| Storage | Intel® Z77 Express Chipset with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support | |
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| - 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray) | |
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| - 3 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports (blue) | |
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| - 1 x mSATA 3.0 Gb/s port with onboard 32GB SSD | |
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| - Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start | |
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| Technology, Intel® Smart Connect Technology* |
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| Marvell® 9230 PCIe SATA 6Gb/s controller | |
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| - 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (navy blue) with RAID 0, 1, 10 support | |
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| ASMedia® SATA 6Gb/s controller** | |
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| - 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s ports with port multiplier support | |
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| * Supports Intel® Core™ processors on Windows® 7 operating system. | |
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| ** These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are not | |
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| supported. | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth v4.0 | |
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| Bluetooth v3.0 + HS | |
| Audio | Realtek® ALC898 | |
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| - Absolute Pitch 192khz/24bit True BD Lossless Sound | |
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| - BD audio layer content protection | |
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| - | DTS UltraPC II |
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| - | DTS Connect |
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| - Supports | |
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| retasking |
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| - Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O | |
| USB | 1 x ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller - supports ASUS USB | |
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| 3.0 Boost UASP Mode | |
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| - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue) | |
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| Intel® Z77 Express Chipset - supports ASUS USB 3.0 | |
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| Boost Turbo Mode* | |
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| - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at | |
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| - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (blue) | |
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| Intel® Z77 Express Chipset | |
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| - 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports at | |
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| panel) |
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| * The USB 3.0 ports run at USB 3.0 speed rate under Windows® 7 or later | |
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| versions. | |
| BIOS features | 64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM | |
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| BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, | |
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| ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3, F12 PrintScreen function, F3 Shortcut | |
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| function, and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory | |
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| information | |
| Manageability | WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, PXE | |
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