A ZWAME vai mais uma vez testar um produto da ASRock, o mais recente lançamento desta marca para socket 1156, é a Motherboard P55 Extreme4, um modelo de topo, em que se destacam quatro USB 3.0 e quatro portas SATA-3, outros recursos não menos importantes são o suporte para SLI e Crossfire, um circuito regulador de tensão de 10 fases com bobinas de ferrite, condensadores sólidos, e um display de diagnóstico do POST, estes são apenas alguns exemplos das muitas características desta motherboard. A ASRock P55 Extreme4 vem dotada de dois slots PCI Express x16 suporta, CrossFireX e SLI, trazendo uma grande vantagem para os utilizadores de boards P55 que pretendam dar uso ao SLI. Neste momento, o controlador de memória integrado nos processadores socket 1156 só suporta memórias DDR3 até 1.333 MHz numa arquitetura dual-channel, no entanto, a ASRock Extreme4 P55 suporta memórias DDR3 até 2.600 MHz através de overclocking.
ESPECIFICAÇÕES
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
– Supports Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 and Pentium® G6950
Processors in LGA1156 Package
– Advanced V8 + 2 Power Phase Design
– Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
– Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
– Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
– Supports EM64T CPU
Chipset
– Intel® P55
Memory
– Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
– 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
– Supports DDR3 2600+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/
1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
– Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB
– Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Expansion Slot
– 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots
(Single at x16 or Dual at x8/x8 mode)
– 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots (2.5GT/s)
– 2 x PCI slots
– Supports ATITM CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM
– Supports NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM
Audio
– 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection
(Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
– Premium Blu-ray audio support
– Supports THX TruStudio ProTM
LAN – PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
– Realtek RTL8111E
– Supports Wake-On-LAN
– Supports LAN Cable Detection
– Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Rear Panel I/O
I/O Panel
– 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
– 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
– 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port
– 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
– 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
– 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
– 1 x eSATAIII Connector
– 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
– 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
– HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker/Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/
Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone
SATA3
– 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9128, support
RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug”
functions
– 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9123/9120,
support NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions (SATA3_4
connector is shared with eSATA3 port)
USB3.0
– 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by NEC UPD720200, support
USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
– 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) by NEC
UPD720200, supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
Connector
– 6 x SATAII 3.0Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage), NCQ,
AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions
– 4 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors
– 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
– 1 x Floppy connector
– 1 x IR header
– 1 x COM port 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
– CD in header
– Front panel audio connector
– 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
– 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
– 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED)
Smart Switch
– 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
– 1 x Power Switch with LED
– 1 x Reset Switch with LED
– Supports jumperfree
– SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
– CPU, DRAM, VTT, PCH, CPU PLL Voltage Multi-adjustment
– Supports I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology)
Support CD
– Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), ASRock
Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite – OEM and Trial; THX
TruStudio ProTM – OEM)
Unique Feature
– ASRock OC Tuner
– Intelligent Energy Saver
– Instant Boot
– ASRock Instant Flash
– ASRock OC DNA
– ASRock AIWI
– ASRock APP Charger
– Hybrid Booster:
– CPU Frequency Stepless Control
– ASRock U-COP
– Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
– Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
– Good Night LED
– Turbo 40 / Turbo 50 Technology
Hardware
– CPU Temperature Sensing
Monitor
– Chassis Temperature Sensing
– CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
– CPU Quiet Fan
– CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
– Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
OS
– Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-
BIOS Feature
– 16Mb AMI BIOS
– AMI Legal BIOS
– Supports “Plug and Play”
– ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
