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ASRock Launches B450 Steel Legend Series Motherboards

ASRock B450 Motherboards

ASrock has just announced the release of its latest lineup of B450 chipset motherboards for AMD Ryzen processors, the B450 Legend Series. The new motherboards will be built using the highest grade parts available to ensure stable and reliable performance. According to ASRock, the new series will feature massive oversized aluminum  heatsinks, I/O armor, reinforced PCI-E slots to add to the overall toughness of thew board. As far as components go, both boards provide stable power to the CPU thanks to the premium 60A power chokes and Nichicon black 12K capacitors.

As RGB is a must with any build these days, ASRock has incorporated two RGB zones, one at the soutbridge heatsink and another at the rear I/O cover. Users are able to modify the RGB colors and effects using the ASRock Polychrome software allowing LED sync between components.

The obvious difference between the new motherboards are their physical size. The Standard ASRock B450 Steel Legend will come in the standard ATX form factor while the B450M Steel Legend motherboard is smaller, fitting the micro ATX profile.

ASRock B450 Steel Legend Motherboard

The ASRock B450 Steel Legend is a full-featured  standard sized ATX motherboard. Processor support will be for the first and second generation (maybe third?) AM4 socketed AMD Ryzen processors with Radeon VEGA graphics. The rear I/O panel comes equipped with both HDMI & DisplayPort ports for 4K video when using AMD Ryzen and Athlon processors.  SSD support is also included as the board features dual M.2 slots. The top slot is heatsinked featuring ASRock’s unique M.2 Armor reducing the temperature of M.2 SSDs. Additionally, the B450 Steel Legend features two USB 3.1 Gen2 (Type A, Type C), four USB 3.1 Gen1 Type A ports, and a Combo PS/2 port with USB 2.0 ports.

ASRock B450M Steel Legend Motherboard

Like its bit brother, the Micro ATX version of the Steel Legend motherboard provides identical CPU support for AMD AM4 processors. Because of size limitations, the B450M Steel Legend features less expansion slots. Overall, both boards specification-wise are pretty similar.

Detailed Motherboard Specifications

Model ASRock B450 Steel Legend Motherboard
ASRock B450 SSteel Legend Motherboard
ASRock B450M Steel Legend Motherboard
ASRock B450M Steel Legend Motherboard
Form Factor ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm
Unique Feature
  • ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2
  • ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb / s)
  • ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb / s)
  • ASRock Super Alloy
  • XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
  • Premium 60A Power Choke
  • Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
  • I / O Armor
  • Sapphire Black PCB
  • High Density Glass Fabric PCB
  • 2oz Copper PCB
  • ASRock Steel Slot
  • ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
  • ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4)
  • ASRock Ultra USB Power
  • ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
  • ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
  • AMD StoreMI
  • ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2
  • ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb / s)
  • ASRock USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb / s)
  • ASRock Super Alloy
  • XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
  • Premium 60A Power Choke
  • Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
  • I / O Armor
  • Sapphire Black PCB
  • High Density Glass Fabric PCB
  • 2oz Copper PCB
  • ASRock Steel Slot
  • ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4)
  • ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
  • ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
  • AMD StoreMI
CPU
  • AMD AM4 Socket
  • Digi Power design
  • 6 Power Phase design
  • Supports 105W Water Cooling (Pinnacle Ridge); Supports 95W Water Cooling (Summit Ridge); Supports 65W Water Cooling (Raven Ridge)
  • AMD AM4 Socket
  • Digi Power design
  • 6 Power Phase design
  • Supports 105W Water Cooling (Pinnacle Ridge); Supports 95W Water Cooling (Summit Ridge); Supports 65W Water Cooling (Raven Ridge)
Chipset AMD Promontory B450 AMD Promontory B450
Memory
  • Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
  • 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
  • AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) support DDR4 3533+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  • AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  • AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  • Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB**
  • Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
  • – 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
  • – AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) support DDR4 3533+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  • – AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933(OC) / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  • – AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  • – Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB**
Slots AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)

  • 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode)*

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge)

  • 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x8 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode) (If you use Athlon 2xxGE series APU, PCIE1 slot will run at x4 mode.)AMD Athlon series CPUs
  • 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE1: x4 mode; PCIE4: x2 mode)*- 4 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
  • Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™***Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
    If M2_1 is occupied, PCIE4 will be disabled.

**This feature is only supported with Ryzen Series CPUs (Summit Ridge, Pinnacle Ridge and Raven Ridge).

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Summit Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge)

  • 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x16 mode)*
  • 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3: x4 mode)

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Raven Ridge)

  • 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x8 mode) (If you use Athlon 2xxGE series APU, PCIE2 slot will run at x4 mode.)
  • 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3: x4 mode)

AMD Athlon series CPUs

  • 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2: x4 mode)*
  • 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3: x4 mode)- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot
  • Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™*Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
Graphics
  • Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen Series APU*
  • DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0
  • Shared memory default 2GB. Max Shared memory supports up to 16GB.**
  • Dual graphics output: Support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 ports by independent display controllers
  • Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 24Hz / (3840×2160) @ 30Hz
  • Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz
  • Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
  • Supports HDCP 1.4 with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
  • Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports*Actual support may vary by CPU**The Max shared memory 16GB requires 32GB system memory installed.
  • Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen Series APU*
  • DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0
  • Shared memory default 2GB. Max Shared memory supports up to 16GB.**
  • Dual graphics output: Support HDMI and DisplayPort 1.2 ports by independent display controllers
  • Supports HDMI 1.4 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 24Hz / (3840×2160) @ 30Hz
  • Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz
  • Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 1.4 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
  • Supports HDCP 1.4 with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports
  • Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 Ports*Actual support may vary by CPU**The Max shared memory 16GB requires 32GB system memory installed.
Audio
  • 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)*
  • Premium Blu-ray Audio support
  • Supports Surge Protection
  • Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
  • PCB Isolate Shielding
  • Individual PCB Layers for R / L Audio Channel
  • Gold Audio Jacks*To configure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
  • 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)*
  • Premium Blu-ray Audio support
  • Supports Surge Protection
  • Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
  • PCB Isolate Shielding
  • Individual PCB Layers for R / L Audio Channel
  • Gold Audio Jacks*To configure 7.1 CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
Lan
  • PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb / s
  • Realtek RTL8111H
  • Supports Wake-On-LAN
  • Supports Lightning / ESD Protection
  • Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  • Supports PXE
  • PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 / 100 / 1000 Mb / s
  • Realtek RTL8111H
  • Supports Wake-On-LAN
  • Supports Lightning / ESD Protection
  • Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  • Supports PXE
WiFi n/a n/a
Rear Panel I/O
  • 1 x PS / 2 Mouse / Keyboard Port
  • 1 x HDMI Port
  • 1 x DisplayPort 1.2
  • 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  • 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb / s) (Supports ESD Protection)
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb / s) (Supports ESD Protection)
  • 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)*
  • 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT / LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  • HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)*Ultra USB Power is supported on USB3_34 ports.
  • ACPI wake-up function is not supported on USB3_34 ports.
  • 1 x PS / 2 Mouse / Keyboard Port
  • 1 x HDMI Port
  • 1 x DisplayPort 1.2
  • 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  • 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb / s) (Supports ESD Protection)
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb / s) (Supports ESD Protection)
  • 4 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
  • 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT / LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  • HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)
Storage
  • 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb / s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
  • 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb / s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
  • 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2230 / 2242 / 2260 / 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb / s) (with Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge) or Gen3 x2 (16 Gb / s) (with Athlon 2xxGE series APU and Raven Ridge 2)**
  • 1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230 / 2242 / 2260 / 2280 / 22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb / s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x2 (16 Gb / s)***M2_2, SATA3_3 and SATA3_4 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the others will be disabled.**If M2_1 is occupied, PCIE4 will be disabled.
  • Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  • Supports ASRock U.2 Kit
  • 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb / s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug*
  • 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2242 / 2260 / 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb / s) (with Summit Ridge, Raven Ridge and Pinnacle Ridge) or Gen3 x2 (16 Gb / s) (with Athlon 2xxGE series APU and Raven Ridge 2)**
  • 1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2230 / 2242 / 2260 / 2280 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb / s module***M2_2 and SATA3_3 share lanes. If either one of them is in use, the other one will be disabled.**Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
  • Supports ASRock U.2 Kit
Connectors
  • 1 x COM Port Header
  • 1 x TPM Header
  • 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
  • 1 x RGB LED Header*
  • 1 x Addressable LED Header**
  • 1 x AMD Fan LED Header***
  • 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)****
  • 1 x CPU / Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
  • 3 x Chassis / Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)******
  • 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
  • 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
  • 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
  • 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)*Supports in total up to 12V / 3A, 36W LED Strip**Supports in total up to 5V / 3A, 15W LED Strip
  • 1 x COM Port Header
  • 1 x TPM Header
  • 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
  • 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
  • 1 x RGB LED Header*
  • 1 x Addressable LED Header**
  • 1 x AMD Fan LED Header***
  • 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)****
  • 1 x CPU / Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
  • 3 x Chassis / Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)******
  • 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
  • 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
  • 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
  • 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)*Supports in total up to 12V / 3A, 36W LED Strip**Supports in total up to 5V / 3A, 15W LED Strip
BIOS
  • 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
  • Supports “Plug and Play”
  • ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events
  • Supports jumperfree
  • SMBIOS 2.3 support
  • DRAM Voltage multi-adjustment
  • 128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
  • Supports “Plug and Play”
  • ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events
  • Supports jumperfree
  • SMBIOS 2.3 support
  • DRAM Voltage multi-adjustment
Support CD Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
Software and UEFI Software

  • ASRock A-Tuning
  • ASRock Polychrome RGB
  • ASRock XFast LAN

UEFI

  • ASRock Full HD UEFI
  • ASRock Instant Flash
  • ASRock Easy RAID Installer*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.
Software

  • ASRock A-Tuning
  • ASRock Polychrome RGB
  • ASRock XFast LAN

UEFI

  • ASRock Full HD UEFI
  • ASRock Instant Flash
  • ASRock Easy RAID Installer*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.
Hardware Monitor
  • Temperature Sensing: CPU, MB
  • Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU / Water Pump, Chassis / Water Pump Fans
  • Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU / Water Pump, Chassis / Water Pump Fans
  • Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU / Water Pump, Chassis / Water Pump Fans
  • Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
  • Temperature Sensing: CPU, CPU / Water Pump, Chassis / Water Pump Fans
  • Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU / Water Pump, Chassis / Water Pump Fans
  • Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU / Water Pump, Chassis / Water Pump Fans
  • Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU / Water Pump, Chassis / Water Pump Fans
  • CASE OPEN detection
  • Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
OS Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
Certifications
  • FCC, CE
  • ErP / EuP ready (ErP / EuP ready power supply is required)
  • FCC, CE
  • ErP / EuP ready (ErP / EuP ready power supply is required)
Accessories
  • Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield
  • 2 x SATA Data Cables
  • 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
  • 1 x Standoff for M.2 Socket
  • Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield
  • 2 x SATA Data Cables
  • 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets

 

 

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