User manual ASROCK H55 EXTREME3 BROCHURE

[. . . ] H55 Extreme3 Intel® H55 Chipset Platform CPU www. asrock. com Detail Specification - 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) - 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 - Intel® H55 - 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) - 1 x PCI Express 2. 0 x16 slot (blue @ x16 mode) - 3 x PCI Express 2. 0 x1 slots (2. 5GT/s) - 3 x PCI slots * Requires Processor with Intel® HD Graphics Technology - Intel® HD Graphics - Pixel Shader 4. 0, DirectX 10 - Max. shared memory 1759MB - Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI - Supports HDMI 1. 3a Technology with max. [. . . ] Delivering data transfer rates up to ten times faster than USB 2. 0 with the optimized power efficiency, USB 3. 0 promises a major leap forward in transfer speeds and capability. SATA3, the world's fastest interface, enables to maximum your hard disk drive performance. With the new SATA Revision 3. 0 technology, ASRock ensures you the incredible data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s speed over SATA2. eSATA3, the much-anticipated interface, can not only provide the faster transfer speed up to 6 Gb/s but also the hassle-free computing environment. The above rear I/O layout is just an example and it may be different from the actual layout. The World's Fastest Memory DDR3 2600+ support H55 Extreme3 Intel® H55 Chipset www. asrock. com System Performance boosts up to 50% increase Simply click the Turbo 50 button in BIOS, the system performance will boost up to 50% increase by automatically overclocking CPU, Memory, GPU frequency and all related voltage settings!Below table shows that enable Turbo 50 on H55M Pro, the performance will boost up to 50% increase! Model Chipset BIOS CPU RAM VGA HDD H55M Pro Intel H55 P1. 20 Core i3 530 2. 93 GHz Kingston DDR3-1600 2GB*2 Intel HD Graphics Seagate Barracuda 7200. 12 250GB Turbo 50 Performance Test Result H55M Pro/ Core i3 530 Turbo 50 Off Turbo 50 On Percentage Increase CPU Frequency 2. 93GHz 4GHz 36. 66% Memory Frequency 1333MHz 1456MHz 9. 23% GPU Frequency 733MHz 867MHz 18. 28% 3DMARK 06 1767 2665 50. 82% PCMARK Vantage 4661 5453 16. 99% Super PI 14. 485 10. 641 26. 54% System Performance boosts up to increase with Pentium G6950 CPU Model Chipset BIOS CPU RAM VGA HDD H55M Pro Intel H55 L1. 13 Pentium G6950 2. 8GHz (Q3GT-C2) -C2) Kingston DDR3-1600 2GB*2 -1600 onboard Seagate Barracuda 7200. 12 250GB 100% Turbo 100 Performance Test Result H55M Pro/ Pentium G6950 Turbo 100 Off Turbo 100 On Percentage Increase CPU Frequency 2. 8GHz 4. 2GHz 50. 00% Memory Frequency 533MHz 767MHz 43. 90% 3DMARK Vantage (Entry) 3538 6575 85. 84% 3DMARK 06 1308 2634 101. 38% PCMARK Vantage 3822 4961 29. 8% Super PI 16. 125 10. 766 22. 23% Note: The overclocking performance depends on the system configuration you adopt. We do not guarantee the overclocking performance. H55 Extreme3 Intel® H55 Chipset www. asrock. com C. C. O. Combo Cooler Option C. C. O. provides the flexible option to adopt two different CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775* and LGA 1156**. *C. C. O. may not be compatible with all Socket 775 CPU coolers. **O is for Socket LGA 1156 CPU cooler. Smart Switch Design Dr. Debug helps you to diagnose the BIOS POST status of your system. Power/Reset/Clear CMOS Switch Set your ideal fan speed by tuning the fan speed from level 1 to 10 in BIOS or OC Tuner. The Power and Keyboard LED will be automatically switched off when the system is under Standby / Hibernation mode. Support Intel® Turbo Boost Monitor Dynamically delivering optimal performance & energy efficiency. Idle Working H55 Extreme3 Intel® H55 Chipset www. asrock. com Premium Blu-ray Audio Premium Blu-ray Audio, an outstanding technology developed on ASRock motherboard, provides the excellent audio output of 24-bit/192 kHz with its respective Blu-ray DRM compatible driver/software. With Content Protection-Support and High SNR DAC, the Blu-ray entertainments can be played in a high quality of 24-bit/192KHz. In other words, if you are using a device without the Blu-ray Audio support, the audio quality will be downgraded to 16-bit/48kHz like a regular CD quality. To deliver the best possible sound solution for today's most demanding users, ASRock Premium Blu-ray Audio motherboard is the best choice for users who are particularly desired to enjoy the pure HD audio. ASRock users are able to take full advantages of our Blu-ray Audio motherboards. Choose ASRock, choose Pure HD audio! Why ASRock? * SNR: Signal-to-Noise Ratio. True Blu-ray Blu-ray video + Blu-ray audio Supporting Blu-ray Full HD 1080p playback and Premium Blu-ray audio with 24-bit / 192KHz sampling rate in 7. 1 channel D-Sub DVI-D HDMI Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio Supports Requires a processor with Intel HD Graphics. H55 Extreme3 Intel® H55 Chipset www. asrock. com OC DNA Save your OC settings as a profile and share with friends. Try OC DNA now! OC DNA Instruction Step 1 Save your BIOS OC settings as User Default in BIOS OC Tweaker menu. [. . . ] * The boot up time depends on the hardware configuration. 10 Times Faster, Only 4 Secs to Boot Up to Windows! ASRock YouTube http://tw. youtube. com/watch?v=BucIjXZVxXo ASRock Instant Flash ASRock Instant Flash is an exclusive and the most user-friendly BIOS flash utility developed by ASRock. It is embedded in Flash ROM which is used to update the system BIOS without having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Windows. Features Once executing ASRock Instant Flash, the utility will automatically detect all devices such as USB, hard disk or even floppy drive to find the exact BIOS for your system. Instead of giving you all BIOS in your devices, the Instant Flash just list BIOS versions that apply to your motherboard model only. [. . . ]