ASRock B850M STEEL LEGEND WIFI AM5 M-ATX AMD Motherboard

- Supports AMD Socket AM5 Ryzen™ 9000, 8000 and 7000 Series Processors*

* The availability of expansion slots may vary by CPU. Please refer to PCIe/M.2 Bandwidth Table for details.

- 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 160MHz channel bandwidth with 6GHz* frequency band
- 1 antenna to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
- Supports Bluetooth 5.4
- Supports MU-MIMO

* The Wi-Fi 7 module is supported by Microsoft Windows® 11 only. There is no driver available for Windows® 10. The availability of the 6GHz band 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.

CPU:
- 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1), supports x16 mode*
- 1 x PCIe 4.0 x4 Slot (PCIE2), supports x4 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 will run at Gen5x16 with 9000 and 7000 series processors, Gen4x8 with 8000 (Phoenix 1) series processors and Gen4x4 with 8000 (Phoenix 2) series processors.
Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks

CPU:
- 1 x Blazing M.2 Socket (M2_1, Key M), supports type 2280 PCIe Gen5x4 (128 Gb/s) mode*
Chipset:
- 1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x2 (32 Gb/s) mode*
- 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3, Key M), supports type 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) mode*
- 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors

*Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
M2_1 is the first priority for M.2 installation.
M2_1 will run at Gen5x4 with 9000 and 7000 series processors, Gen4x4 with 8000 (Phoenix 1) series processors and Gen4x2 with 8000 (Phoenix 2) series processors.

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

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

CPU:
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C (Rear)
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A (Rear)
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A (Rear (USB32_2))
Chipset:
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C (Front)
- 5 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A (1 Rear (USB32_3), 4 Front)
- 8 x USB 2.0 (4 Rear, 4 Front)

* All USB ports support ESD Protection

- 1 x SPI TPM Header
- 1 x Thermistor Cable 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)***
- 3 x Chassis 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
- 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 Gen1 Header

* 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 and CHA_FAN1~3 support the fan power up to 3A (36W).
CPU_FAN2 and CHA_FAN1~3 can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

Software
- ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning)
- ASRock Dragon 2.5G LAN Software
- ASRock Polychrome SYNC*
UEFI
- ASRock EZ Mode
- ASRock Full HD UEFI
- ASRock Auto Driver Installer
- ASRock Instant Flash

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