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ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) Motherboard
Core i7 / i5 / i3 Support, ATX, DDR3 (max 32GB), 6 x USB3, 7 x USB2, 5 x SATA 6Gb/s, 4 x SATA 3Gb/s, 1 x eSATA, RAID, PCIe 3.0, HDMI, 7.1 Audio
Order Code: ASR-Z68PG3
Manf.Code: FATAL1TY Z68 PROFESSIONAL GEN3
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CPU, Chipset and Graphics Features
 | LGA1155 Intel Second Generation Core i7/Core i5/Core i3 Processors Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel second generation Core i7/Core i5/Core i3 processors in the LGA1155 package, with memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support 2-channel (4 DIMM) DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 2.0 lanes. This provides great graphics performance. Intel second generation Core i7/Core i5/Core i3 processors are among the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world. |
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Intel Z68 Express Chipset The Intel Z68 Express Chipset is a single-chipset design to support socket 1155 Intel second generation Core i7/Core i5/Core i3 processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, Z68 chipset provides 2 SATA 6Gb/s and 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports for faster data retrieval at double the bandwidth of current bus systems. Moreover, Intel Z68 Express Chipset also supports iGPU function, letting users enjoy the latest Intel integrated graphic performance. |
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V12+6 CPU Power Phase The Fatal1ty Series motherboard is designed with a V12+6 Power Phase, featuring sturdy components and a completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. The Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 offers unmatched overclocking capability and enhanced performance with the lowest temperatures for PC gaming enthusiasts. |
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Digital PWM Design By adopting digital Pulse-width modulation (PWM), the Fatal1ty Series 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 greatly improving motherboard stability when overclocking. |
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Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0 Support By adapting PCI-E 3.0 quick switch IC onboard, this ASRock motherboard can support Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0! PCI Express 3.0 can maximize the bandwidth for next-gen PCI Express 3.0 VGA cards, providing the ultimate graphics performance. |
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PLX PEX8608 Chip Onboard Fatal1ty Motherboards break the limitation and offer sufficient PCI-E lanes by embedding a PLX PEX8608 chip onboard. With the PLX PEX8608 Chip more PCI-E lanes for PCI-E devices are created, so that all PCI-E devices are able to work at the proper speed simultaneously! |
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LucidLogix Virtu Perfect Fit for Graphics and Multimedia. LucidLogix Virtu is designed for the Intel Sandy Bridge platform's powerful integrated graphics. Its GPU virtualization dynamically assigns tasks to the best available graphics resources based on power, performance and system load on Windows 7 based PCs. It allows users to fully utilize the unique capabilities of advanced Sandy Bridge multimedia features alongside the high end 3D rendering performance provided by installed graphics cards. When no discrete graphics are needed, the graphics card is put in idle mode to lower utilization, heat, fan speed and power draw down to near zero, making the system more environmentally-friendly. For users with diverse needs, LucidLogix Virtu GPU virtualization provides great flexibility and efficiency. |
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Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals Intel Quick Sync Video saves valuable time for PC users who want to create and edit video, synchronize it with other devices, and share it–at home and on the internet. Intel Quick Sync Video uses hardware on the processor, instead of software, to accelerate video encoding. With Intel InTru 3D Enjoy the ultimate 3D visual experiences–seamlessly–from your PC. Now you can watch your favorite 3D movies with Blu-ray Stereo 3D playback using active shutter 3D glasses. It delivers it all in 1080p full, high-definition resolution on your TV over HDMI 1.4. Intel Clear Video HD Technology (Intel CVT HD) enables rich media experiences with picture perfect images by using a host of advanced graphics technologies that support optimized, high-definition video playback and sharp image quality. Intel HD Graphics is now built right into the processor! This integration means lower latencies and leads to superior mainstream gaming and enhanced 3D experiences. Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel AVX) gives more computing power to application developers with a new, 256 bit instruction set extension to Intel SSE. |
Memory Features
| Dual-Channel DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 MHz support The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3 architecture enlarges the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance. |
Transfer Features
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USB 3.0 Support The SuperSpeed USB3.0 technology supports data transfer rates up to 10X faster than USB 2.0 with the optimized power efficiency. |
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Fatal1ty XFast USB Fatal1ty XFast USB Technology redefines the standard in high performance computing. ASRock Fatal1ty XFast USB Series Motherboards integrate with the latest XFast USB Technology to deliver the world's fastest USB data transfer speed. |
| Sata 6Gb/s Support The Intel Z68 Express chipset natively supports the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) interface, delivering up to 6Gb/s data transfers |
Audio Features
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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. |
Other Features
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Intel Smart Response Technology Faster Access, Bigger Storage. Intel Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. It uses an installed fast SSD (min 18.6GB available) as a cache for frequently accessed operations, speeding up hard drive/main memory interaction. Key benefits are expedited hard drive speeds, reduced load and wait times and maximized storage utilization. |
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Premium Gold Caps Premium Gold Caps are luxury capacitors. These 100% Japan-made solid capacitors are sleek, high gloss caps with a premium gold coating representing long life and stable performance. |
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Fatal1ty F-Stream – The All-in-1 Tuning Software The Fatal1ty F-Stream tuning program is an all-in-1 software utility that supports overclocking and hardware tuning such as energy usage, H/W monitor, fan speed control and Fatal1ty Mouse Port Configuration. In Hardware Monitor, it shows the major readings of your system. In Fan Control, it shows the fan speed and temperature for you to adjust. In Overclocking, you are allowed to adjust the CPU frequency, ratio and some voltages for optimal system performance. In Mouse Polling, gamers can freely adjust the mouse polling rate. In Energy Saving, the voltage regulator can reduce the number of output phases to improve efficiency when the CPU cores are idle without sacrificing computing performance. |
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Fatal1ty Mouse Port Fatal1ty Mouse Port is a customizable technology for PC gamers that is a part of F-Stream. After plugging the USB mouse into the Fatal1ty Mouse Port and running F-Stream, gamers can use Fatal1ty’s personal preferred mouse polling rate at 500 Hz. F-Stream also provides the flexibility for gamers to adjust the mouse polling rate from 125 Hz to 1000 Hz. This is helpful for professional gamers to experience smoother game play and faster response time to the mouse. |
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Graphical UEFI – The Revolutionary BIOS Interface Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a revolutionary BIOS utility which offers tweak-friendly options in an advanced viewing interface. Compared with traditional BIOS design, the latest UEFI utility provides lots improved functions. |
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On/Off Play Technology Even when the system is powered off (in ACPI S5 mode), On/Off Play Technology still allows users to play their portable audio device through the PC speakers. |
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Dual LAN - Teaming Dual LAN with Teaming function enabled on this motherboard allows two single connections to act as one single connection for twice the transmission bandwidth, making data transmission more effective. |
General
| Part Number | Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 |
| Model Number | Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen3 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Width | 30.5cm |
| Depth | 24.4m |
Processor Information
| Compatible Processors | Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3 |
| Socket Type | LGA 1155 |
Note: Please refer to www.asrock.com for Intel CPU Support List
Chipset
| Chipset Manufacturer | Intel |
| Chipset Type | Z68 Express |
Memory
| RAM Installed / Max Capacity | 0 MB / 32 GB Max |
| RAM Slots | 4 x DDR3 DIMM |
| Supported RAM Technology | Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM |
| Supported RAM Speeds | DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 Mhz |
Expansion Slots
| Expansion Slots Total (Free) | 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (single at x16 / Dual at x8)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 2 x PCI |
VGA & Integrated Graphics Options
| Video Controller | Supports Intel HD Graphics |
| Multi-GPU Support | AMD Quad CrossfireX Support NVIDIA Quad SLI Support |
Ports & Connectivity - External IO Panel (Back of Motherboard)
| Ports Present & Quantity | 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
1 x VGA/D-Sub Port 2 x HDMI Ports 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 3 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) 1 x eSATA3 Connector 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports 2 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 |
Ports & Connectivity - Internal IO (Header pins on Motherboard - Inside Case)
| Ports Present & Quantity | 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors
6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) 1 x Floppy connector 1 x IR header 1 x COM port header 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header 1 x IEEE 1394 header 1 x Power LED header CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector 24 pin ATX power connector 8 pin 12V power connector CD in header Front panel audio connector 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) 1 x Dr. Debug with LED |
Storage Interfaces & Controllers
| Intel Z68 Express Chipset | 2 x SATA 6Gb/s 4 x SATA 3Gb/s 1 x eSATA 6Gb/s (Shared) RAID 0,1,5,10 Support Intel Smart Response Technology |
| ASMedia ASM1061 Chipset | 3 x SATA 6Gb/s 1 x eSATA 6Gb/s |
| IDE Controller | 1 x IDE |
LAN & Networking
| Controller | Realtek RTL8111E |
| Lan Speed | 10/100/1000 |
| Ports | 2 x LAN(RJ45) port |
Audio
| Controller/Codec/Information | Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection Premium Blu-ray audio support Supports THX TruStudio |
Features & Technologies
| Feature List | ASRock F-Stream
ASRock Instant Boot ASRock Instant Flash ASRock APP Charger ASRock SmartView ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast LAN Lucid Virtu ASRock On/Off Play Technology Hybrid Booster: CPU Frequency Stepless Control ASRock U-COP Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) Good Night LED |
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