Asrock Motherboard Z790 Taichi Carrara

Specifications:

CPU

• Supports 14th, 13th & 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors (LGA1700)
• Supports Intel® Hybrid Technology
• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
• Supports Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB)
• Supports Intel® Adaptive Boost Technology (ABT)
• Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine

Chipset

• Intel® Z790

Memory

• Dual Channel DDR5 Memory Technology
• 4 x DDR5 DIMM Slots
• Supports DDR5 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 7400+(OC)
• Max. capacity of system memory: 192GB
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 3.0

BIOS

• 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

Graphics

• Intel® Xe Graphics Architecture (Gen 12)
• 1 x HDMI 2.1 TMDS Compatible, supports HDCP 2.3 and max. resolution up to 4K 60Hz
• 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4, supports HDCP 2.3 and max. resolution up to 8K 60Hz

Audio

• 5.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC4082 Audio Codec)
• WIMA Audio Capacitors (For Front Outputs)
• ESS SABRE9218 DAC for Front Panel Audio (130dB SNR)
• Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
• Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port
• Nahimic Audio

LAN

• 1 x 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s (Killer E3100G)
• Supports Killer LAN Software
• Supports Killer DoubleShot™ Pro 1 x Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Intel® I219V)
• Wireless LAN
• 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Module
• Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
• Supports Dual-Band 2x2 160MHz with extended 6GHz band support
• 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
• Supports Bluetooth 5.3 + High speed class II
• Supports MU-MIMO
• Supports Killer LAN Software
• Supports Killer DoubleShot™ Pro

Slots

• CPU:
• 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE2), support x16 or x8/x8 modes
• Chipset:
• 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3), supports x4 mode
• 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel® CNVio/CNVio2 (Integrated WiFi/BT)
• Supports AMD CrossFire™
• 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slots (PCIE1 and PCIE2)

Storage

• CPU:
• 1 x Blazing M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen5x4 (128 Gb/s) mode
• 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode
• Chipset:
• 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode
• 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_4, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode
• 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_5, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode
• 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors

RAID

• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

USB

• 2 x USB4 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C (Rear)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A (Rear)
• 10 x USB 3.2 Gen1 (6 Rear, 4 Front)
• 6 x USB 2.0 (2 Rear, 4 Front)

Connector

• 1 x SPI TPM Header
• 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
• 1 x RGB LED Header
• 3 x Addressable LED Headers
• 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
• 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
• 6 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)
• 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x 12V 6 pin Power Connector for Fast Charging (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
• 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports)
• 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s)
• 1 x Clear CMOS Button
• 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
• 1 x Power Button with LED
• 1 x Reset Button with LED

Rear Panel I/O

• 2 x Antenna Ports
• 1 x HDMI Port
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 2 x USB4 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C Ports (40 Gb/s for USB4 protocol; 40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
• 6 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (USB32_12 are Lightning Gaming Ports. USB32_34 support Ultra USB Power.)
• 2 x USB 2.0 Ports
• 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports
• 1 x Line Out Jack (Gold Audio Jack)
• 1 x Microphone Input Jack (Gold Audio Jack)

Software

• ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
• Killer Control Center
• ASRock Polychrome SYNC
• UEFI
• ASRock EZ Mode
• ASRock Full HD UEFI
• ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
• ASRock Auto Driver Installer
• ASRock Instant Flash
• ASRock Easy RAID Installer

Accessories

• 1 x User Manual
• 4 x SATA Data Cables
• 1 x Wireless Dongle USB Bracket
• 1 x 12CM Carrara Edition Cooling FAN
• 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antenna
• 4 x Screws for M.2 Sockets

Form Factor

• EATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm
• 8 Layer PCB

OS

• Microsoft Windows® 10 64-bit / 11 64-bit

Certifications

• FCC, CE
• ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
• CEC Tier II ready