FM2A85X Extreme 4 je znatno stariji model, predstavljen još prošle godine, a sada u ponudi imaju čak šest novih A88X modela. Mi smo za potrebe testiranja gaminga na APU odlučili isprobati i noviji i stariji čipset pa smo iz MSana uzeli ovaj ASRockov model. Još je jedan razlog i taj što ASRockove ploče vrlo rijetko ili gotovo nikada ne testiramo pa smo htjeli vidjeti kakve su u odnosu na konkurenciju. ASRock je poznat kao jeftinija alternativa Asusu i Gigabyteu, pri čemu i dalje pružaju zadovoljavajuću kvalitetu izrade, opreme i performansi.

U bundleu dolaze SATA kabeli, zaštita za stražnji I/O panel, uputstva za upotrebu i medij s upravljačkim programima i aplikacijama. U ovom cjenovnom rangu stvarno je iluzorno očekivati nešto više opreme.

Ploča je jednostavnog dizajna, malo monotonog sivo-crnog izgleda, no layout je vrlo dobar i sve je na svom mjestu. S obzirom na namjenu, ploča ima jednostavniju no sasvim adekvatnu napojnu jedinicu (i za overclocking) koja ne traži masivno hlađenje pa je dovoljan jedan aluminijski blok. Još jedan se nalazi na FCH-u i to je sve. Na ploči se nalazi i ukupno šest konektora za ventilatore pa korisnici mogu složiti i pošteno provjetravanje u kućištu.

Specifikacije ASRock FM2A85X Extreme 4
Podržani
procesori

– Support for Socket FM2 100W processors
– 4 + 2 Power Phase Design
– Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
– UMI-Link GEN2
Čipset

– AMD A85X (Hudson-D4)
Memorija

– Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
– 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
– Supports DDR3 2600+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
– Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB*
– Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
– Supports AMD Memory Profile (AMP)
Utori
za proširenja

– 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2 @ x16 mode; PCIE4 @ x4 mode)
– 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
– 3 x PCI slots
– Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, CrossFireX™ and Dual Graphics
Grafika – Integrated AMD Radeon HD 7000 series graphics in A-series APU
– DirectX 11, Pixel Shader 5.0
– Max. shared memory 2GB
– Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
– Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
– Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to 2560×1600 @ 75Hz
– Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920×1600 @ 60Hz
– Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
– Supports Blu-ray Stereoscopic 3D with HDMI
– Supports AMD Steady Video™ 2.0: New video post processing capability for automatic jitter reduction on home/online video
– Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports
– Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI and HDMI ports
LAN

– PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
– Realtek RTL8111E
– Supports Wake-On-LAN
– Supports LAN Cable Detection
– Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
– Supports PXE
Audio – 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
– Premium Blu-ray audio support
Storage

– 7 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions

USB

– 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by AMD A85X (Hudson-D4), support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
– 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ188, support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
– 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) by AMD A85X (Hudson-D4), supports USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
BIOS – 64Mb 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
– DRAM, APU PCIE VDDP, CPU and CPU NB/GFX Voltage Multi-adjustment
Format – ATX Form Factor
– ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time) (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
Interni I/O portovi – 7 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
– 1 x IR header
– 1 x CIR header
– 1 x COM port header
– 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
– 1 x Power LED header
– 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
– 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)
– 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)
– 24 pin ATX power connector
– 8 pin 12V power connector
– Front panel audio connector
– 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
– 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
– 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
– 1 x Power Switch with LED
– 1 x Reset Switch with LED
Specijalne značajke

– ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
– ASRock Instant Boot
– ASRock Instant Flash
– ASRock APP Charger
– ASRock XFast USB
– ASRock XFast LAN
– ASRock XFast RAM
– ASRock Crashless BIOS
– ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
– ASRock Internet Flash
– ASRock UEFI System Browser
– ASRock On/Off Play Technology
– ASRock Dehumidifier Function
– ASRock Easy RAID Installer
– ASRock Interactive UEFI
– ASRock Fast Boot
– ASRock X-Boost
– ASRock Restart to UEFI
– Lucid Virtu Universal MVP
– Hybrid Booster:
– ASRock U-COP