Asrock Gaming Barebone System - M8 Series

 

Features

 Standard Mini-ITX Case for Endless Upgrade Options

M8 is not your typical gaming rig, it has everything packed within a standard mini-ITX sized case with advanced flexibility for future upgrades. Gamers may customize their own gaming machine, including the PCIe x16 graphics card, mini-ITX motherboard, CPU, memory, 1 set of 3.5" hard drive or 4 sets of 2.5" solid state drives and even other components.











A : Power Supply Unit (450W)
B : Standard Mini-ITX Motherboard (Z87-M8)
C : Standard PCIe x16 VGA card Holder
D : Hard Disk Drive Tray
E : ODD + 2.5” SSD/HDD Tray

Streamline Build with Aluminum Alloy

Robustly built with 2.5mm of aluminum alloy, the chassis exudes the elegance of simplicity, meanwhile the red and black color scheme screams out hardcore gaming.





Magnetic Case Design

Employing grade N48 magnets to hold the case together, this innovative design makes it easier for users to quickly disassemble or assemble the chassis.

Plus an uniquely designed set of keys to ensure all of the components are sitting safely inside the chassis.




Handles for Portability

Sturdy aluminum handles on both sides of the case for advanced portability.














Creative Front Panel Design

A cunningly designed hidden front panel which includes a 4 in 1 card reader (SD3.0 / MMC / MS / MS PRO) plus microphone and headphone jacks.










Intensive Heat Dissipation Mechanisms

For the system to remain cool while gaming, there's a total of 4 quiet built in chassis fans that suck in cold air and pump out the heat simultaneously.












 
 
A multipurpose controller with an OLED display panel and integrated G-Sensor adds more convenience for users to tune or check the system’s status.


Main

After the logo appears for ten seconds, the screen shows the date and time. The display will go off if you leave it idle for five minutes.

Volume

Increase/decrease the volume level by turning the knob right/left.

Mode

Toggle among three power management modes: Eco, Standard or Speed.

Info

Toggle among various types of critical information to check the system’s status. The OLED screen shows the CPU frequency, CPU usage, LAN usage, or APM data.

Light

Turn on/off the light in the case, or enable Good Night LED.

Time

Turn the time on/off. If this option is set to on, the M8 Logo / Date and Time screens are available. If this option is set to off, the M8 Logo / Date and Time screens are hidden.

 Creative Sound Core3D

The onboard Creative SoundCore 3D quad-core sound and voice processor supports various technologies such as SBX Pro Studio, CrystalVoice, Scout Mode, EAX 1.0 to 5.0. It also comes with ASRock Premium Headset Amplifier (PHA) for up to 600 ohm high-end headsets, bringing truly immersive audio experiences to your ears.

Quad Core Audio Processor (DSP) - Improves System Performance
• Independent audio processing capability and zero-waste of CPU utilization
• Capable of both time and frequency domain audio processing
• Advanced modes optimized for hardware acceleration


Scout Mode™ - Hear the enemy before they hear you
Scout Mode™ technology is a proprietary technology that allows you to hear your enemies from further away, giving you a distinct tactical advantage in combat.


Premium Headset Amplifier (PHA)
For serious gamers and enthusiasts who cannot tolerate mediocre audio, PHA (Premium Headset Amplifier) provides wider bandwidth, higher slew rate with lower noise and distortion. It also supports up to 250 Ohm high-end headsets, which delivers crisper audio into the users ears.
Note: PHA is only supported with front audio.


Specifications

Color- Storm Black
Material- Steel Body / Aluminum + Plastic
Dimension- 372mm (W) x 123mm (H) x 400mm (L)
Motherboard- Z87-M8
CPU- Supports 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon / Pentium® / Celeron® Processor Family
Chipset- Intel® Z87
Memory- Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066 MHz, 2 x SO-DIMM slots, Max. up to 16GB
VGA- Supports 1 x Dual-slot Graphics Card*

*Support the latest NVIDIA® GTX 7xx series and AMD R9 2xx series graphics card, please refer to VGA support list.
*Note: VGA support list is tested based on the configuration. (Intel® Core i7-4770K CPU, 2 x 8GB DDR3-1600 RAM, 1 x 3.5” HDD, 1 x Slim ODD)
*Max. Supported VGA Dimension: 295mm x 138mm x 43.5mm; Max. Supported TDP: 270W.
HDD- Supports 3.5"HDD and 2.5" HDD
ODD- 1 x Slim Slot-in Super-Multi Drive
WiFi- 2T2R WiFi 802.11 ac + BT v4.0
Front I/O- 4 x USB 3.0
- 1 x MIC
- 1 x Headphone
- 4-in-1 Card reader (SD3.0 / MMC / MS / MS PRO)
Rear I/O- 1 x 7.1 HD audio with Creative Sound Core3D
- 1 x Intel® Gigabit LAN
- 4 x USB3.0
- 4 x USB2.0
- 1 x eSATA2
- 1 x DP
- 1 x HDMI
All-In-One OLED Button- A-Command
Cooling- Top : 2 x 70mm fan
- Bottom : 2 x 70mm fan
Power Unit- SFX PSU 450W
OS- Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit compliant
M8 is sold as a barebone system, which only includes a chassis, power supply, mini-ITX motherboard, fans and optical disk drive.

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