AsRock FM2A85 Extreme6

Review Hardware pertama pada bulan Juli ini datang dari ASRock lewat tipe FM2A85X Extreme6. Motherboard ini sepertinya merupakan seri tertinggi dari jajaran motherboard ASRock berbasis chipset A85X. Hal tersebut setidaknya memberikan ekspektasi dari segi performa maupun fitur yang ditawarkannya.

Kesan powerful memang cukup nampak dari penampilan serta penggunaan komponen berkualitas. Ini dipertegas dari penggunaan warna mencolok yang contras dengan warna dominan motherboard itu sendiri. Salah satunya adalah penggunaan premium golds capacitor berwarna emas yang tersebar di area RAM, chipset, controller audio, dan tentu saja VRM.

Platform ini mendukung dual channel memory DDR3 dengan kapasitas maksimum hingga 64 GB. Pada sisi expansion slot, dukungan 3-way CrossFire dihadirkan dengan tersedianya 3 slot PCIe 2.0 x16. Dukungan fungsi storage juga sudah maksimal dengan diterapkannya 7 slot SATA dan 1 slot eSATA yang seluruhnya sudah menggunakan kecepatan 6 GB/s. 

Selain itu, akses transfer data kecepatan tinggi juga tersedia melalui USB 3.0 sebanyak 4 port. Bahkan, ASRock menambahkan dengan Front USB 3.0 yang mampu mengakomodasi 2 port.

Hal yang cukup eksklusif juga diperlihatkan dari sisi penggunaan komponen. Seluruh area sudah dilengkapi dengan Premium Golds Caps yang mengindikasikan kestabilan dan life span lebih lama. Selain itu, penggunaan 8+2 phase ditambah power controller yang menggunakan digital Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) akan meningkatkan efisiensi karena nila Vcore atau average voltage diperoleh lebih cepat dan presisi.

Pada bagian panel belakang, selain dukungan untuk koneksi transfer data, seperti port USB dan eSATA. Ada pula 4 port output display terintegrasi. Pada paket penjualan AsRock FM2A85 Extreme6 terdapat juga fitur tambahan ASRock Extreme Tunning Utility (AXTU).

SPESIFIKASI :

General
CPU	- Support for Socket FM2 100W processors - Digi Power Design - 8 + 2 Power Phase Design - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology - UMI-Link GEN2
Chipset	- AMD A85X (Hudson-D4)
Memory	- 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) *To reach the maximum 64GB of system memory, memory modules with 16GB capacity or above are required. ASRock will update the memory support list on the official website once these memory modules are available on the market. **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	- 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
Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics	- 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, HDMI and DisplayPort - Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @ 75Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1600 @ 60Hz - Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4096x2160 @ 30Hz - Supports DP++ - Supports Multi-Streaming - 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 jutter reduction on home/online video - Supports HDCP function with DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort ports - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort ports
Audio	- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec) - Premium Blu-ray audio support
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
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots	- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4), or dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) ; PCIE5: x4 mode) - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots - 2 x PCI slots - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™, CrossFireX™ and Dual Graphics
SATA3	- 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 3.0	- 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by AMD A85X (Hudson-D4), support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ASM1042, 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
Connector	- 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 - 1 x Chassis Intrusion 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 - XFire 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
Rear Panel I/O	I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port - 1 x D-Sub Port - 1 x DVI-D Port - 1 x HDMI Port - 1 x DisplayPort - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA3 Connector - 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone