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Hardware Installation
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed,
be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is
populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1, PCIEX4_2)
* The PCIEX4_1 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX8 slot. When the PCIEX4_1 slot
is populated, the PCIEX8 slot will operate at up to x4 mode.
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
Multi-Graphics
Technology
Support for NVIDIA
®
Quad-GPU SLI
™
and 2-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
technologies
Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX
™
and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire
™
technologies
Storage Interface
Chipset:
- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and
PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_32G)
- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe
x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_32G)
- 2 x U.2 connectors
- 2 x SATA Express connectors
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5)
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
* Refer to "1-11 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the PCI Express,
U.2, M.2, and SATA connectors.
ASMedia
®
ASM1061 chip:
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 6, 7), supporting AHCI mode only
USB
Intel
®
Thunderbolt
™
3 Controller:
- 1 x USB Type-C
™
port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
- 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel
Realtek
®
USB 3.1 Gen 1 Hub:
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB headers
Chipset:
- 5 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
- 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers
Internal
Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x CPU fan header
1 x water cooling CPU fan header
4 x system fan headers
2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
1 x I/O shield audio LED power connector
2 x RGB (RGBW) LED strip extension cable headers
2 x SATA Express connectors
8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
2 x U.2 connectors
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