Super Alloy 9 Series Motherboard |
Since quite some time ASRock has been
equipping its boards with digital power
designs. This time the company is rather proud as they are using their so called "Super Alloy" chokes, which help
in reducing operating temperature and therefore bring increase lifespan. |
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ASRock APP Shop |
ASRock has made their own small App Shop. Users can download applications to optimize their system to individual needs. |
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M.2 Support |
Featuring an M.2 slot this board can be equipped with SSDs in M.2 format.
The M.2 is wired directly to the Z97 PCH via two PCI Express lanes, therefore offering x2 bandwidth. In other word up to 10 Gbps can be pushed over the bus through this slot, almost doubling performance of
the SATA-III. |
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ASRock Cloud |
For
its cloud storage service ASRock partnered up with Kloudian, offering customers a free three year subscription to the service. ASRock Cloud helps you synchronizing data you have on your smartphone as well as PC. |
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Purity SoundTM 2 |
The ASRock Purity 2 audio solution is based on a Realtek ALC1150 audio codec
and features 115dB SNR. It also comes with EMI shielding for the main chip as well as onboard isolation. In order to improve signal quality,
the motherboard features excellent Nichicon onboard capacitors. |
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SATA Express Connector
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The SATA Express is a new port for storage devices
which basically combines two SATA connectors and bundles them together. Each SATA Express port has been wired using two PCI Express Gen2 lanes offering a total of 10 Gbps bandwidth. Compared to
the SATA-III with 6 Gbps bandwidth this is quite an improvement. |
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