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ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Motherboard Review

by Bartosz Waluk03268

Specifications

 
  • Gaming Armor
    Power
    – Hi-Density Power Connector (8 pin)
    Memory
    – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
    VGA Card
    – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)
    Internet
    – Intel® LAN
    Cooling
    – 2oz Copper PCB
    Audio
    – Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 5
  • 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
    – Premium Power Choke
    – Dual-N MOSFET
    – Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
    – Matte Black PCB
    – High Density Glass Fabric PCB
    – 2oz Copper PCB Intel® 802.11ac WiFi
    ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
    ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
    ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
  • CPU
    – AMD AM4 Socket
    – Digi Power design
    – 8 Power Phase design
    – Supports 105W Water Cooling (Pinnacle Ridge); Supports 95W Water Cooling (Summit Ridge); Supports 65W Water Cooling (Raven Ridge)
  • Chipset
    – AMD Promontory B450
  • Memory
    – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
    – 2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
    – AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933/2667/2400/2133 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(OC) / 2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
    – Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB**
    – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

    *For Ryzen Series CPUs (Raven Ridge), ECC is only supported with PRO CPUs.
    Please refer to below table for DDR4 UDIMM maximum frequency support.Ryzen Series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge):

    UDIMM Memory Slot Frequency(MHZ)
    A1 B1
    – SR 2993
    SR – 2993
    – DR 2400
    DR – 2400
    SR SR 2993
    DR DR 2400

    Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge):

    UDIMM Memory Slot Frequency(MHZ)
    A1 B1
    – SR 2667
    SR – 2667
    – DR 2667
    DR – 2667
    SR SR 2667
    DR DR 2667

    Ryzen Series CPUs (Raven Ridge):

    UDIMM Memory Slot Frequency(MHZ)
    A1 B1
    – SR 2933
    SR – 2933
    – DR 2667
    DR – 2667
    SR SR 2667
    DR DR 2400

    SR: Single rank DIMM, 1Rx4 or 1Rx8 on DIMM module label
    DR: Dual rank DIMM, 2Rx4 or 2Rx8 on DIMM module label

    **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.

  • BIOS
    – 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
    – Supports “Plug and Play”
    – ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events
    – Supports jumperfree
    – SMBIOS 2.3 support
    – CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PROM 2.5V, Voltage Multi-adjustment
  • Graphics
    – Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen Series APU*
    – Integrated AMD Radeon™ R-Series Graphics in A-series APU*
    – DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0
    – Max. shared memory 2GB
    – Dual graphics output: Support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 by independent display controllers
    – Supports HDMI 2.0 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz
    – 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 2.0 Ports (Compliant HDMI 2.0 monitor is required)
    – Supports HDCP with HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
    – Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports

    *Actual support may vary by CPU
  • Audio
    – 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
    – Premium Blu-ray Audio support
    – Supports Surge Protection
    – Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
    – 120dB SNR DAC with Differential Amplifier
    – Pure Power-In
    – Direct Drive Technology
    – PCB Isolate Shielding
    – Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port
    – Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
    – Gold Audio Jacks
    – Supports Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 5
  • LAN
    – Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
    – GigaLAN Intel® I211AT
    – Supports Wake-On-LAN
    – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
    – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
    – Supports PXE
  • Wireless LAN
    – Intel® 802.11ac WiFi Module
    – Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
    – Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
    – Supports high speed wireless connections up to 433Mbps
    – Supports Bluetooth 4.2 / 3.0 + High speed class II
  • Slots
    AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)
    – 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)*
    AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge)
    – 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x8 mode)*- 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ac module (on the rear I/O)
    – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

    *Supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to two x8 slots if you install AMD Ryzen series CPUs
    Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  • Storage
    – 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
    – 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket, supports M Key type 2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)*

    *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  • Connector
    – 1 x LPC Header
    – 1 x Addressable LED Header*
    – 1 x AMD Fan LED Header**
    – 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
    – 2 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 (Hi-Density Power Connector)
    – 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
    – 1 x AMD LED Fan USB Header
    – 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
    – 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)

    *Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip

    **The AMD Fan LED Header supports LED strips of maximum load of 3A (36W) and length up to 2.5M.

    ***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.

    ****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
    CHA_FAN1/WP and CHA_FAN2/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

  • Rear Panel I/O
    – 2 x Antenna Ports
    – 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)
    – 2 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)

    *1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) is included
  • Software and UEFI
    Software
    – ASRock F-Stream
    – ASRock Polychrome RGB
    – ASRock Key Master
    – ASRock XFast LAN
    UEFI
    – ASRock Full HD UEFI
    – ASRock Instant Flash
    – ASRock Easy RAID Installer

    *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.
  • 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 ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antennas
    – 1 x Screw for M.2 Socket
  • Hardware Monitor
    – Temperature Sensing: CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
    – Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
    – Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
    – Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
    – Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
  • Form Factor
    – Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm
  • OS
    – Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit
  • Certifications
    – FCC, CE
    – ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
 
 
Bartosz Waluk aka Woomack is from Poland. He's been interested in computer hardware and extreme overclocking for over 25 years. Bart also has over 20 years of experience in IT, which includes sales, technical support, and computer building ... but not only. He joined the Funky Kit team in January 2013.

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