New Mini-ITX Motherboard H87E-ITX/ac from ASRock

ASRock, a Taiwanese manufacturer of motherboards, is eager to introduce its new elaboration – motherboard H87E-ITX/ac. The new-comer is designed in a compact mini-ITX form-factor and is destined for the creation of compact desktop systems. Chipset Intel H87 Express in combination with Intel Core (4th generation) LGA 1150 processors provide for utmost stability and high performance in the majority of working modes.

ASRock H87E-ITX/ac houses two slots for RAM memory modules of DDR3 type; the maximal volume of supported memory might achieve 32 GB. The board takes power by means of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS connectors. Digi Power system, featuring DrMOS voltage regulators, allots four phases for providing power supply to the CPU. Expansion of facilities becomes possible due to a single PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot, a single miniPCI Express slot, a single eSATA port, and six SATA III 6 Gb/sec ports.

Network facilities are guaranteed by gigabit Ethernet port, Bluetooth 4.0 module, and WLAN adapter; the latter supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard with the maximal data transfer speed of 867 Mb/sec. Audio subsystem is based on Realtek ALC1150 codec that ensures the production of 7.1-channel sounding.

To continue, the back panel of the motherboard accommodates I/O panel that boasts the availability of four USB 3.0 ports, one PS/2 port, two USB 2.0 ports, S/PDIF audio output, RJ-45 jack, standard audio slots, and three video interfaces (DisplayPort, HDMI and DVI). Additionally, this model supports the following ASRock branded technologies:

— XFast RAM used for the acceleration of operation in high-capacity applications (i.e. graphics editors) by means of virtual disc creation in RAM;
— XFast LAN used for the enhancement of the online games priority;
— XFast USB used for the increase of data transfer speeds via USB interface;
— Fast Boot used for the accelerated system boot.