ASRock B450 Steel Legend Motherboard

Name: ASRock B450 Steel Legend
Brand: ASRock
SKU: B450 STEEL LEGEND
Rating: 4.0 (49 reviews)

ASRock B450 Steel Legend Socket AM4 B450 Quad CrossFireX SATA3&USB3.1 M.2 A&GbE ATX

★★★★☆

(49 reviews)

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CPU: Socket AM4, 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. OS - Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit
Slots: 6X PCI-Express 3.0 X16 Slots (One Run At X8, Three Runs At X4, One Run At X2), 4X PCI Express 2.0 X1 Slots
Supports DDR4 3533+ (OC)
6 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 (Pcie Gen3 X4), 1 M.2 (Pcie Gen3 X2 & SATA3)

Specifications Overview

Model	B450 STEEL LEGEND
Release Date	March 2019 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Socket	AM4
Form factor	ATX
Chipset	AMD B450
Supported Memory	DDR4 2133Mhz 2400Mhz 2666Mhz 2933Mhz 3200Mhz 3466Mhz View compatible RAM ► * High clock speeds may require enabling the XMP profile in the motherboard BIOS ** RAM support may also depend on the CPU memory controller
ECC RAM Support	No
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC892
Audio Channels	7.1 Channels
LAN Chipset	Realtek RTL8111H
Max LAN Speed	10/100/1000Mbps
SLI Support	No
CrossFire Support	Yes
RAID Support	Yes
Back Connect	No
Back I/O Ports	1 x DisplayPort 1 x HDMI 1 x LAN (RJ45) 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A 6 x Audio Jacks
Wireless LAN	No
PCI-Express x16 Slots	2
PCI-Express x4 Slots	0
PCI-Express x1 Slots	4
SATA 6 Gbps Ports	6
SATA Express Ports	0
M.2 Ports	2
M.2 Devices support	2230 / 2242 / 2260 / 2280 - M Key 2230 / 2242 / 2260 / 2280 / 22110 - M Key
RAM Slots	4
Maximum Supported RAM	128 GB
Onboard USB 2.0	2
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 1	1
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2	0
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	0

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Expert reviews

Typically when it comes to lower-tier chipsets (AMD B450, Intel B365) the motherboards are not that exciting. But when I first saw the ASRock B450 Steel Legend I was really impressed. This is one really good looking motherboard! The black PCB and urban...

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