ASRock B460M Steel Legend m-ATX Gaming Motherboard
Brand
Asrock
WARRANTY
3 Years Warranty
Product Type
Motherboards
CPU PLATFORM
INTEL
CPU SOCKET
LGA1200
FORM FACTOR
MICRO-ATX
MEMORY TYPE
DDR4
ASRock B460M Steel Legend m-ATX Gaming Motherboard (Intel CPU, LGA 1200 Socket, Intel B460 Chipset, Max 128GB DDR4 2933 Memory)
FEATURES :
Supports 10th Gen Intel Core Processors (Socket 1200)
9 Phase Dr.MOS Power Design
Supports DDR4 2933MHz
2 PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 PCIe 3.0 x1, 1 M.2 (Key E) For WiFi
AMD CrossFireX
Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC1200 Audio Codec), Nahimic Audio
6 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3), 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4)
7 USB 3.2 Gen1 (2 Front, 4 Rear, 1 Rear Type-C)
Dragon 2.5 Gigabit LAN
ASRock Polychrome SYNC
Steel Forever :
Get Endless Performance Possibilities with Steel Style.
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.
Dragon 2.5 Gb/s LAN :
The intelligent 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, you’ll enjoy the faster and uncompromised connectivity experience for gaming, file transfers and backups.
A Solid M.2-Solution Performer :
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.
Dual M.2 For SSD :
Two Ultra M.2 sockets that support both SATA3 6Gb/s and PCIe Gen3 x4 modes, pushing data transfer speeds up to 32Gb/s, and is compatible with ASRock’s U.2 Kit for installing some of the world’s fastest U.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 SSD.
PCI-E Steel Slot :
The advanced PCI-E Steel Slot packed with solid cover that prevent any signal interference with graphics cards. It also ensures the heavy graphics cards to be well-installed in the PCI-E slot safely.
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.
Intel Optane Memory Ready :
Supports Intel Optane memory technology and Intel Optane storage technology that redefines a new standard of high performance and responsiveness.
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.
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 motherboard’s components from being damaged by these unexpected voltage spikes.
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.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS :
Unique Feature
ASRock Super Alloy :
Premium 60A Power Choke
50A Dr.MOS
Combo Caps (Nichicon 12K Black Caps)
Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
Shaped PCB Design
Matte Black PCB
High Density Glass Fabric PCB 2.5G LAN
ASRock Steel Slot ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)
ASRock POST Status Checker (PSC)
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
CPU
Supports 10th Gen Intel Core Processors (Socket 1200)
Digi Power design
9 Power Phase design
Supports Intel Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
Chipset
Intel B460
Memory
Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
Supports DDR4 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
Supports ECC UDIMM memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
Max. capacity of system memory : 128GB**
Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0
15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
*Core (i9/i7) support DDR4 up to 2933; Core (i5/i3), Pentium and Celeron support DDR4 up to 2666.
**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 multilingual GUI support
ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events
SMBIOS 2.7 Support
CPU Core/Cache, GT, DRAM, VPPM, PCH 1.05V, VCCST, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment
Graphics
Hardware Accelerated Codecs : AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265 8bit, HEVC/H.265 10bit, VP8, VP9 8bit, VP9 10bit, MPEG 2, MJPEG, VC-1**
Graphics, Media & Compute: Microsoft DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5, Intel® Built In Visuals, Intel Quick Sync Video, Hybrid / Switchable Graphics, OpenCL 2.1
Display & Content Security : Rec. 2020 (Wide Color Gamut), Microsoft PlayReady 3.0, Intel SGX Content Protection, UHD/HDR Blu-ray Disc
Dual graphics output : support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.4 ports by independent display controllers
Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 30Hz
Supports DisplayPort 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2304) @ 60Hz
Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports
Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports
*Intel UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
**VP9 10bit and VC-1 are for decode only. VP8 and VP9 encode are not supported by Windows OS.
Audio
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1200 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray Audio support
Supports Surge Protection
PCB Isolate Shielding
Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
Gold Audio Jacks
Nahimic Audio
LAN
2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s
Dragon RTL8125BG
Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control
Visual User Friendly UI
Visual Network Usage Statistics
Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes
User Customized Priority Control
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE
Slots
2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1/PCIE3 : single at x16 (PCIE1); dual at x16 (PCIE1) / x4 (PCIE3))*
1 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slot
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX and CrossFireX
1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT module
*Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
Storage
6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 17), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2260/2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)**
*If M2_2 is occupied by a SATA-type M.2 device, SATA3_0 will be disabled.
**Supports Intel Optane Technology (M2_1)Supports NVMe SSD as boot disksSupports ASRock U.2 Kit
Connector
1 x SPI TPM Header
1 x Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header
1 x RGB LED Header*
2 x Addressable LED Headers**
1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
4 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
1 x Thunderbolt AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt 3 AIC R2.0 Card only)
2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
*Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
**Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip
***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
****The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
*****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP and CHA_FAN4/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.
Rear Panel I/O
1 x Antenna Bracket
1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
1 x HDMI Port
1 x DisplayPort 1.4
1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Port (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)
Software and UEFI
Software :
ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
ASRock Polychrome SYNC*
UEFI :
ASRock EZ Mode
ASRock Full HD UEFI
ASRock My Favorites in 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
3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
1 x Standoff for M.2 Socket
Hardware Monitor
Temperature Sensing : CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Fan Tachometer : CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans- Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature) : CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
Fan Multi-Speed Control : CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
CASE OPEN detection
Voltage monitoring : +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, DRAM, VPPM, PCH, VCCSA, VCCST
Form Factor
Micro ATX Form Factor : 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm
OS
Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
Certifications
FCC, CE- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
Warranty :
3 Years
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