB 3.0 ports by NEC MPD720200, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0

up to 5Gb/s

- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1,

RAID 0+1 and RAID 5), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions

USB 3.0

SATA3 eSATA3

Connector

Smart Switch

- 1 x eSATA3 6.0 Gb/s connector through the bundled eSATA3

bracket, supports NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions

- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors

- 1 x IR header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x IEEE 1394 header

- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header

- 1 x Power LED header

- CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 8 pin 12V power connector

- Front panel audio connector

- 4 x USB 2.0 headers (support 8 USB 2.0 ports)

- 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED)

- 1 x Power Switch with LED

- 1 x Reset Switch with LED

- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

BIOS Feature

Support CD

Unique Feature

Hardware Monitor

- 8Mb AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports "Plug and Play"

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- CPU, VCCM, NB, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDrive TM

Utility, AMD Live! Explorer, AMD Fusion, ASRock Software Suite

(CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi

MB - Trial)

- ASRock OC Tuner

- Intelligent Energy Saver

- Instant Boot

- ASRock Instant Flash

- ASRock OC DNA

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control

- ASRock U-COP

- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

- Turbo 25 / Turbo 30 Technology

- CPU Temperature Sensing

- Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

OS

Certifications

Accessories

- Microsoft ® Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

Media Center / XP 64-bit compliant

TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP

- FCC, CE, WHQL

- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield

- 4 x SATA data cables (optional)

- 1 x SATA 1 to 1 power cable (optional)

- 1 x eSATA3 bracket (optional)

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AMD 890GX + SB850 Chipsets www.asrock.com

USB3.0, the world's best-known computer peripheral interface once again receives a major revamp to stay current with today’s most demands for connectivity bandwidth. Delivering data transfer rates up to ten times faster than USB 2.0 with the optimized power efficiency,

USB 3.0 promises a major leap forward in transfer speeds and capability.

SATA3, the world’s fastest interface, enables to maximum your hard disk drive performance. With the new SATA

Revision 3.0 technology, ASRock ensures you the incredible data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s speed over SATA2.

The above rear I/O layout is just an example and it may be different from the actual layout.

eSATA3, the much-anticipated interface, can not only provide the faster transfer speed up to 6 Gb/s but also the hassle-free computing environment.

ASRock True 333 series motherboards can run the PCI-E for VGA card, SATA3 and USB 3.0 at full speed together at the same time. However, other 333 series motherboards can only run one of them at full speed at one time.

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ASRock UCC

(Unlock CPU Core)

World's First AMD 890GX Chipset Motherboard

Supports Unlock CPU Core

Step 1

Press “F2 or DEL” to enter the BIOS.

With ASRock unique UCC chip onboard, one simple click in BIOS can unlock CPU core to enjoy an instant performance boost.

Step 2

Choose the “OC Tweaker” page and

“ASRock UCC” option!

Step 3

“ASRock UCC” set to Enabled.

Press “F10” to save change and exit.

Step 4

Press “F2 or DEL” to enter the BIOS.

Processor Type unlock to “AMD Phenom II X4 05e” under “Main” page.

Step 5

CPU Information Under OS

880GM Pro3

Step 6

Before and After UCC

AMD Phenom II X4 705e X3 core X4 core

Before -

UCC not enabled, Cores: 3 Simply enables UCC function in BIOS

After -

UCC enabled, Cores: 4

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Six-Core CPU Ready

Heatpipe design for

CPU power Mosfet

Supports ATI™ Quad CrossFireX™,

3-Way CrossFireX™, CrossFireX™ and Hybrid CrossFireX™

Clear CMOS Switch Power Switch

Dr. Debug helps you to diagnose the BIOS

POST status of your system.

Reset Switch

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AMD 890GX + SB850 Chipsets www.asrock.com

ATI Radeon

®

HD4290

DirectX 10.1 Onboard Graphics

Key features of DirectX 10.1 include an updated shader model, improved anti-aliasing support, more flexible data access, and tighter specifications for better applicationcompatibility.

DirectX 10.1 Anti-Aliasing

DirectX 10 –Standard

MSAA:Foliage edges do not get anti-aliased

–causes shimmering and crawling when they move

DirectX 10.1 –Alpha Test

MSAA:Foliage edges are smoothed and anti-aliased

–offers significant image quality improvement

Features DirectX ® 10 DirectX ® 10.1

Shader Model 4 4.1

Separate per-MRT blend modes

Pixel Coverage

No Yes

No Yes

Masks

Sample Pattern

Selection

No Yes

Cube Map Arrays

Gather4

No Yes

No Yes

VS Inputs 16 32

Blending INT8, FP16/32 INT8/16, FP16/32

Filtering FP16 FP32

Side port memory 128MB:

Boost performance up to 8.13% which is rarely seen on other 890GX boards

side port memroy 128MB

ASRock 890GX MB with

Side Port Memory 128MB

Up to 8.13%

Performance Boost

Without side port memory

3D Mark Vantage(Entry)

E3370

With side port memory

E3644

Performance

Boost

GPU=1000MHz, Sideport runs at DDR3 1333, at performance setting

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ErP/EuP Ready Motherboard ErP/EuP Ready Power Supply ErP/EuP System

What is ErP/EuP?

ErP/EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by European Union to define the power consumption for the completed system. With the great quantity and the popularly using of the electrical products nowadays and the continuously increasing of the electrical products categories in the following 20 to 30 years, European Union decided to establish an effective strategy to solve the energy consumption problem. That is, according to ErP/EuP, the total AC power of the completed system shall be under 1.00W in off mode condition.

Premium Blu-ray Audio

Premium Blu-ray Audio, an outstanding technology developed on ASRock motherboard, provides the excellent audio output of 24-bit/192 kHz with its respective Blu-ray DRM compatible driver/software. With Content

Protection-Support and High SNR DAC, the Blu-ray entertainments can be played in a high quality of

24-bit/192KHz. In other words, if you are using a device without the Blu-ray Audio support, the audio quality will be downgraded to 16-bit/48kHz like a regular CD quality. To deliver the best possible sound solution for today’s most demanding users, ASRock Premium Blu-ray Audio motherboard is the best choice for users who are particularly desired to enjoy the pure HD audio. ASRock users are able to take full advantages of our Blu-ray

Audio motherboards. Choose ASRock, choose Pure HD audio!

Why ASRock?

(Integrated AMD Radeon HD 4290 graphics, supports DX10.1)

* SNR: Signal-to-Noise Ratio.

Supporting Blu-ray Full HD 1080p playback and Premium Blu-ray audio with 24-bit / 192KHz sampling rate in

7.1 channel

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OC DNA

Save your OC settings as a profile and share with friends. Try OC DNA now!

OC DNA Instruction

Step 1

Save your BIOS OC settings as User Default in BIOS OC

Tweaker menu. (For example: we name this User Default setting as “CPU_OC3.8GHz”)

Step 2

Execute ASRock OC DNA under OS, you will find

“CPU_OC3.8GHz” as User Profile 1.

890GX Extreme3

Step 3

Press “Save” button to save the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” OC settings as a profile.

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Step 4

Send the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile to other friends.

Step 5

When the friend receives your “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile, he can press “Load” to load the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile in OC DNA.

890GX Extreme3

Step 6

After that, the friend can enter into BIOS OC Tweaker menu to load the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile as his BIOS OC settings.

Now, you have successfully share your OC setting profile with your friends.

*The OC DNA works only when users use the same motherboard and BIOS version.

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ASRock Instant Boot

ASRock Instant Boot is a new feature invented exclusively by ASRock.

It can boot up system in an amazing speed, which is 10 times faster than traditional boot up. For home users or office

PC users, ASRock Instant Boot can also guarantee a clean Windows OS, and consumed less power! For details: http://www.asrock.com/feature/InstantBoot/index.asp

* This function is applicable ONLY to single user that does not secure ID and Password to their

systems.

* The boot up time depends on the hardware configuration.

10 Times Faster, Only 4 Secs to Boot Up to Windows!

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ASRock Instant Flash

ASRock Instant Flash is an exclusive and the most userfriendly BIOS flash utility developed by ASRock. It is embedded in Flash ROM which is used to update the system BIOS without having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or

Windows.

Features

Once executing ASRock Instant Flash, the utility will automatically detect all devices such as USB, hard disk or even floppy drive to find the exact BIOS for your system. Instead of giving you all BIOS in your devices, the Instant Flash just list BIOS versions that apply to your motherboard model only. For example, if you have many different BIOS of different motherboards saved in your devices, but you just need to flash your P45 motherboard, the Instant Flash will just list the P45 BIOS versions for you. This unique function allows you to easily select the suitable BIOS version instead of browsing through all data.

Instant Flash just list

BIOS versions that apply to your motherboard model.

Click and start

Flashing!

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CyberLink Power2Go 6.1 LE OEM

Power2Go 6 lets you burn and backup videos, photos, music and data onto Blu-ray

Discs and DVDs.

CyberLink MediaShow 4.1 SE OEM

Photo and video management software MediaShow edits videos and photos instantly, creates slideshow, and allows publishing directly to YouTube and Flickr.

CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 DTS Trial

World-renowned PowerDVD 8 DTS delivers outstanding DVD movie playback quality on your PC.

CyberLink PowerDirector 8.0 Trial

PowerDirector - Video Editing software – edits high-definition videos including

AVCHD, allows output to PSP iPod and Blu-ray Disc.

CyberLink PowerBackup 2.5 Trial

PowerBackup backups valuable data on your PC.

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Trial

The Sound Blaster X-Fi MB solution provides premium audio quality, effects and features for PC systems equipped with onboard audio.

For gamers, the EAX ® ADVANCED HD 4.0, with its state-of-the-art Multi-Environment rendering and reverb modelling, delivers a much more realistic and immersive 3D gaming experience than your motherboard audio ever will.