Question 1

Will this fit in this case: Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case ?

Accepted Answer

Yes! pefectly, with a 240mm RAD on top  a really big HS but the top clearance will be tight so plug all fan headers etc in before the board is in, save u broken scuffed knuckles.

I've built 3 exact same sys with this board & spec 3 case - perfect

Question 2

I dont see any hdmi or dvi. How do you connect to a monitor?

Accepted Answer

It does not come with an onboard graphics card. You must install a graphics card. This is standard in high performance PCs.

Question 3

Can it use wifi?

Accepted Answer

yes it can use WIFI just get a PCI-E X1 add in card works well, i was using Intel 7260HMWDTX1 Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 which worked well for me before i ran a wire to use gigabit. but any pci-e x1 wireless add in card should work fine. just get the latest driver from the web to install the card ...

Question 4

Will it support an fx 6300 without bios update?

Accepted Answer

Yes it will. I bought the Vishera 8 core CPU And didn't have to do any update. This board comes with the bios pre loaded. You should be good to go.

Question 5

Hi I am working with a Silverstone GD08 case. It will have 6 fans and the Nactua NH-L12 will have 2 fans. I see the board offers 2 cpu fan headers,which is good. Im wondering in which way,if any, it will hurt the board to double up on the case fan headers. Can i put a splitter on each case fan header so that each header runs 2 fans?will this hurt anything?

Accepted Answer

Well on the board that I had, the fan headers were defective. I had 2 CPU fans attached to my heatsink in a push/pull configuration. CPU fan 2 was always 800-1000 RPM's higher than CPU fan 1. No matter what I set it at. System fan 1 seemed to work, but system fan headers 2 and 3 were undetectable and uncontrollable. Whenever the fans revved up during normal operation, they wouldn't rev back down during idle. I'd have to reset CMOS. Also, I tried installing Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. I had random BSOD's on all 3 OS's. I was using an AMD FX-8350 (8 core, 4.0ghz) CPU, 16 gb RAM, and MSI R9 270x. I eventually RMA'd this board and tried the MSI 970 Gaming. Absolutely no problems since. As far as splitters go, I wouldn't trust the Asrock mobo to work properly.

Question 6

What is this a ATX Full Tower?

Accepted Answer

Hi Manuel, my name is Matthew and I'm here to answer your question. I bought a 21 x 8 x 20 size ATX mid tower and it fit that, so I suspect that it will fit a full size ATX. Hope I helped and have a nice day.

Question 7

Will this ram work with this board? G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR Thanks

Accepted Answer

ASRock doesn't have the ram listed in their supported memory on their page for the motherboard but it could still work in the motherboard.

I have 16 GB Crucial Ballistix (2x8 GB) DDR3 1600 ram, 240 pin and it's not listed on ASRocks memory list but works in the motherboard.

Question 8

Has anybody had issues with the FX8320?

Accepted Answer

Dear Sir:

The CPU is the same as the 8350 but about 25% slower.
On this board you got standard speed and turbo speed going.
In the CMos disable the turbo for overclocking so you got just 1 section for overclock speed without the turbo option. Thats what I found out and I got 2 of these boards, they are the best you can get for the price.

Aimbot1a

Question 9

What ram would be good for this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

I like G.Skill but there are a number of reliable brands.

Ripjaws X works well and matches the board.

Sort the RAM by size, speed and latency. You want at least 1600MHz and CL 9. Your system will run better in dual channel configuration, so if you're going to install 8GB get 2 X 4GB rather than 1 X 8GB, etc.

Question 10

How is this with an FX 9590?

Accepted Answer

No bios updated needed, if that's what you're asking (not that there are any updates for it). FX9590 will need to be water cooled with at least a Corsair H100i, though. Air cooler is not gonna cut it. Might be a good idea to get a good 1000+ watt PSU, as well. Such as a Corsair HX1050, or something.

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