A BTC motherboard packs a PCIe Power Connector to stabilize graphics cards power supply when mining


Features

A. Gold "Bitcoin". Silver "Litecoin"

 Bitcoin, also known as BTC or ฿ is a peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency introduced as open source software in 2009 by pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto. It is cryptocurrency, so-called because it uses cryptography to control the creation and transfer of money.

Litecoin on the other hand, is usually referred to as LTC or Ł. It is another kind of peer-to-peer cryptocurrency inspired by and technically nearly identical to Bitcoin, intended by its developers to improve upon Bitcoin, offering several key differences.

B. How do I get bitcoins/litecoins? 

 There are mainly two ways to acquire these digital currencies. The active way is by "Mining", in which participants verify and record payments in exchange for transaction fees and newly minted coins by calculations done by their own computers. Meaning that the key to how much you earn vastly depends on how powerful and stable your mining machine is. Or, you could passively use the old fashioned buy and sell method.

Before mining for coins, first you need a "wallet" to get started, they're available at blockchain.info, and there are even versions for smart phones. Then you may buy and sell at Bitstamp or other sites. Lately, bitcoin exchange rates have sky rocketed, and mining has become an arms race literally – your mining hardware determines how much you are going to dig up! 
  

 This BTC motherboard is equipped with four PCI expansion slots, so that miners may install up to four graphics cards to mine simultaneously. Maximize your chances of getting bitcoins now!

 


 Besides adequate PCI expansion slots, this BTC motherboard also has an extra 4-pin power connector for offering more power for your graphics cards. Never underestimate this small power connector that distinguishes ASRock’s BTC motherboards from other fake mining motherboards! It provides stable voltages and greatly reduces the risks of burning your motherboard or graphics cards.

Connect the PSU’s 4-pin power cable to your ASRock BTC motherboard’s 4-pin power connector and boost the power of your PCIe graphics cards!


Orbweb ME

Your Personal Cloud, Easy and Always Connects

ASRock partners with Kloudian to make your mobile devices connect to your PC seamlessly! We offer ASRock Cloud* – a one-year subscription to Orbweb.ME Professional version, a personal cloud service which is $49.99 per year. It allows you to get connected with your PC's files, music, photos, and video clips remotely with tablets anytime, anywhere. Plus an additional one-month upgrade to Orbweb.ME Ultimate package with Remote Desktop function. Now, download Orbweb ME Host, enter ASRock Cloud promotion code "ASR2014B", ASRock's users are allowed to enjoy all services above.

 

Personal Cloud for Everyone


Cloud service should be simple and personal. Don't take time to upload the files to the public cloud again. Stop spending money on setting up another NAS device you don't know. Orbweb ME's file browser is your solution to zero adaption, managing your folders and files in the cloud. Accessing and exchanging files instantly among all of your PC and storages. All your folders and files are sitting just where you know they are.













Media Library and Streaming

Orbweb Personal's media library takes care of your media content. Organize all your photos, videos and music across your PCs and online storages. Diverse, intuitive and smart sorting help finding desired movies in few clicks. Progressive streaming lets you enjoy your music collection almost no download time. Web browser based and mobile app portal keep you connected in any device any time.




Remote Desktop Anywhere

Laying in the bedroom or sitting in the office, tablet in your hands just becomes smarter. Pick up any work sheet left in office or start any application from you home PC. Orbweb ME's remote desktop not only mobilized your PC but also empower your tablet. No matter the device, No matter the location, Orbweb ME always keeps your PC by you.
* Remote Desktop comes with the Ultimate package which is only free for the first month.


Wake On WAN


The latest technology that WOWs you with the ability to wake up your PC remotely over the internet. Turn your PC on/off only when you need to. Keep your PC healthy and save energy at the same time.
 

Ultra USB Power


Ultra Stable Power

The +5V voltage for rear panel’s USB 2.0 ports is transformed from the +12V, hence the voltage drop will be much lower than the +5V from the PSU directly. The 2.6A current also ensures that high-end USB gaming keyboards, mouse, and other USB devices will work perfectly.
 

Antistatic Shield


Most USB devices are vulnerable to electrostatic discharge. With our Ultra USB Power design, all of your USB devices are well protected against static electricity. Especially lowering the chances of USB mouse lag or stuttering.

PCIe Power Connector


This BTC motherboard packs an extra 4-pin power connector for offering more power for your graphics cards. It provides more stable voltages and greatly reduces the risks of burning your motherboard or graphics cards.
 

All Solid Capacitor Design

ASRock is determined to use high quality materials to build the best motherboards, that's why all the capacitors on this motherboard are built with 100% solid capacitors. These solid capacitors bring long lasting durability and ultra stable performance. 



TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier


TI® NE5532 delivers high definition audio to every headphone. Being the first one to add a headphone amplifier to the rear I/O line-out jack, this motherboard not only improves soundstage depth, but also enhances low frequency (20Hz) bass effects up to 10 times.
 Some sensitive digital components on the motherboard are vulnerable to power surges, the excessive current may cause your system to malfunction immediately. ASRock Full Spike Protection includes various technologies to prevent your motherboard’s components from being damaged by these unexpected voltage spikes.

Specification

A-Style- ASRock Cloud
CPU- Supports 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon® / Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1150 package
- Digi Power design
- 4 Power Phase design
- Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
Chipset- Intel® B85
- Supports Intel® Small Business Advantage 2.0
Memory- Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
- 2 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB*
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
- 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

*Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
BIOS- 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support
- ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 support
- CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage multi-adjustment
 Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics- Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel® InTru™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® Insider™, Intel® HD Graphics 4400/4600
- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1
- Max. shared memory 1792MB
- Dual graphics output: support DVI-D and D-Sub by independent display controllers
- Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports HDCP with DVI-D Port
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D Port

*Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

**Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit.

***Intel® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.
Audio- 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
- Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets) (Line-Out on rear I/O only)
LAN- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111GR
- Supports Wake-On-WAN
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
- Supports LAN Cable Detection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE
 Expansion / Connectivity
Slots- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)
- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots
- 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)
Storage- 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 2 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
Connector- 1 x Print Port Header
- 1 x COM Port Header
- 1 x TPM Header
- 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
- 2 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
- 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)
- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
- 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
- 1 x PCIe Power Connector
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
- 1 x USB Power Jumper (Ultra USB Power)
- 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
Rear Panel I/O- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x D-Sub Port
- 1 x DVI-D Port
- 4 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 2 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- HD Audio Jacks: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
 Other Features / Miscellaneous
Unique Feature- ASRock A-Tuning
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock APP Charger
- ASRock XFast LAN
- ASRock XFast RAM
- ASRock Crashless BIOS
- ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock System Browser
- ASRock UEFI Tech Service
- ASRock Dehumidifier
- ASRock Easy Driver Installer
- ASRock Interactive UEFI
- ASRock Fast Boot
- ASRock Restart to UEFI
- ASRock USB Key
- ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning
- Hybrid Booster:
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- Good Night LED
Support CD- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial)
Accessories- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA Data Cables
Hardware Monitor- CPU/Chassis temperature sensing
- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature)
- CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control
- Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
Form Factor- Micro ATX Form Factor
- All Solid Capacitor design
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
OS- Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit
Certifications- FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)