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AMD 890GX +  SB850 Chipsets

890GX Pro3

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Detail Specification 

Product Brief 

CPU

Memory

Expansion Slot

Audio

Graphics

LAN

Rear Panel I/O

Connector

SATA3

USB 3.0

BIOS Feature

Smart Switch

Support CD

Accessories

Hardware Monitor

OS

Certifications

The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their 
respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.

Chipset

Platform

- 100% All Solid Capacitor design

- Supports AM3+ processor, 8-Core CPU

- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1866(OC)

- Supports ATI

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 Quad CrossFireX

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, CrossFireX

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  and Hybrid CrossFireX

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- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 4290 graphics, DX10.1 

  class iGPU, Shader Model 4.1

- Multi-VGA Output : D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI 

- 2 x USB 3.0, 5 x SATA3, 2 x IEEE 1394 

- Dr. Debug, Power/Reset/Clear CMOS Switch with LED

- Supports XFast USB, AXTU, UEFI, Instant Boot, 

  Instant Flash, APP Charger, SmartView, Turbo UCC

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek 

  ALC892 AUdio Codec), Supports Premium Blu-ray 

  audio 

- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
- All Solid Capacitor design 

- Support for Socket AM3+ processors
- Support for Socket AM3 processors: AMD Phenom

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 II X6 / X4 / X3 

  / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors 
- Supports 8-Core CPU
- Supports UCC feature (Unlock CPU Core)
- 4 + 1 Power Phase Design
- Supports CPU up to 140W
- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
- FSB 2600 MHz (5.2 GT/s)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0) Technology

- Northbridge: AMD 890GX
- Southbridge: AMD SB850

- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1866(OC)/1800(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066/800 
  non-ECC, un-buffered memory  
- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2 @ x16 mode; PCIE3 @ x4 
  mode) 
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
- 3 x PCI slots
- Supports ATI

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 Quad CrossFireX

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, CrossFireX

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 and Hybrid 

  CrossFireX

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- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 4290 graphics 
- DX10.1 class iGPU, Shader Model 4.1
- Max. shared memory 512MB
- Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
- Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 
  (1080P)     
- Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @ 75Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 85Hz
- Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports 
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI 
  and HDMI ports 

- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio 
  Codec) 
- Premium Blu-ray audio support

- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Atheros

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 AR8151

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
- 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x eSATA3 Connector
- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports 
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front 
  Speaker / Microphone

- 5 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x COM port header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 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
- Front panel audio connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED)

- 32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, VCCM, NB, SB Voltage Multi-adjustment

- 1 x Power Switch with LED
- 1 x Reset Switch with LED
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

- 5 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, 
  RAID 0+1 and RAID 5), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions

- 2 x USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ168A, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 
  5Gb/s

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), AMD OverDrive

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  ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial; 
  Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial)

- CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore

- Microsoft

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 Windows

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 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

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 / Vista

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 64-bit / XP / 

  XP 64-bit compliant compliant

- FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA data cables (optional)

Unique Feature

- ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
- Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock AIWI
- ASRock APP Charger
- SmartView
- ASRock XFast USB
- Hybrid Booster:
   - CPU Frequency Stepless Control
   - ASRock U-COP
   - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- Turbo 25 / Turbo 30 GPU Overclocking
- Turbo UCC

Core

CPU Ready

8

CPU Ready

8

Core

CPU 

Supports

AM3+

CPU 

Supports

AM3+

Summary of Contents for 890GX Pro3

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