Asrock introduces its 9 series motherboards




/ 13 years ago

Asrock has taken its time to release its 9 series motherboards, both ASUS and Gigabyte already released their’s last week. Asrock is hitting the market with two models a high end 990FX board and a enthusiast mid range 970 board. These boards are designed to support the latest AM3+ processors when they come out and also offer the features of the new 9 series chipset by AMD. Asrock is stepping up the mark when it comes to quality to try and match the military class of MSI and ASUS.

The 990FX board will be called the Asrock 990FX Extreme4. This board is going to be equipped with the 990FX chipset and 950 South Bridge chipset.

The 990FX board has lots of features to keep the consumer happy:

  • Premium Gold Caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100%Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
  • Supports AM3+ Processor, 8-Core CPU
  • Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2100(OC)
  • Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
  • 2 x Front USB 3.0, 2 x Rear USB 3.0, 8 x SATA3, 2 x IEEE 1394
  • Dr. Debug, Power/Reset/Clear CMOS Switch with LED
  • Supports XFast USB Technology, Graphical UEFI BIOS
  • Supports On/Off Play Technology, Instant Boot, Instant Flash, APP Charger, SmartView, Turbo UCC
  • 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection, supports THX TruStudio™
  • Free Bundle : CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, 1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable

The 970 Extreme 4 Model is less equipped but still a fantastic board and knowing Asrock will hit the market at an extremely competitive price.

  1. ASRock Dura Cap (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors
  2. Supports AM3+ Processor, 8-Core CPU
  3. Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2100(OC)
  4. Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ , 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
  5. Supports NVIDIA® SLI™
  6. 4 x USB 3.0, 5 x SATA3, 2 x IEEE 1394- Dr. Debug, Power/Reset/Clear CMOS Switch with LED
  7. 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio™
  8. Supports XFast USB Technology, Graphical UEFI
  9. Supports On/Off Play, Instant Boot, Instant Flash, APP Charger, SmartView, Turbo UCC

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