ASRock MB Sc AM4 B550 PG Riptide, AMD B550, 4xDDR4, 1xHDMI

Particulars

B550 PG Riptide

• Supports AMD AM4 Socket Ryzen™ 3000, 4000 G-Series and 5000 Series Desktop Processors
• 10 Phase, Digi Power, Dr. MOS
• Supports DDR4 4933+ (OC)*
• 1 PCIe 4.0 x16 Slot, 2 PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots, 1 PCIe 3.0 x1 Slot
• 1 M.2 Key-E for WiFi
• Graphics Outputs: HDMI
• 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec), Nahimic Audio
• 6 SATA3, 1 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4)
• 1 Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)**
• 3 USB 3.2 Gen2 (Front Type-C, Rear Type-A+C)
• 10 USB 3.2 Gen1 (4 Front, 6 Rear), 8 USB 2.0 (6 Front, 2 Rear)
• Killer E3100G 2.5G LAN
• *Actual support may vary by CPU.
• **If M2_2 is occupied by a PCIE-type M.2 device, SATA3_5_6 will be disabled

Unique Feature

ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
- ASRock Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Header (10 Gb/s)
- ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
- ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s)
ASRock Super Alloy
- XXL Aluminum Alloy Heatsink
- Premium 60A Power Choke
- 50A Dr.MOS
- Premium Memory Alloy Choke (Reduces 70% core loss compared to iron powder choke)
- Matte Black PCB
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
- 2oz Copper PCB
Killer 2.5G LAN
ASRock Lightning Gaming Port
ASRock Steel Slot Gen4
ASRock Full Coverage M.2 Heatsink
ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
ASRock POST Status Checker (PSC)
ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
ASRock Live Update & APP Shop

CPU

- Supports AMD AM4 Socket Ryzen™ 3000, 3000 G-Series, 4000 G-Series and 5000 Series Desktop Processors*
- Digi Power design
- 10 Power Phase design

*Not compatible with AMD Athlon™ Processors.

Chipset

- AMD B550

Memory

- Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
- AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Vermeer) support DDR4 4933+(OC) / 4733(OC) / 4666(OC) / 4600(OC) / 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 CPUs (Matisse) support DDR4 4933+(OC) / 4733(OC) / 4666(OC) / 4600(OC) / 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) support DDR4 4933+(OC) / 4733(OC) / 4666(OC) / 4600(OC) / 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 (Picasso) support DDR4 3600+(OC)/3466(OC)/3200(OC)/2933/2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
- Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB**
- Supports Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
- 15µ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

*For Ryzen Series APUs (Picasso and Renoir), ECC is only supported with PRO CPUs.
**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

- 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3 support
- CPU, VDDCR_SOC, DRAM, VPPM, +1.8V Voltage Multi-adjustment

Graphics

- Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen Series APU*
- DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0
- Shared memory default 2GB. Max Shared memory supports up to 16GB.**
- Supports HDMI 2.1 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 60Hz
- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 2.1 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
- Supports HDR (High Dynamic Range) with HDMI 2.1
- Supports HDCP 2.3 with HDMI 2.1 Port***
- Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 2.1 Port
- Supports Microsoft® PlayReady
*Actual support may vary by CPU
**The Max shared memory 16GB requires 32GB system memory installed.
***Picasso supports HDCP 2.2 with HDMI 2.0 Port

Audio

- 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC897 Audio Codec)
- Supports Surge Protection
- Gold Audio Jacks
- Nahimic Audio

LAN

- 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s
- 1 x Killer E3100G (PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s)
- Supports Killer LAN Software
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE

Slots

AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Vermeer and Matisse)
- 3 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1: Gen4x16 mode; PCIE3: Gen3 x4 mode; PCIE4: Gen3 x1 mode)*
AMD Ryzen series APUs (Renoir)
- 3 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1: Gen3x16 mode; PCIE3: Gen3 x4 mode; PCIE4: Gen3 x1 mode)*
AMD Ryzen series APUs (Picasso)
- 3 x PCI Express x16 Slots (PCIE1: Gen3x16 mode; PCIE3: Gen3 x4 mode; PCIE4: Gen3 x1 mode)*

- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slot
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
- 15µ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)
- 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module

*If PCIE2 or PCIE4 is occupied, PCIE3 will downgrade to x2 mode.
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Storage

- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors
- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) (with Vermeer, Matisse) or Gen3x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Renoir and Picasso)*
- 1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports M Key type 2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb/s)*

*If M2_2 is occupied, SATA3_5_6 will be disabled.
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
Supports ASRock U.2 Kit

RAID

- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
- Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

Connector

- 1 x SPI TPM Header
- 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
- 2 x RGB LED Headers*
- 2 x Addressable LED Headers**
- 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
- 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
- 5 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- 1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
- 1 x Thunderbolt™ AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt™ 4 AIC Card only)
- 3 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header (Supports ESD Protection)

*Support in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip
**Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip
***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.
****The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
*****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
CPU_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN1/WP, CHA_FAN2/WP, CHA_FAN3/WP, CHA_FAN4/WP and CHA_FAN5/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Rear Panel I/O

- 1 x Antenna Bracket
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)*
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection)*
- 6 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)**
- 2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)

*USB 3.2 Gen2 will downgrade to USB 3.2 Gen1 when Picasso APU is installed.

**USB3_56 are the Lightning Gaming Ports.

Software and UEFI

Software
- ASRock Motherboard Utility (Phantom Gaming Tuning)
- ASRock Killer LAN Software
- ASRock Polychrome SYNC*
UEFI
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock Instant Flash

*These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.

Support CD

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar

Accessories

- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA Data Cables
- 1 x Graphics Card Holder
- 3 x Screws for M.2 Sockets
- 1 x Standoff for M.2 Socket

Hardware Monitor

- Fan Tachometer: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU, CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
- Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, CPU VDDCR_SOC, DRAM, CPU VDD 1.8V

Form Factor

- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
- Solid Capacitor design
- 2oz Copper PCB

OS

- Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit

Certifications

- FCC, CE
- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
- CEC Tier II ready