Phantom Gaming is designed by gamers and for gamers! Underneath its relentless appearance lie plentiful gaming oriented features and excellent gaming capabilities. Its all about bringing a new gaming experience to gamers! OPTIMIZED GAMING RESULTS : Greater Air Flow Faster Heat Dissipation Own Your Unique Gaming Style PCI Express 4.0 Hardware Ready! Welcome to the PCI Express 4.0 new era and be a smart buyer with ASRock motherboards! Z490 enthusiast level motherboards equipped with luxury components that allows geeks to be hardware ready for PCI Express 4.0 standard ! PCIE 4.0 Clock Generator An additional external base clock generator that delivers PCI Express 4.0 standard. PCIE 4.0 Steel Slot Equipped with reinforced steel slot which is based on PCI Express 4.0 hardware requirement. PCIE 4.0 M.2 Socket Hyper M.2 Key M socket wth PCI Express 4.0 hardware for x4 high speed SSDs. Optimized for Water Cooling XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink with Active FAN Design XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink design with active fan that effectively improve heat dissipation and promotes overall performance. This is aimed for die hard gamers and enthusiasts to bring a new computing experience paired with Intels 10-core processors. 0dB Silent Cooling Realize the completely silent computing by automatically adjusts fan speed and even command it stop working when the temperature goes low. *It’s recommended to use water cooling on this motherboard to avoid mechnical conflict on certain air cooling products. Nahimic Audio Whether you are using headphones a headset external or internal speakers via USB Wi-Fi analog output or even HDMI Nahimic Audio offers you the most engaging listening experience vibrant and rich with details. The Sound Tracker is a visual indicator that points out the directions from which predominant sounds are coming. Each sound is properly positioned in 360 on a radar for a full immersion during the game. Dr. MOS12 Power Phase Design Dr. MOS Dr.MOS is the integrated power stage solution which is optimized for synchronous buck-set down voltage applications! Compared to traditional discrete MOSFETs it intelligently delivers higher current for each phase thus providing improved thermal result and superior performance. Premium 60A Power Choke Compared to traditional chokes ASRocks premium 60A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard. Heat Dissipating PCB Technology Luxurious features extend to the onboard heat dissipating PCB points. Heat Dissipating PCB gives the motherboard a more mysterious touch and this design effectively takes the heat away from PCB and lower down the temperature up to 4.1 degrees! 2oz Copper PCB 2 ounce copper inner layers that provide stable signal traces and power shapes! Delivering lower temperature and higher energy efficiency for overclocking it’s able to support the latest DDR4 memory modules with most extreme memory performance! RULE YOUR OWN LIGHTING WAY - POLYCHROME RGB ASRock 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. *The addressable RGB LED header supports WS2812B addressable RGB LED strip (5V/Data/GND) with a maximum power rating of 3A (5V) a max of 80 LEDs and length within 2 meters. *The RGB LED header supports standard 5050 RGB LED strip (12V/G/R/B) with a maximum power rating of 3A (12V) and length within 2 meters. Phantom Gaming 2.5 Gb/s LAN The intelligent Phantom Gaming 2.5Gb/s LAN platform is built for maximum networking performance for the demanding requirements of home networking content creators online gamers and high-quality streaming media. Boost networking performance up to 2.5X the bandwidth compared to the standard gigabit Ethernet youll enjoy the faster and uncompromised connectivity experience for gaming file transfers and backups. Automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge. A SOLID M.2-SOLUTION PERFORMER Dual M.2 For SSD Ready for higher capacity and even faster Type 22110 M.2 NVMe SSD to fulfill the need of performance. Two Ultra M.2 sockets that support both SATA3 6Gb/s and PCIe Gen3 x4 modes pushing data transfer speeds up to 32Gb/s. M.2 Armors Good M.2 SSD protection is important for longevity and stability. ASRock provides a completed M.2 armor solution that makes SSDs to run in a certain low temperature. Reinforced Steel Slot [PCIe 4.0 Version] The reinforced steel slot comes with the next generation PCI Express 4.0 standard. The various benefits include:
- Extra anchor points
- Stronger latch
- Ensure signal stability
- Make sure heavy graphics cards to be well-installed. Front USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Front USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C header delivers up to 5 Gbps data transfer rate and next generation reversible USB design to the front panel of computer case. Dual USB 3.2 Gen2 (Type-A + Type-C) This motherboard has a pair of onboard Type-A and Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2 ports built on the rear i/o for supporting next generation USB 3.2 Gen2 devices and to deliver up to 10 Gbps data transfer rates. M.2 (KEY E) For WiFi Besides the onboard LAN port users may also choose 802.11ac wireless connections by M.2 (Key E) slot. *Wi-Fi module is not included. Flexible Integrated I/O Shield Unlike most so called pre-mounted I/O shield that is only decorated with fancy color schemes. We reserve more tolerance space and allow IO shield is adjustable when installing thus fitting chassis perfectly without any mechanical issue. Gold Audio Jacks Everything will wear off in time but gold looks better! Gold audio jack provides stable sound transmission! Water Pump Header This is not only a standard CPU fan header but also supports water pumps! This header provides a maximum of 2A power for supporting the most popular water pumps. User also can adjust the voltage of water pump to get higher cooling performance with lower noise. Live Update & APP Shop ASRock Live Update & APP Shop is designed for your convenience. We provide various apps and support software for users to download. You can also easily optimize your system and keep your motherboard up to date with ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.more Full Spike Protection Some sensitive digital components on the motherboard are vulnerable to power surges the excessive current may cause your system to malfunction immediately. ASRock Full Spike Protection includes various technologies to prevent your motherboards components from being damaged by these unexpected voltage spikes.
