Asrock Z77 Extreme6-TB4 32GB DDR3 Intel Motherboard

Z77 Extreme6/TB4

Supports 4-Channel, Dual-Port Thunderbolt™ Technology
Premium Gold Caps, Digi Power Design, 8 + 4 Power Phase Design
Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2800+(OC)
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® Quad SLI™
Rear VGA I/O: 1 x D-Sub, 1 x HDMI, 2 x TBT, 1 x DisplayPort Input (for test only)
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC898), Supports THX TruStudio™
Supports ASRock XFast 555, Fast Boot, Restart to UEFI, Dehumidifier, OMG, Lucid Virtu MVP

Features

Worlds 1st 4-Channel, Dual-Port Thunderbolt™ Motherboard
ASRock Z77 Extrem6/TB4 has two Thunderbolt™ connectors supporting 4-Channel technology, bringing blistering-faster data transfers ever.

Up to 10Gbps : Fastest Connection To Your PC
Thunderbolt™ technology is a new dual protocol that increases transfer speed with 10Gbps per channel.

Bi-Directional Data Transfer with PCI Express and DisplayPort
The innovative design combines PCI Express and DisplayPort I/O protocols with bi-directional high speed.

Daisy Chain : Up to 12 TBT devices
With the ability of daisy chain, motherboards can connect up to12 Thunderbolt™ devices (6/per port).

Digi Power
By adopting digital pulse-width modulation (PWM), the ASRock motherboard can provide CPU Vcore voltage more efficiently and smoothly. Compared to analog PWM, digital PWM can optimize the CPU power solution and provide a proper and stable Vcore for the processor.

8+4 Power Phase
This motherboard is designed with a 8 + 4 Power Phase design. It features sturdy components and completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. Plus, it offers unmatched overclocking capability and enhanced performance with the lowest temperature for advanced gamers as well.

4 x DDR3 2800+(OC)
This motherboard unlocks maximum memory performance, coming with 4 DIMM slots for dual-channel memory, supporting up to DDR3 2800+ (OC) MHz

Fast Boot
With ASRocks exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes less than 1.5 seconds to logon to Windows® 8 from a cold boot. No more waiting! The speedy boot will completely change your user experience and behavior. The boot time may vary with a different configuration.

Restart to UEFI
ASRock Restart to UEFI technology is designed for those requiring frequent UEFI access. It allows users to easily enter the UEFI SETUP automatically when turning on the PC next time.

5X Faster for Photoshop Execution
XFast RAM will create a virtual disk from the system memory to boost the performance. For Photoshop, It can even perform 5X faster than before.

Virtu Universal MVP - Uncompromised Game Response Performance
ASRock motherboard support Lucid Virtu Universal MVP technology that improves your PCs visuals, with faster response times, improved video processing and smoother media playback, all with low power consumption. Brilliantly designed for gaming, Virtu Universal MVP™ switchable graphics software assigns tasks dynamically to the best graphics resource and features two exciting techniques – HyperFormance™ and Virtual Vsync™.

HyperFormance™ - Optimized Game Responsiveness
Game responsiveness is all about how fast your eye ? brain ? mouse click ? game response behaves. When interacting with your computer, the responsiveness is a key factor to your productivity and overall systems experience. When it comes to playing games, especially fast moving ones like First Person Shooters, responsiveness becomes critical for both mastering the game and enjoying and immersive experience. HyperFormance intelligently removes redundant rendering tasks within the graphics pipeline, the CPU-GPU-Display system.

Virtual Vsync™ - Resolve the everlasting debate between quality and performance
Lucid' s Virtual Vsync technology takes visual quality and performance to the next level. A proprietary solution for Virtu Universal and Virtu MVP, Virtual Vsync enables games to run at any FPS, with no image tearing, stuttering, lags and latency artifacts.

Switchable Graphics
Dynamically assigns tasks to the best graphics resource regardless of physical cable connections.

Dehumidifier
Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling “Dehumidifier Function”. When enabling Dehumidifier Function, the computer will power on automatically to dehumidify the system after entering S4/S5 state.

ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
Fast, Easy and Free – ASRock OMG technology allows you to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at specified times. Administrators are able to schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other users. Normally, ISPs (Internet Service Provider) will charge for internet curfew service. The service controls “all” the PCs connected at home through network remotely but all the PCs in that network will be restricted to access the internet at pre-setup times. However, ASRock OMG is a free tool for controlling internet access of each single PC. Parents can easily control internet access through BIOS setup to protect their kids from using Internet at inappropriate time, and meanwhile, enjoy their own internet space.

Internet Flash
Internet Flash searches for available UEFI firmware updates from ASRock servers. System can auto-detect the latest UEFI from our servers and flash them within UEFI setup without entering Windows® OS.

THX TruStudio
THX TruStudio is specially designed to bring the same great audio experience found in live performances, films, and recording studios to the PC.

Technical Details

Model

Brand : ASRock
Model : Z77 Extreme6-TB4

CPU

Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package
Digi Power Design
8 + 4 Power Phase Design
Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPU
Supports Hyper-Threading Technology

Chipset

Intel® Z77
Supports Intel® Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect Technology

Memory

Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
Supports DDR3 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

BIOS

64Mb 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 Core, IGPU, DRAM, 1.8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment

Graphics

Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video 2.0, Intel® InTru™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® Insider™, Intel® HD Graphics 2500/4000
Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel® Ivy Bridge CPU. Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel® Sandy Bridge CPU.
Max. shared memory 1760MB
Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, HDMI and Thunderbolt™ ports
Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz
Supports Thunderbolt™ with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @ 60Hz
Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI
Supports HDCP function with HDMI
Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with HDMI
Supports data transfer rate up to 10Gbps with Thunderbolt™ port
Supports Daisy-chain up to 6 Thunderbolt™ devices

Audio

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray audio support
Supports THX TruStudio™

LAN

PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Broadcom BCM57781
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
Supports PXE

Slots

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) or dual at x8/x8 mode)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ and SLI™

Storage

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® Z77, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug (SATA3_A2 connector is shared with eSATA port)

USB 3.0

2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Intel® Z77, support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ASM1042, support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
1 x Front USB 3.0 header by Intel® Z77 (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports), supports USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

Connector

4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
1 x IR header
1 x CIR header
1 x COM port header
1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
1 x IEEE 1394 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)
24 pin ATX power connector
8 pin 12V power connector
SLI/XFire power connector
Front panel audio connector
3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
1 x Dr. Debug with LED
1 x Power Switch with LED
1 x Reset Switch with LED
1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

Rear Panel I/O

I/O Panel
1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
1 x D-Sub Port
1 x HDMI Port
1 x DisplayPort Input for Thunderbolt™ port (TBT2 for test only)
2 x Thunderbolt™ Ports
1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
1 x eSATA3 Connector
4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
1 x RJ-45 LAN Ports 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

Unique Feature

ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
ASRock Instant Boot
ASRock Instant Flash
ASRock APP Charger
ASRock SmartView
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 Dehumidifier Function
Lucid Virtu Universal MVP
ASRock Fast Boot
ASRock Restart to UEFI
Hybrid Booster:
CPU Frequency Stepless Control
ASRock U-COP
Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Good Night LED

Support CD

Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite
OEM, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar

Accessories

1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
6 x SATA Data Cables

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

Form Factor

ATX Form Factor
Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

OS

Microsoft® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant