ASRock H370M Pro4, Intel H370 Motherboard - Socket 1151 [90-MXB750-A0UAYZ]

 The new features compared to the direct predecessor include, for example, the native support of up to four USB 3.1 and 3.0 ports for the first time, so that no additional chips need to be used. In addition, Intel Optane, SATA RAID (0, 1, 5, 10) and up to two of the extremely fast PCIe M.2 SSDs are supported.

The features of the ASRock H370M Pro4 at a glance:
2 × PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16 / x4) & 2 × PCIe x1
1 × USB 3.1 Type A & Type C each
Total 6 × USB 3.0 and 5 × USB 2.0 (internal & external)
1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 × 4) / 1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 × 1) / 6 × SATA 6G
Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2.666 MHz
10-phase power supply for stable operation
The ASRock H370M Pro4 in detail
The ASRock H370M Pro4 micro ATX motherboard for the Intel Core 8000 series processors has a total of two PCIe x16 slots, one of which is connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes, while the other is connected with four data lines , The board supports AMD's CrossFire technology and offers the option of installing multiple graphics cards. For additional plug-in and expansion cards, the board also has two PCIe x1 slots.

Up to 64 GB RAM can be operated in the four DIMM slots for DDR4 RAM in fast dual-channel mode. RAM modules up to a 6666 MHz memory clock are supported by the Coffee Lake CPUs. Furthermore, the motherboard offers an M.2 slot, which is connected to the chipset via four PCIe 3.0 lanes and supports the extremely fast NVMe SSDs. The NVMe protocol allows a data transfer rate of almost 4 GB / s. This makes M.2 PCIe SSDs up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs! Six SATA 6G ports also allow you to connect to conventional drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives.

The ASRock H370M Pro4 has a particularly thin and two-way plug-in USB 3.1 Type C port on the I / O bezel and a USB 3.1 Type A port. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps! Two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports allow you to connect additional peripherals. A LAN socket for the Intel i219V LAN chip and audio outputs for the Realtek ALC892 audio codec are also located on the I / O panel. The external connection repertoire is rounded off by a DVI, HDMI and D-Sub connection for image reproduction via the integrated graphics unit of the processor.

Internally, the motherboard comes with two USB 3.0 headers and two USB 2.0 headers and a TPM header. In addition to a 4-pin CPU cooler header, the board provides two 4-pin chassis fan headers. One of the special features of the ASRock H370M Pro4 is the particularly generous 10-phase design, which guarantees a particularly stable power supply.

Technical details:
Format:
Micro-ATX
chipset:
Intel H370
Base:
1151 (v2) (for Intel 8th-generation CPUs ("Coffee Lake"))
R.A.M:
4 × DDR4 (Coffee Lake: DDR4-2.666, 64 GB maximum, OC 4,000 MHz max)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x4)
Compatible multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way AMD CrossFireX
2 × PCIe x1
Internal connections:
6 × SATA 6G
1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA; 2230/2242/2260/2280)
1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x1 & SATA; 2230/2242/2260/2280)
4 × USB 3.0 (two headers)
3 × USB 2.0 (two headers)
3 × fan headers
1 × TPM header
1 × front panel audio header
1 × Chassis Intrusion and Speaker Header
1 × COM Port Header
External connections:
1 × PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
2 × USB 3.1 (1 × Type A and Type C each)
2 × USB 3.0
2 × USB 2.0
1 × HDMI
1 × Gigabit LAN (Intel i219V)
3 × audio (Realtek ALC892 codec)
Power supply:
1 × 24 pin
1 × 8 pin