ASRock H61iCafe Intel H61 Motherboard Review

Specifications

General
CPU – Supports 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package
– 4 + 1 Power Phase Design
– Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
– Supports Intel® K-Series CPU
– Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipset – Intel® H61
Memory – Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
– 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots*
– Supports DDR3 1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
– Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB**

*Before you install memory module on this motherboard, please read below message to avoid any improper installation:

» Due to chipset limitation, if you plan to install three or four memory modules on this motherboard, please install only single-sided memory modules.
» To install two memory modules on this motherboard, please install them on DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1 DIMM sockets.

For the detailed installation information, please refer to the user manual or quick installation guide.

**Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

BIOS – 32Mb 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
– IGPU, DRAM, PCH, CPU PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment
Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics – Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video, Intel® InTru™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® HD Graphics 2000/3000, Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
– Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1
– Max. shared memory 1759MB
– Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
– Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
– Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
– Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048×1536 @ 75Hz
– Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
– Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports
– Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI and HDMI ports

*Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows® Vista™ and Windows® 7.

**Intel® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows® 7 and Windows® 7 x64.

Audio – 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC887 Audio Codec)
LAN – PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
– Atheros® AR8151
– Supports Wake-On-LAN
– Supports PXE
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots – 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (blue @ x16 mode)
– 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
– 2 x PCI slots
SATA3 – 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions
USB 3.0 – 2 x USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ASM1042, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
Connector – 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
– 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
– 1 x IR header
– 1 x COM port header
– 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
– CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector
– 24 pin ATX power connector
– 8 pin 12V power connector
– Front panel audio connector
– 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

*Please noted that AHCI mode is not supported under Windows® XP/XP 64bit OS.

Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel
– 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
– 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
– 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port
– 1 x HDMI Port
– 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
– 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
– 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
– 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
– HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Other Features / Miscellaneous
Unique Feature – ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
– Instant Boot
– ASRock Instant Flash
– ASRock AIWI
– ASRock APP Charger
– SmartView
– ASRock XFast USB
Hybrid Booster:
– ASRock U-COP
– Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
– Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
– Good Night LED
Support CD – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version),
ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite – OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB – Trial)
Accessories – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
– 2 x SATA Data Cables (optional)
Hardware Monitor – CPU Temperature Sensing
– 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: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm
– All Solid Capacitor design
OS – Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
Certifications – FCC, CE, WHQL
– ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

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