PHANTOM GAMING

Z890I Nova WiFi

Nova is the most significant energy discharge ever witnessed by mankind, it’s super-powerful which represents the performance our motherboard can deliver.

FAST

MYSTERIOUS

UNBEATABLE

Phantom Gaming is designed by gamers and for gamers! Underneath its relentless appearance lie plentiful gaming oriented features and excellent gaming capabilities. It’s all about bringing a new gaming experience to gamers!

PWM/DC Fan Support

ASRock fan headers automatically detect whether fans are running in DC or PWM mode, allowing users to fine-tune the fan curve and achieve quieter operation.

• ① CPU Fan Connector
• ② Chassis Fan Connectors
• ③ AIO Pump Fan Connector

Thermistor Header

The thermistor cable and thermistor header provide an additional source for temperature monitoring, offering customized thermal management solutions based on workload. Thermal management settings can be easily configured via Fan-Tastic Tuning or UEFI.

Fan-Tastic Tuning

ASRock Phantom Gaming Tuning Fan-Tastic Tuning function enables users to auto-detect the minimum duty of each fan with a single click. Users can also easily adjust the fan curve via the visualized UI interface, meeting their system's cooling performance and noise reduction requirements.

Composite VRM Heatsink

It is equipped with a composite VRM heatsink combining a cooling fan, bigger aluminum sink and heat pipe for maximum heat dissipation.

Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C

Thunderbolt™ 4 technology brings speed and versatility to the most advanced USB Type-C, offering a fast and simple level of connection for work or home. It enables lightning-fast data transfer up to 40Gbps and connects external monitors, Thunderbolt™, and USB devices with a single Thunderbolt 4 cable.
Please refer to Intel® “What is Thunderbolt 4” page for more detail.

Optimized 5 Gb/s LAN

ASRock's 5Gb/s LAN Connector features an exclusive, patent-pending design, boasting superior electromagnetic interference resistance, ensuring high-speed stable performance and providing users with a better networking experience.

Front Panel USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C Header

The latest USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C delivers up to 20 Gbps data transfer rate which is 2x as fast as previous generation, providing a blazing fast data transfer interface with reversible USB Type-C design that fits the connector either way.

POLYCHROME RGB

This motherboard features onboard RGB headers and addressable RGB headers that allow motherboard to be connected to compatible LED devices such as strip, CPU fans, coolers, chassis and so on. Users may also synchronize RGB LED devices across the Polychrome RGB Sync-certified accessories to create their own unique lighting effects.

*The addressable RGB LED header supports WS2812B addressable RGB LED strip (5V/Data/GND), with a maximum power rating of 3A (5V), a max of 80 LEDs and length within 2 meters.

*The RGB LED header supports standard 5050 RGB LED strip (12V/G/R/B), with a maximum power rating of 3A (12V) and length within 2 meters.

PRODUCT BRIEF:

Supports Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2) (LGA1851)
12+1+1+1+1 Power Phase, 110A SPS for VCore
2 x DDR5 DIMMs
Supports Dual Channel, up to 9466+ (OC)
1 PCIe 5.0 x16
Graphics Output Options: 1 HDMI, 2 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C
Realtek ALC4082 7.1 CH HD Audio Codec, Nahimic Audio
2 SATA3
1 Blazing M.2 (PCIe Gen5 x4)
1 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4)
1 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4 x4 & SATA3)
2 Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C (Rear)
1 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front)
6 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A (Rear)
2 USB 3.2 Gen1 (Front)
2 USB 2.0 (Front)
5Gbps LAN
802.11be Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth
Supports BIOS Flashback, Memory OC Shield, 20K Caps with 1000uF Capacitance

Unique Feature

Superb Productivity

• PCIe Gen5 (Graphics, M.2)
• Dual Channel DDR5
• Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C Ports (40 Gb/s)

Rock-Solid Durability

• Server-Grade Low-Loss PCB
• 12+1+1+1+1 Power Phase, 110A SPS for VCore with Enlarged Heatsink Armor
• Memory OC Shield
• Flexible Integrated I/O Shield
• 20K Long-lasting Black Caps (high quality and conductive polymer capacitors)

Ultrafast Gaming

• 5G LAN, 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 Module

EZ Update

• BIOS Flashback Button
• ASRock Auto Driver Installer

EZ Troubleshooter

• ASRock Post Status Checker

CPU

• Supports Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 2) (LGA1851RL-ILM)
• Supports Intel® Hybrid Technology
• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology
• Supports Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB)
• Supports Intel® Adaptive Boost Technology (ABT)
• Integrated NPU for dedicated AI acceleration

Chipset

- Intel® Z890

Memory

• Dual Channel DDR5 Memory Technology
• 2 x DDR5 DIMM Slots
• Supports DDR5 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 9466+(OC)*
• Supports Clocked Unbuffered DIMM (CUDIMM)
• Max. capacity of system memory: 128GB*
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 3.0x

*1DPC 1R Up to 9466+ MHz (OC), 6400 MHz Natively.
1DPC 2R Up to 6800+ MHz (OC), 6400 MHz Natively.

BIOS

- 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

Graphics

• Intel® Xe LPG Graphics Architecture
• 1 x HDMI 2.1 TMDS/FRL 8G Compatible, supports HDR, HDCP 2.3 and max. resolution up to 4K 120Hz
• 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4, support HDCP 2.3 and max. resolution up to 8K 60Hz / 5K 120Hz*

* Intel® UHD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
Supports two 4K displays or one 8K display
Only the CPU's embedded graphics can be displayed through Thunderbolt™ ports.
If you want to display to a Thunderbolt™ monitor, please use CPU models with embedded graphics.

Audio

• 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC4082 Audio Codec)
• Nahimic Audio

LAN

- 5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500/5000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8126

Wireless LAN

• 802.11be 2x2 Wi-Fi 7 Module
• Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/axe/be
• Supports 2.4GHz/5GHz/6GHz* frequency band
• Supports 320MHz channel bandwidth with 6GHz* frequency band
• 1 antenna to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
• Supports Bluetooth 5.4
• Supports MU-MIMO

* Wi-Fi 7 (6GHz band) will be supported by Microsoft Windows® 11. The availability will depend on the different regulation status of each country and region. It will be activated (for supported countries) through Windows® Update and software updates once available.

Slots

CPU:

• 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1), supports x16 mode*

Chipset:

• 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module
• 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

* PCIE1 supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 slots.
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

Storage

CPU:

• 1 x Blazing M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen5x4 (128 Gb/s) mode*
• 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*

Chipset:

• 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) modes*
• 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors

* Supports Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

RAID

- Supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for SATA storage devices
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for M.2 NVMe storage devices

* Requires additional M.2 NVMe expansion cards to support RAID 10

USB

CPU:

• 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C (Rear)

Chipset:

• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front)
• 6 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A (Rear)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 (Front)
• 2 x USB 2.0 (Front)

* All USB ports support ESD Protection

Connector

• 1 x Thermistor Cable Header
• 2 x Addressable LED Headers*
• 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)**
• 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)**
• 1 x AIO Pump Fan Connector (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 Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
• 1 x USB 2.0 Headers (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports)
• 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s)

* The addressable RGB LED header supports WS2812B addressable RGB LED strip (5V/Data/GND), with a maximum power rating of 3A (5V), a max of 80 LEDs and length within 2 meters.
* The RGB LED header supports standard 5050 RGB LED strip (12V/G/R/B), with a maximum power rating of 3A (12V) and length within 2 meters.
** Each fan header supports maximum 1A current.
*** Supports AIO Pump Fan Only, which can be configured in BIOS.

Form Factor

- Mini-ITX (6.7 inch x 6.7 inch / 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm)

OS Support

• Microsoft® Windows® 11, 64-bit
• Microsoft® Windows® 10, 64-bit
• Linux

Certifications

• CE
• FCC
• BSMI
• EAC

Product Link

- https://www.asrock.com