MAXIMUS VII FORMULA Series specifications summary

Storage

LAN

Audio

Intel® Z97 Express Chipset

1 x SATA Express port (red at bottom, compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports)

1 x M.2 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2260 storage devices support (both SATA & PCIE mode)

4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

-Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10

-Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology, Intel® Smart Connect Technology*

ASMedia® SATA Express controller**

1 x SATA Express port (red at upper, compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports)

ASMedia® SATA 6Gb/s controller**

2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

*The functions support depends on the CPU types.

**These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are not supported.

Intel® I218-V Gigabit LAN- Dual interconnect between the integrated Media Access Controller (MAC) and physical layer (PHY)

Anti-surge LANGuard ROG GameFirst III

ROG SupremeFX Formula 2014 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC

-SupremeFX Shielding Technology : PCB shielding, PCB dedicated audio layer and EMI protection cover

-Cirrus Logic® CS4398 DAC: 120dB SNR, -107dB THD+N

(Max. 192kHz/ 24-bit)

-WIMA® film capacitors

-ELNA® Premium audio capacitors

-Texas Instruments® LM4562 high-fidelity audio operational amplifier

-Content Protection for Full Rate lossless DVD Audio, Blu-ray DVD, and HD-DVD audio content playback

-Jack-detection and multi-streaming

-Optical S/PDIF out port at back panel

Audio Feature:

-Sonic SoundStage

-Sonic SenseAmp

-Sonic Studio

-Sonic Radar II

-DTS Connect

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