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Retailing for around £100, the ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 is targeting budget gamers who do not require multi-GPU capability. In doing so, ASRock offers up several tempting features, such as dual M.2 ports, RGB LED capability, and a 6+3-phase power delivery solution.
Aggressively targeting a £100 price point, ASRock's Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 has managed to retain an impressive number of features associated with higher-end models. You get two M.2 slots, the second of which is intended for SATA devices but supports reduced speed PCIe operation, onboard red LED lighting, and USB Type-C (albeit at 3.0 5Gbps bandwidth).
A steel-reinforced PCIe slot sits alongside six SATA 6Gbps ports and four DIMM slots, so ample hardware expansion should be covered. How will the ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 perform in our testing? Can it handle the strenuous demands of AMD's more power-hungry multi-core Ryzen processors?
| ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 | |
| Form Factor | Narrow-ATX, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm |
| CPU Socket | AMD AM4, 6+3 phase VRM |
| Chipset | AMD B350 |
| Memory | DDR4 Dual channel, 4 DIMMs, up to 64GB, up to 3200MHz+ with OC (with a Ryzen CPU) |
| Onboard Graphics | VGA, DVI-D, and HDMI ports for use with AM4 APUs |
| Expansion Slots | 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 for Ryzen, wired to the CPU), 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x4 mode, wired to the CPU and shared with M.2 slot 1), 4x PCIe 2.0 x1 (wired to the chipset) |
| Storage | 4x SATA 6Gbps (via B350 chipset) 2x SATA 6Gbps (via ASMedia ASM1061 chipset) 1x M.2 SATA 6Gbps or NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 (with Ryzen CPUs) or PCIe 3.0 x2 (with AM4 APUs) 1x M.2 SATA 6Gbps or NVMe PCIe (at reduced bandwidth) (wired to the chipset) |
| USB | 6x USB 2.0 (4 Internal, 2 Rear, via B350) 7x USB 3.0 (2 Internal via AMD, 5 Rear via AMD) 1x USB 3.0 Type-C (1 Rear, via AMD) |
| Networking | 1x Realtek RTL8111GR Gigabit LAN |
| Audio | Realtek ALC892-based 7.1 channel HD audio |
| Fan Headers | 4, all support 3/4pin fans (1x CPU, 3x CHA) |
| RGB Headers | 2, 4-pin RGB |
| Rear I/O | 1x PS/2 mouse & keyboard combo port 2x USB 2.0 ports 1x VGA 1x HDMI 1x DVI-D 5x USB 3.0 Type-A port 1x USB 3.0 Type-C port 1x LAN (RJ45) port 3x OFC audio jacks |
| UEFI BIOS |
ASRock Fatal1ty UEFI |
only 2 sata cables? no usb 3.1 at this price?
check Asus ROG STRIX B350-F Gaming at similar price…