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ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming-ITX/ac Motherboard Review

by Bartosz Waluk02839

Specifications and Features

Even though the X370 Gaming-ITX is small motherboard, it’s really well equipped. Maybe we can’t compare it to the X299E-ITX/AC, which is simply amazing piece of technology, but the X370 Gaming-ITX/AC is also above expectations of most users and has many premium components which we won’t find in the competitive products.  Below you can find full specification of the X370 Gaming-ITX/AC motherboard. List is really long and I assume that we won’t need to describe everything but we will focus on couple of things which are worth to mention as they highly affect user’s experience.

       ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming-ITX/ac Specifications and Features

  • 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 3
  • Unique Feature
    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 Steel Slots
    ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
    ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
    ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
  • CPU
    – Supports AMD Socket AM4 A-Series APUs (Bristol Ridge) and Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge and Raven Ridge)
    – Digi Power design
    – 8 Power Phase design
    – Supports 95W Water Cooling
  • Chipset
    – AMD Promontory X370
  • Memory
    – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
    – 2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
    – AMD Ryzen series CPUs support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
    – AMD 7th Gen A-Series APUs support DDR4 2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory**
    – Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB**
    – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

    *Please refer to below table for DDR4 UDIMM maximum frequency support.

    A-Series APUs:

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

    Ryzen Series CPUs:

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

    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.
    Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock’s website for more information.

  • 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™ R-Series Graphics in A-series APU*
    – DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0
    – Max. shared memory 2GB
    – Supports 2 x HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 24Hz / (3840×2160) @ 30Hz
    – Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Ports (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
    – Supports HDCP with HDMI Ports
    – Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDMI 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 Line Out port
    – Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
    – Gold Audio Jacks
    – Supports Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 3
  • 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 (Free Bundle)
    – Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
    – Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
    – Supports high speed wireless connections up to 867Mbps
    – 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
    – Supports Bluetooth 4.2 / 3.0 + High speed class II
  • Slots
    AMD Ryzen series CPUs
    – 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)*
    AMD 7th A-Series APUs
    – 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 Ryzen Series CPU) or Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s) (with A-Series APU)*

    *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  • Connector
    – 1 x LPC Header
    – 1 x AMD Fan LED Header*
    – 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)**
    – 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)
    – 1 x Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (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
    – 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)

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

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

    ***The Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 1.5A (18W) fan power.
    CHA_FAN1/W_PUMP 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
    – 2 x HDMI Ports
    – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
    – 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)*
    – 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A Port (Supports ESD Protection)
    – 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C Port (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 RGB LED
    – ASRock Key Master
    – ASRock APP Charger
    – ASRock XFast LAN
    UEFI
    – ASRock Full HD UEFI
    – ASRock Instant Flash
    – ASRock Internet 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
    – 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna
    – 1 x Screw for M.2 Socket
  • Hardware Monitor
    – Temperature Sensing: CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
    – Fan Tachometer: CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
    – Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fans
    – Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, Chassis, Chassis Optional/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
    – 2oz Copper PCB
  • 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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