While six SATA 3.0 ports is the norm ASUS have managed to accommodate eight from the neighbouring FCH, all arranged at 90° from the motherboard. This will be good news for those who like to keep large storage libraries for films, music or games.
The bottom-left region is isolated from the motherboard, helping to avoid crosstalk and interference, an important feature for ensuring the sound quality from the onboard 7.1 chip isnt affected. The SupremeFX S1220A offers DTS Sound Unbound and Sonic Studio III support to provide high-fidelity sound.
Around the top of the rear IO, hidden away behind the VRM heatsinks are the CPU power connections. An 8 + 4 arrangement is entirely optional but will be useful to those who wish to overclock their CPU to the upper regions of what is possible, particularly if you plan to adopt an AMD Ryzen 9 3950X later in the summer.
Finally, the rear IO with its pre-mounted IO-shield, saving the annoyingly embarrassing moment of forgetting to install it, is equipped with multiple outputs, they are as follows:
You will notice the lack of a PS/2 keyboard/mouse port which weve noticed have begun to be phased out of high-end motherboards.
1x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
7x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (Type-A)
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (Type-C)
1x 2.5G LAN
1x 1G LAN
2x WiFi 6 antenna connections
5x 7.1 audio
1x SPDIF optical out
The bottom-left region is isolated from the motherboard, helping to avoid crosstalk and interference, an important feature for ensuring the sound quality from the onboard 7.1 chip isnt affected. The SupremeFX S1220A offers DTS Sound Unbound and Sonic Studio III support to provide high-fidelity sound.
Around the top of the rear IO, hidden away behind the VRM heatsinks are the CPU power connections. An 8 + 4 arrangement is entirely optional but will be useful to those who wish to overclock their CPU to the upper regions of what is possible, particularly if you plan to adopt an AMD Ryzen 9 3950X later in the summer.
Finally, the rear IO with its pre-mounted IO-shield, saving the annoyingly embarrassing moment of forgetting to install it, is equipped with multiple outputs, they are as follows:
You will notice the lack of a PS/2 keyboard/mouse port which weve noticed have begun to be phased out of high-end motherboards.
1x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.0b
7x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (Type-A)
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (Type-C)
1x 2.5G LAN
1x 1G LAN
2x WiFi 6 antenna connections
5x 7.1 audio
1x SPDIF optical out
