ASRock B460 Phantom Gaming 4, Intel B460 motherboard - socket 1200 [90-MXBCP0-A0UAYZ]

The chipset thus supports, for example, M.2 slots connected via PCIe for the particularly fast NVMe SSDs and Intel Optane. Socket 1200 mainboards with B460 chipset form a good basis for budget gaming PCs and computers for the home office.

The features of the ASRock B460 Phantom Gaming 4 at a glance:

2x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16 / x4), 2x PCIe (3.0) x1
1x M.2 SATA, 1x PCIe 3.0 x4 / 6x SATA 6G
A total of 8x USB 3.0 Type A and 5x USB 2.0 (internal & external)
Supports max. 128 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2,933 MHz

The ASRock B460 Phantom Gaming 4 in detail
The ASRock B460 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX motherboard has two PCIe-x16 slots. One of these is connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes, the other has four lanes. The board has two additional PCIe 3.0 x1 slots for plug-in and expansion cards.

The M.2 slot connected via four PCIe 3.0 lanes supports the NVMe protocol and, in combination with corresponding M.2 SSDs, enables a data transfer rate of just under 4 GB / s. This is about eight times faster than an SSD connected via SATA 6G! Additional drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives can be connected via six SATA 3.0 ports. A maximum of 128 GB of RAM with a clock rate of up to 2,933 MHz can be accommodated in four DDR4 DIMM slots.

The ASRock B460 Phantom Gaming 4 provides four USB 3.0 Type A ports on the I / O panel. Additional peripheral devices can be connected via two USB 2.0 sockets. An HDMI connection for image playback via the processor's integrated graphics unit is also located on the I / O panel. The mainboard has three 3.5 mm jack outputs for the output of the on-board sound.

The internal connections include a TPM and speaker / chassis intrusion header, a total of four RGB headers, seven fan connections, two USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0 headers for four type A connections and one Thunderbolt header.

Technical details:

- Format: ATX (305 x 224 mm)
- Chipset: Intel B460
- Socket: 1200 (for Intel CPUs of the 10th core generation ("Comet Lake"))
- RAM: 4x DDR4 (max .: 2,933 MHz; max. 128 GB)
- Dual channel
- Slots (physical):
- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16)
- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x4)
- 2x PCIe 3.0 x1
- Support for AMD Quad Crossfire and 2-Way AMD CrossFire
 -1x M.2 Key E (for optional WLAN module)
Internal connections:
- 6x SATA 6G
- 1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 / SATA, 2242/2260/2280/22110)
- 4x USB 3.0 / USB 3.2 Gen1 (two headers)
- 3x USB 2.0 (two headers)
- 1x Thunderbolt AiC connector (5-pin)
- 1x speaker / chassis intrusion header
- 1x TPM header
- 1x COM port
- 1x front panel audio connector
- 1x front panel header
Fan header:
- 1x CPU fan (4-pin)
- 1x AIO / CPU fan (4-pin)
- 5x chassis fans (4-pin)
- RGB header:
- 2x 3-pin RGB headers (5VDG)
- 2x 4-pin RGB headers (12VGRB)
- External connections:
- 1x PS / 2 combo port
- 1x cutouts for WLAN antenna
- 4x USB 3.0 / USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A
- 2x USB 2.0
- 1x RJ45 (Intel I219V 1 Gigabit LAN)
- 1x HDMI 1.4
- 3x HD audio (Realtek ALC1200 Codec)
- Power supply:
- 1x 24-pin ATX
- 1x 8-pin ATX 12V
Accessories included:
- 2x SATA cables
- 2x M.2 screws
- 1x I / O shield
- Quick Installation Guide
- Driver CD