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Model	Fatal1ty Z87 Professional	Fatal1ty Z87 Killer

Form Factor	- ATX Form Factor - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)	- ATX Form Factor - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
Unique Feature	- ASRock F-Stream - ASRock APP Shop - ASRock Instant Flash - ASRock APP Charger - ASRock XFast USB - ASRock XFast LAN - ASRock XFast RAM - ASRock Crashless BIOS - ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) - ASRock Internet Flash - ASRock UEFI System Browser - ASRock UEFI Tech Service - ASRock Dehumidifier - ASRock Easy RAID Installer - ASRock Easy Driver Installer - ASRock Interactive UEFI - ASRock Fast Boot - ASRock Restart to UEFI - ASRock USB Key - ASRock Key Master - ASRock Home Cloud - ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control< / font> - ASRock U-COP< / font> - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)< / font> - Good Night LED	- ASRock F-Stream - ASRock APP Shop - ASRock Instant Flash - ASRock APP Charger - ASRock XFast USB - ASRock XFast RAM - ASRock Crashless BIOS - ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) - ASRock Internet Flash - ASRock UEFI System Browser - ASRock UEFI Tech Service - ASRock Dehumidifier - ASRock Easy RAID Installer - ASRock Easy Driver Installer - ASRock Interactive UEFI - ASRock Fast Boot - ASRock Restart to UEFI - ASRock USB Key - ASRock Key Master - ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control< / font> - ASRock U-COP< / font> - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)< / font> - Good Night LED
CPU	- Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel Xeon / Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron Processors (Socket 1150) - Digi Power Design - 12 Power Phase Design - Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology - Supports Intel K-Series unlocked CPU - Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking	- Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel Xeon / Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron Processors (Socket 1150) - Digi Power design - 8 Power Phase design - Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology - Supports Intel K-Series unlocked CPUs - Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
Chipset	- Intel Z87	- Intel Z87
Memory	- Dual Channel DDR3 / DDR3L memory technology - 4 x DDR3 / DDR3L DIMM slots - Supports DDR3 / DDR3L 2933+(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2400(OC) / 2133(OC) / 1866(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB* - Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 - Distortion-Free Slot *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.	- Dual Channel DDR3 / DDR3L Memory Technology - 4 x DDR3 / DDR3L DIMM Slots - Supports DDR3 / DDR3L 3050+(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2400(OC) / 2133(OC) / 1866(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB* - Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 *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.
Slots	- 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2 / PCIE3 / PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE3); triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE3) / x4 (PCIE4)) - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot - 1 x mini-PCI Express slot - 2 x PCI slots - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ - Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI™ and SLI™	- 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2 / PCIE5 / PCIE7: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE5); triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE5) / x4 (PCIE7)) - 4 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ - Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI™ and SLI™
Graphics	- Supports Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel InTru™ 3D, Intel Clear Video HD Technology, Intel Insider™, Intel HD Graphics 4400 / 4600 - Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1 - Max. shared memory 512MB* - Dual VGA Output: support HDMI and DisplayPort ports by independent display controllers - Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz - Supports DisplayPort with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) - Supports HDCP function with HDMI and DisplayPort ports - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDMI and DisplayPort ports The size of maximum shared memory may vary from different operating systems. Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated. Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel HD Graphics is only supported under Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit. **Intel InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.	- Supports Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel InTru™ 3D, Intel Clear Video HD Technology, Intel Insider™, Intel HD Graphics 4400 / 4600 - Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1 - Max. shared memory 512MB* - Multi Graphics Output Options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI Ports - Supports Triple Monitor - Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz - Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) - Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI Ports The size of maximum shared memory may vary from different operating systems. Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated. Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel HD Graphics is only supported under Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit. **Intel InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.
Audio	- 7.1 CH HD Audio - Creative Sound Core3D quad-core sound and voice processor - Supports SBX Pro Studio - Supports CrystalVoice - Supports Scout Mode - Supports EAX1.0 to EAX5.0 - Premium Headset Amplifier (PHA)	- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec) - Premium Blu-ray Audio support - Supports Purity Sound™ - 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier< / font> - TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets)< / font> - Direct Drive Technology< / font> - EMI shielding cover< / font> - PCB isolate shielding< / font> - Supports DTS Connect
Lan	- Gigabit LAN 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb / s - 1 x Giga PHY Intel I217V, 1 x GigaLAN Intel I211AT - Supports Intel Remote Wake Technology (on Intel I217V) - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Dual LAN with Teaming - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE	- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb / s - Qualcomm Atheros Killer™ E2200 Series - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE
WiFi	- n/a	- n/a
Rear Panel I/O	I / O Panel - 1 x PS / 2 Mouse / Keyboard Port - 1 x HDMI-Out Port - 1 x HDMI-In Port - 1 x DisplayPort - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 1 x eSATA Connector - 3 x USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) - 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (ASMedia Hub) - 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT / LINK LED and SPEED LED) - 1 x Clear CMOS Switch - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone	- 1 x PS / 2 Mouse / Keyboard Port - 1 x D-Sub Port - 1 x DVI-D Port - 1 x HDMI-Out Port - 1 x HDMI-In Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 3 x USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) - 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports - 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
Storage	- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb / s connectors by Intel Z87, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 12 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug - 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb / s connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug (SATA3_A4 connector is shared with the eSATA port) - 1 x eSATA connector by ASMedia ASM1061, supports NCQ, AHCI, Hot Plug and Port Multiplier	- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb / s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 12 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
Connector	- 1 x IR header - 1 x COM Port header - 1 x Power LED header - 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) - 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin) - 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin) - 1 x 24 pin ATX power connector - 1 x 8 pin 12V power connector - 1 x SLI / XFire power connector - 1 x Front panel audio connector - 1 x SPDIF Out connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) - 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 headers (support 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) - 1 x Dr. Debug with LED - 1 x Power Switch with LED - 1 x Reset Switch with LED	- 1 x IR Header - 1 x COM Port Header - 1 x Power LED Header - 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) - 3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin) - 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin) - 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector - 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) - 1 x SLI / XFire Power Connector - 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector - 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) - 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)
BIOS	- 2 x 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with Multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS) - Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjustment	- 2 x 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS) - Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology - ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events - SMBIOS 2.3.1 support - CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage multi-adjustment
Support CD	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), MeshCentral, Splashtop Streamer, XSplit	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), XSplit, Killer Network Manager
Software and UEFI
Hardware Monitor	- CPU, Chassis temperature sensing - CPU, Chassis, Power Fan Tachometer - CPU, Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature) - CPU, Chassis Fan multi-speed control - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore	- CPU, Chassis temperature sensing - CPU, Chassis, Power Fan Tachometer - CPU, Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust fan speed by CPU temperature) - CPU, Chassis Fan multi-speed control - Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore Voltage
OS	- Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit / 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant	- Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit
Certifications	- FCC, CE - ErP / EuP Ready (ErP / EuP ready power supply is required)	- FCC, CE - ErP / EuP ready (ErP / EuP ready power supply is required)
Accessories	- 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield - 8 x SATA Data Cables - 2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables - 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel with 2.5" HDD / SSD Rack - 4 x HDD Screws - 6 x Chassis Screws - 1 x Rear USB 3.1 Gen1 Bracket - 1 x WiFi Module Screw	- 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield - 4 x SATA Data Cables