Z890 LiveMixer WiFi

LiveMixer series is crafted with the needs of modern content creators in mind, offering excellent connectivity for streaming and multiple auxiliary devices. Its reliable performance ensures seamless content creation and efficient time management.

Overview

LIVE MIX. LIFE MAX

LiveMixer is designed through current-gen content creators, who need motherboards with great connectivity for streaming and other auxiliary devices. Also, its reliable performance allows us to provide wonderful contents and budget our time.

Multiple Streaming Devices

We tested many video capture devices with different interfaces in order to provide the most stable system for content creators.

• GC553
• GC573
• Bu113
• GC311
• GC570D
• GC570

To make sure that AVerMedia device works properly, please update the latest firmware and software via the AssistCentral application from AVerMedia official site and restart the system.

Optimized VRM Design

Featuring sturdy components and completely smooth power delivery to the CPU. Plus, it offers unmatched overclocking capabilities and enhanced performance with the lowest temperature for advanced gamers as well.

SPS (Smart Power Stage)

Dr.MOS design features the latest SPS technology. It’s optimized for monitoring current and temperature of each phase, thus delivering smoother and neater power to the CPU with enhanced performance and OC capability.

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.

High Speed M.2 Solution

The Blazing M.2 accommodates the latest PCI Express 5.0 standard to perform twice the bandwidth compared to previous generation, with a breathtaking 128GB/s transfer speed, it is ready to unleash the full potential of future ultrafast SSDs.

Extreme Memory Overclocking

Derived from the “built for stable and reliable” designing concept, this motherboard is built with high quality materials, allowing enthusiasts to enjoy DDR5 memory overclocking performance by enabling pre-tested profiles.

There are certain risks involved with memory overclocking and may affect your system’s stability. Please realize that overclocking should be done at your own risk and expense.

DIY Friendly Design

M.2 Heatsink Toolless Design

The user friendly toolless design helps installing M.2 SSD super easy & simple.

Cooling

Intelligent Cooling Design

Heatsinks are crucial for efficient heat dissipation, especially during heavy workloads like gaming or productivity tasks.

Connectivity

Ultimate Connectivity and Versatile Expansion

Featuring 23 USB ports, this design maximizes connectivity and provides more reliable and stable support for multiple auxiliary devices.

Wi-Fi 7

Wi-Fi 7 offers higher data throughput, lower latency, and Multi-link Operation. These features ensure a smooth and real-time interactive experience.

Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C

Thunderbolt™ 4 technology brings speed and versatility to the most advanced USB Type-C, enabling lightning-fast data transfer.

Dragon 2.5 Gb/s LAN

The intelligent 2.5Gb/s LAN platform is built for maximum networking performance for demanding requirements.

More than USB Transfer Speed

Lightning Gaming Ports

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.

Nahimic Audio

Whether you are using headphones, a headset, or speakers, Nahimic Audio offers you the most engaging listening experience.

Stylish Design

POLYCHROME RGB

This motherboard features onboard RGB headers that allow connection to compatible LED devices.

DIY Friendly

Customized Thermal Management

The thermistor cable and thermistor header provide an additional source for temperature monitoring.

EZ Setting

No need to worry about lack of disk drive! Asrock preinstalls LAN driver to ensure easier driver installation.

1. Install Auto Driver Installer
2. Update drivers needed
3. Done!

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
• 18+1+1+1+1 Power Phase, 80A SPS for VCore+GT+SA with Enlarged Heatsink Armor
• Memory OC Shield
• Flexible Integrated I/O Shield
• 20K Long-lasting Black Caps (high quality and conductive polymer capacitors) for VCore

Ultrafast Connectivity

• 2.5G LAN, 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 Module
• ASRock Lightning Gaming Ports

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
• 4 x DDR5 DIMM Slots
• Supports DDR5 non-ECC, un-buffered memory up to 9466MHz+(OC)*
• Supports Clocked Unbuffered DIMM (CUDIMM)
• Max. capacity of system memory: 256GB
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 3.0x

*1DPC 1R Up to 9466+ MHz (OC), 5600 MHz Natively.

1DPC 2R Up to 6800+ MHz (OC), 5600 MHz Natively.

2DPC 1R Up to 6800+ MHz (OC), 4800 MHz Natively.

2DPC 2R Up to 5800+ MHz (OC), 4400 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 ALC1220 Audio Codec)
• Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port
• Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
• Nahimic Audio

LAN

• 2.5 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000/2500 Mb/s
• Dragon RTL8125BG
• Supports Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
• Smart Auto Adjust Bandwidth Control
• Visual User Friendly UI
• Visual Network Usage Statistics
• Optimized Default Setting for Game, Browser, and Streaming Modes
• User Customized Priority Control

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:

• 2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2 and PCIE3), support x4 mode*
• 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT PCIe WiFi module and Intel® CNVio/CNVio2 (Integrated WiFi/BT)

* 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 2230/2242/2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
• 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_4, Key M), supports type 2280 SATA3 6.0 Gb/s & PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) modes*
• 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors

* Supports Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)

Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

RAID

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

USB

CPU:

• 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C (Rear)

Chipset:

• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (Front)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A (Rear)
• 14 x USB 3.2 Gen1 (10 Rear, 4 Front)
• 4 x USB 2.0 (Front)

* All USB ports support ESD Protection

Connector

• 1 x Thermistor Cable Header
• 1 x SPI TPM Header
• 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header
• 1 x RGB LED Header*
• 3 x Addressable LED Headers**
• 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)***
• 5 x Chassis Fan Connectors (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
• 2 x 8 pin 12V Power Connectors (Hi-Density Power Connector)
• 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
• 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports)
• 1 x Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Header (20 Gb/s)

* Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip

** Support in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip

*** CPU_FAN1 supports the fan power up to 1A (12W).

CPU_FAN2, CHA_FAN1~5 and AIO_PUMP support the fan power up to 3A (36W).

CPU_FAN2, CHA_FAN1~5 and AIO_PUMP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Rear Panel I/O

• 2 x Antenna Ports
• 1 x HDMI Port
• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
• 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C Ports (40 Gb/s for USB4 protocol; 40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol)*
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (10 Gb/s)
• 10 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports**
• 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port
• 1 x BIOS Flashback Button
• 1 x Line Out Jack (Gold Audio Jack)
• 1 x Microphone Input Jack (Gold Audio Jack)

* Supports USB PD 3.0 up to 5V@3A (15W) charging

** USB32_56 are Lightning Gaming Ports. USB32_78 support Ultra USB Power.

Software and UEFI

Software

• ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
• ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
• ASRock Polychrome SYNC*

UEFI

• ASRock EZ Mode
• ASRock Full HD UEFI
• ASRock My Favorites in UEFI
• ASRock Auto Driver Installer
• ASRock Instant Flash

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

Accessories

• 2 x SATA Data Cables
• 2 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz Antennas
• 1 x Thermistor Cable

Form Factor

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

OS

• Microsoft® Windows® 11 64-bit

Certifications

• FCC, CE
• ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)