Affordable and balanced 2020 microATX gaming motherboard with AMD AM4 processor socket and A520 entry-level chipset. It belongs to the Phantom Gaming 4 family, which products are optimized to create high-speed gaming systems at a reasonable cost. It is positioned as a model of the basic price category, aimed at economical PC gaming enthusiasts who do not plan overclocking experiments.
It can become a reliable base for a home PC or an all-in-one multimedia entertainment system. Responds to ASRock's Durable Thinking concept, which consists in increased reliability of the device, achieved through the use of high-quality element base (durable capacitors, improved power switches, Premium 50A Power Chokes and high-quality High Density Glass Fabric PCB). ASRock A520M Phantom Gaming 4 motherboard is fully compatible with 4/6/8/12/16-core Ryzen 3000/5000 (Matisse/Vermeer) and Ryzen 4000G (Renoir) APUs. Equipped with a high-quality 8-phase digital power subsystem, two M.2 ports for MVMe SSD drives and four slots for installing DDR4 modules. The maximum amount of RAM can reach 128 GB, which is enough for gaming and solving any household/professional tasks.
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Supports AMD AM4 Socket Ryzen 3000 4000 G-Series and 5000 Series Desktop Processors
8 Power Phase Design with Digi Power
Su... morepports DDR4 4733+ (OC)
2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1
Graphics Output Options: HDMI DisplayPort
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC887/897 Audio Codec)
4 x SATA3 1 x Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4)
1 x M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA3)
6 x USB 3.2 Gen1 (2 Front 4 Rear)
6 x USB 2.0 (4 Front 2 Rear)
Realtek Gigabit LAN
Phantom Gaming is designed by gamers and for gamers! Underneath its relentless appearance lie plentiful gaming oriented features and excellent gaming capabilities. Its all about bringing a new gaming experience to gamers!
8 Power Phase Design
Featuring sturdy components and completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. Plus it offers enhanced performance with the lowest temperature for advanced gamers.
Premium 50A Power Choke
Compared to traditional chokes ASRocks premium 50A power chokes effectively make the saturation current up to three times better thus providing enhanced and improved Vcore voltage to the motherboard.
AMD SMART ACCESS MEMORY
Conventional PC systems processor can only access a fraction of graphics memory and limits system performance. With AMD Smart Access Memory the data channel gets expanded to harness the full potential of GPU memory removes the bottleneck and increase performance.
Dual M.2 For SSD
One PCIe Gen3 x4 Ultra M.2 interface that pushes data transfer speeds up to 32Gb/s. The other one supports PCIe Gen3 x2 & SATA3 M.2 modules.
2oz Copper PCB
2 ounce copper inner layers that provide stable signal traces and power shapes! Delivering lower temperature and higher energy efficiency for overclocking it's able to support the latest DDR4 memory modules with most extreme memory performance!
Dual Graphics Outputs
Complete with two types of most used connectors! Packed with a HDMI + DisplayPort combo you have more graphics output options now.
HDMI 4k @ 60Hz
Supports the most recent HDMI 4K 60Hz graphics output specification. With the larger bandwidth and increased frame rate the motion on your screen becomes more fluid and less blurry.
Specifications
Unique Feature
ASRock Super Alloy
- Premium 50A Power Choke
- Sapphire Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
- 2oz Copper PCB
ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3x4)
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB Audio LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
CPU
Supports AMD AM4 Socket Ryzen 3000 4000 G-Series and 5000 Series Desktop Processors
Digi Power design
8 Power Phase design
*Not compatible with AMD Ryzen 5 3400G and Ryzen 3 3200G.
Chipset
AMD A520
Memory
Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Matisse) support DDR4 4533+(OC) / 4466(OC) / 4400(OC) / 4333(OC) / 4266(OC) / 4200(OC) / 4133(OC) / 4000(OC) / 3866(OC) / 3800(OC) / 3733(OC) / 3600(OC) / 3466(OC) / 3200 / 2933 / 2667 / 2400 / 2133 ECC & non-ECC un-buffered memory
AMD Ryzen series APUs (Renoir)