ASUS at CeBIT 2012 demonstrated its own design motherboards based on chipset Intel seventh series. We already reported about the motherboard, Maximus V Formula .
The equipment includes a standard for the vast majority of products four DIMM slots for RAM expansion slots in the configuration you can find a pair of slots PCI Express x16 (8 +8), one PCI Express x4, three PCI Express x1, and third slot PCI Express x16, which, however, supports only four lines.
Connecting drives is possible through four ports SATA 6 Gb / s and the same number of ports SATA 3 Gbit / s. There is a processor ThunderFX, Gigabit Ethernet controller and adapter wireless Wi-Fi. In addition, for enthusiasts, there is a power button, reset and clear settings CMOS, POST-codes indicator and contact pads to measure voltages at various nodes of the board.
Attention is drawn to the upper left corner, where the designers placed the corporate needle connector, allowing to connect a small daughter board, which, in turn, is equipped with a connector mPCIe-Combo.
Traditionally, the motherboard Maximus V Formula, corresponding to the format ATX, has a little sister - Maximus V GENE, reduced to the Micro-ATX. VRM heatsink is a water-block , disappeared a couple of extra ports SATA 6 Gb / s PCI Express x1 slot and slot PCI Express x16.
This motherboard even became a party to a series of experiments with extreme Ivy Bridge overclocking, The well-known overclocker Andre Yang:
Another product format Micro-ATX, P8H77-M Pro, looks like standard:
For users who prefer small solutions, ASUS offers a P8Z77-I Deluxe format Mini-ITX.
VRM has eight phases, which are not always available even in the full-size models. There is only one PCI Express x16 slot and a slot mini-PCI Express, Wireless Adapter Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as needle-shaped connector for two USB 3.0 ports and four ports USB 2.0. There are two SATA 3Gb / s ports and two SATA 6 Gb / s. I / O panel :
Sabertooth Z77 , dressed in a protective cover, which not only protects fragile items from being accidentally damaged , but also helps them for better cooling.
Expansion slots are represented by two PCI Express x16, three PCI Express x1 and one PCI Express x4 (x16 physically). Eight SATA ports:
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