Intel® Z87 Express Chipset:

 

 

6 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports*

 

 

- Intel® Rapid Storage 12 supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10

 

 

- Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start

 

 

Technology, and Intel® Smart Connect Technology**

 

 

1 x M.2 (NGFF) SSD socket 2 on mPCIe Combo II expansion

 

 

card

 

 

- Supports PCI Express 2.0 x1 and SATA 6Gb/s standard

 

Storage

- Supports M.2 (NGFF) Type 2242 (22mm x 42mm) SSD card

 

 

ASMedia® SATA 6Gb/s controller:

 

 

- 4 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports ***

 

 

* SATA 6Gb/s port 5 will be disabled when M.2 (NGFF) slot on mPCIe

 

 

Combo II is in use.

 

 

** The functions supported depends on the CPU types.

 

 

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

 

 

supported.

 

LAN

1 x Intel® I217-V Gigabit LAN Controller

 

Wireless Data Network

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac supports dual frequency band 2.4/5 GHz

 

* The module is pre-installed on the mPCIe Combo II expansion card.

 

 

 

Bluetooth

Bluetooth v4.0/3.0+HS

 

* The module is pre-installed on the mPCIe Combo II expansion card.

 

 

 

 

Realtek® ALC1150 8-Channel High Definition Audio

 

 

CODEC

 

Audio

- Supports jack-detection, multi-streaming, front panel jack-

 

retasking

 

 

- Content Protection for Full Rate lossless DVD Audio, Blu-ray

 

 

DVD, and HD-DVD audio content playback

 

 

- Optical S/PDIF output port at back panel

 

 

Intel® Z87 Express Chipset

 

 

- 4 x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports at mid-board [red], 2 ports at back

 

 

panel [blue] with ASUS USB 3.0 Boost support*)

 

 

- 8 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports at back panel, 1 port reserved for

 

 

ROG Connect; 6 ports at mid-board**)

 

USB

ASMedia® USB 3.0 SuperSpeed USB HUB controller

 

 

- 4 x USB 3.0 ports (4 ports at back panel [blue])

 

 

* The UASP standard for Intel® native USB 3.0 is only supported under

 

 

Windows 8® OS.

 

 

** 2 x USB2.0 ports at mid-board shares with ROG extension (ROG_EXT)

 

 

port.

 

 

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