Product Showcase

Product Showcase

As mentioned, the audio solution is situated at the front side of the PCIe slots and based on a Realtek ALC 1220 CODEC and Creative Labs software combination. AsRock is using Nichicon audio grade capacitors, suited for high-grade audio equipment to provide rich sound in the bass range and clearer high frequencies. There's little else to say really, the audio solution looks lovely. 
  

Overall a pretty cool design. Take note of the metal covers on the two primary x16 PCI-Express slots that show off a bit. They provide sturdier and stronger slots, handy for very heavy graphics cards. 

The two stylish buttons are to be used as reset and power buttons. You get a HEX diagnostic POST LED as well.
   

An 8-pin connector to power that processor of yours, using an 8-pin connector is plenty though for this Ryzen processor series which sits at 95 Watts.
  

 
The motherboard has a 16 phase power delivery design for the processor based on digital power controllers. The metal pins are for our liquid cooling solution, normally you'd see the socket AM4 retention brackets here.

Internal I/O Connectors

1. 1 x COM Port Header
2. 1 x TPM Header
3. 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
4. 1 x AMD Fan LED Header
5. 2 x RGB LED Headers
6. 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
7. 1 x CPU Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
8. 2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
9. 1 x Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
10. 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
11. 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
12. 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
13. 1 x AMD LED Fan USB Header
14. 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
15. 2 x USB 3.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
16. 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
17. 1 x Power Switch with LED
18. 1 x Reset Switch with LED