ASRock B450 Steel Legend AM4 AMD Promontory B450 ATX AMD Motherboard
Overview :
- AMD AM4 Socket
- Supports DDR4 3533 (OC)
- 2 PCIe 3.0 x16, 4 PCIe 2.0 x1
- AMD Quad CrossFireX™
- Graphics Output: DisplayPort, HDMI
- 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
- 6 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4), 1 M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA3)
- 2 USB 3.1 Gen2 (Rear Type-A C)
- 6 USB 3.1 Gen1 (2 Front, 4 Rear)
- Realtek Gigabit LAN
RULE YOUR OWN LIGHTING WAY WITH POLYCHROME RGB
Steel Legend motherboards deliver stunning performance and superior aesthetics to rule your own colorful lighting way! ASRock offers highly comprehensive control to smoothly utilize the built-in RGB LEDs or connected LED strips, CPU fans, coolers, chassis and any other compatible RGB devices. Devices can be synchronized across the Polychrome RGB Sync-certified line of accessories as well.
A SOLID M.2-SOLUTION PERFORMER
Dual M.2 for SSDs That Supports Type 22110 M.2
The B450 houses two of the world’s fastest M.2 slots. One slot delivers up to PCIe Gen3 x4 32Gbps transfer speed, the other one supports PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA3 6Gbps mode.
M.2 Armor
Good M.2 SSD protection is important for longevity and stability. ASRock has provided a complete M.2 armor solution on the B450 platform that makes SSDs run perfectly at low temperatures.
Dual USB 3.1 Gen2 (Type-A Type-C)
This motherboard has a pair of onboard Type-A and Type-C USB 3.1 Gen2 ports built on the rear I/O to support next-generation USB 3.1 Gen2 devices while delivering up to 10 Gbps data-transfer rates.
ULTRA USB POWER – ULTRA STABLE POWER
The 5V voltage on these motherboards is transferred from the 12V, supplying enough current to USB devices without dropping voltage directly from the PSU.
ANTISTATIC SHIELD
Protect your mouse and keyboard against static electricity. This especially lowers the chances of USB mouse lag or stuttering.
PURE AUDIO QUALITY
The USB speaker is best connected via Ultra USB Power ports to execute a pure current while offering high audio quality without distortion.
2 oz Copper
This motherboard has been made with 2 ounces of copper inner layers. The copper materials for PCB layers were carefully selected to deliver lower temperatures and higher energy efficiency for overclocking.
PREMIUM 60A POWER CHOKE
ASRock’s premium 60A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better, thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard.
PCI-E STEEL SLOT
The advanced PCI-E steel slot packed with a solid cover prevents any signal interference with graphics cards. It also ensures that heavy graphics cards can be safely installed in the PCI-E slot.
Full Spike Protection
Some sensitive digital components on the motherboard are vulnerable to power surges, the excessive current may cause your system to malfunction immediately. ASRock Full Spike Protection includes various technologies to prevent your motherboard’s components from being damaged by these unexpected voltage spikes.
Live Update & APP Shop
The ASRock Live Update & APP Shop is designed for your convenience. We provide various apps and support software for users to download. You can also easily optimize your system and keep your motherboard up to date with ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.
Specification :
| Unique Feature | ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 |
| ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) | |
| ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) | |
| ASRock Super Alloy | |
| XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink | |
| Premium 60A Power Choke | |
| Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors) | |
| I/O Armor | |
| Sapphire Black PCB | |
| High Density Glass Fabric PCB | |
| 2oz Copper PCB | |
| ASRock Steel Slot | |
| ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink | |
| ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4) | |
| ASRock Ultra USB Power | |
| ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports) | |
| ASRock Live Update & APP Shop | |
| AMD StoreMI | |
| CPU | AMD AM4 Socket |
| Digi Power design | |
| 6 Power Phase design | |
| Chipset | AMD Promontory B450 |
| Memory | Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology |
| 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots | |
| AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Matisse) support DDR4 3200/2933/2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory* | |
| AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) support DDR4 3533 (OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory* | |
| AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Picasso) support DDR4 2933/2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory* | |
| AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge) support DDR4 3466 (OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory* | |
| AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge) support DDR4 3466 (OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933/2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory* | |
| Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB** | |
| 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots | |
| *For Ryzen Series CPUs (Picasso and Raven Ridge), ECC is only supported with PRO CPUs. | |
| Please refer to below table for AMD non-XMP memory frequency support. | |
| Ryzen Series CPUs (Matisse): | |
| Ryzen Series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge): | |
| Ryzen Series CPUs (Picasso): | |
| Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge): | |
| Ryzen Series CPUs (Raven Ridge): | |
| SR: Single rank DIMM, 1Rx4 or 1Rx8 on DIMM module label | |
| DR: Dual rank DIMM, 2Rx4 or 2Rx8 on DIMM module label | |
| **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 | 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support |
| Supports “Plug and Play” | |
| ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events | |
| Supports jumperfree | |
| SMBIOS 2.3 support | |
| DRAM Voltage multi-adjustment | |
| Graphics | Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen Series APU* |
| DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0 | |
| Shared memory default 2GB. Max Shared memory supports up to 16GB.** | |
| Dual graphics output: Support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 ports by independent display controllers | |
| Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 24Hz / (3840×2160) @ 30Hz | |
| Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz | |
| Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) | |
| Supports HDCP 1.4 with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports | |
| Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports | |
| *Actual support may vary by CPU | |
| **The Max shared memory 16GB requires 32GB system memory installed. | |
| Audio | 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)* |
| Premium Blu-ray Audio support | |
| Supports Surge Protection | |
| Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps | |
| PCB Isolate Shielding | |
| Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel | |
| Gold Audio Jacks | |
| *To configure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. | |
| LAN | PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s |
| Realtek RTL8111H | |
| Supports Wake-On-LAN | |
| Supports Lightning/ESD Protection | |
| Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az | |
| Supports PXE | |
| Slots | AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Matisse, Summit Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge) |
| 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode)* | |
| AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Picasso, Raven Ridge) | |
| 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x8 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode) (If you use Athlon 2xxGE series APU, PCIE1 slot will run at x4 mode.) | |
| AMD Athlon series CPUs | |
| 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x4 mode; PCIE4: x2 mode)* | |
| 4 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots | |
| Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™** | |
| *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks | |
| If M2_1 is occupied, PCIE4 will be disabled. | |
| **This feature is only supported with Ryzen Series CPUs (Matisse, Summit Ridge, Pinnacle Ridge, Picasso and Raven Ridge). | |
| Storage | 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug* |
| 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug | |
| 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Matisse, Picasso, Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge) or Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s) (with Athlon 2xxGE series APU and Raven Ridge 2)** | |
| 1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x2 (16 Gb/s)** | |
| *M2_2, SATA3_3 and SATA3_4 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled. | |
| **If M2_1 is occupied, PCIE4 will be disabled. | |
| Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks | |
| Supports ASRock U.2 Kit | |
| Connector | 1 x COM Port Header |
| 1 x TPM Header | |
| 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header | |
| 1 x RGB LED Header* | |
| 1 x Addressable LED Header** | |
| 1 x AMD Fan LED Header*** | |
| 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)**** | |
| 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***** | |
| 3 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****** | |
| 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector | |
| 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector | |
| 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector | |
| 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| *Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip | |
| **Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip | |
| ***The AMD Fan LED Header supports LED strips of maximum load of 3A (36W) and length up to 2.5M. | |
| ****The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power. | |
| *****The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. | |
| ******The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. | |
| CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP and CHA_FAN3/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use. | |
| Rear Panel I/O | 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port |
| 1 x HDMI Port | |
| 1 x DisplayPort 1.2 | |
| 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port | |
| 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) | |
| 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)* | |
| 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) | |
| HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks) | |
| *Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_34 ports. | |
| ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_34 ports. | |
| Software and UEFI | Software |
| ASRock A-Tuning | |
| ASRock Polychrome SYNC | |
| ASRock XFast LAN | |
| UEFI | |
| ASRock Full HD UEFI | |
| ASRock Instant Flash | |
| ASRock Easy RAID Installer | |
| *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop. | |
| Support CD | Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar |
| Accessories | Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield |
| 2 x SATA Data Cables | |
| 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets | |
| 1 x Standoff for M.2 Socket | |
| Hardware Monitor | Temperature Sensing: CPU, MB |
| Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans | |
| Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans | |
| Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans | |
| Voltage monitoring: 12V, 5V, 3.3V, Vcore | |
| Form Factor | ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm |
| OS | Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit |
| Certifications | FCC, CE |
| ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) |