ASRock 970M Pro3 Socket AM3+ / AM3 DDR3 2400+(OC) 2 PCIe 2.0 x16, 1 PCIe 2.0 x1, 1 PCI 7.1 6 SATA3 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 Motherboards

Exclusive Features
ASRock Super Alloy
- Gemstone Black PCB
ASRock Full Protection
ASRock App Market
Processor
- Socket AM3+ Processor Support
- Socket AM3 processor support: AMD Phenom II X6 / X4 / X3 / X2 (except 920 / 940) / Athlon II X4 / X3 / X2 / Sempron processors.
- Supports Octa-Core processors
- Support UCC function (CPU open core)
- 4 + 1 phase power design
- Supports up to 140W processors
- Supports AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
- Front Side Bus 2400 MHz ( 4.8 GT/s)
- Supports Free Overclocking Technology
- Supports Hyper-Transport 3.0 (HT 3.0 ) Technology
Chipset
- North Bridge: AMD 970
- South Bridge: AMD SB950
Dual-Channel DDR3 Memory
- Dual-channel DDR3 memory technology
- 4 x DDR3 memory slots
- Supports DDR3 2400+ (OC) / 2100 (OC) / 1866 (OC) / 1800 (OC) / 1600 (OC) / 1333/1066 (non-ECC), un-buffered memory
- Maximum system memory capacity: 64GB*.
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 Technology
- Supports AMP (AMD Memory Profile) memory technology for use with up to AMP 2400 memory

*Due to operating system limitations, less than 4GB of memory will be available under Windows® 32-bit operating systems, but not under Windows® 64-bit operating systems with 64-bit CPUs.
BIOS
- 32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support.
- Supports "Plug and Play".
- Compliant with ACPI 1.1, supports Wake Up Events.
- Jumperless support
- Supports SMBIOS 2.3. 1
- CPU, VCCM, NB Voltage Multi-Regulator
Onboard Graphics
- No
Audio
- 7.1 -channel hi-fi audio with content protection (Realtek ALC892 audio codec)
- Blu-ray quality audio support
- Anti-surge support (ASRock Full Protection)
- ELNA professional audio capacitors

*To configure 7.1 -channel hi-fi audio, you need to use the front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio function through the audio driver.
LAN
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN card 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111E
- Wake-On-LAN support
- Support Lightning Protection / ESD Static Protection (ASRock Full Protection)
- Cable Detection
- Support Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3 az
- PXE Support
Expansion Slots
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2: x16 mode; PCIE3: x4 mode)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
- 1 x PCI slot
- Support for AMD Quad CrossFireX and CrossFireX
Storage
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s interfaces with support for RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and hot-swappable

*RAID 5 is not supported with Windows® 7 and Widows 10.
On-Board Interfaces
- 1 x IR pin
- 1 x TPM pin
- 1 x Power LED connector
- 1 x CPU fan connector (4-pin)
- 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)
- 1 x Power Supply Fan Connector (3-pin)
- 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
- 1 x 8-pin 12V power connector
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Interface
- 2 x USB 2.0 Pin Header (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Support ESD protection (ASRock Full Protection) )
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connector supported by Etron EJ188H (Support 2 USB 3.1