ASUS STRIX H370-F gaming, Intel H370 motherboard, RoG - 1151 socket [90MB0WF0-M0EAY0]

 The new features compared to the direct predecessor include, for example, the native support of up to four USB 3.1 and 3.0 ports for the first time, so that no additional chips need to be used. In addition, Intel Optane, SATA RAID (0, 1, 5, 10) and up to two of the extremely fast PCIe M.2 SSDs are supported.

The features of the ASUS STRIX H370-F GAMING at a glance:
2x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16 / x4) & 4x PCIe x1
3x USB 3.1 (2x Type A & 1x Type C)
A total of 4x USB 3.0 and 6x USB 2.0 (internal & external)
2x M.2 (of which 1x PCIe 3.0 x4) / 6x SATA 6G
Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 2.666 MHz
Integrated LED lighting including RGB LED header
The ASUS STRIX H370-F GAMING in detail
The ASUS STRIX H370-F GAMING ATX motherboard for the Intel Core 8000 series processors has a total of two PCIe x16 slots, one of which is connected to the chipset with a full 16 lanes, while the other is connected to four data lines is. The board supports AMD's CrossFire technology and offers the option of installing multiple graphics cards. For additional plug-in and expansion cards, the board also has four PCIe x1 slots.

Up to 64 GB RAM can be operated in the four DIMM slots for DDR4 RAM in fast dual-channel mode. RAM modules up to a 6666 MHz memory clock are supported by the Coffee Lake CPUs. Furthermore, the motherboard offers two M.2 slots, which are each connected via four or two PCIe 3.0 lanes to the chipset and support the extremely fast NVMe SSDs. The NVMe protocol allows a data transfer rate of almost 4 GB / s. This makes M.2 PCIe SSDs up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs! Six SATA 6G ports also allow you to connect to conventional drives such as SSDs, HDDs and optical drives.

The ASUS STRIX H370-F GAMING has a particularly thin and two-way plug-in USB 3.1 type C port and two USB 3.1 Type A ports on the I / O panel. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as traditional USB 3.0 ports with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps, while four USB 2.0 ports allow you to connect additional peripherals. A LAN socket for the Intel I219V LAN chip and audio outputs for the Realtek ALC1220 audio codec are also located on the I / O panel. The external connection repertoire is rounded off by a DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort connection for image reproduction via the integrated graphics unit of the processor.

Internally, the motherboard comes with two USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0 header as well as COM, Clear CMOS and TPM headers. In addition to two 4-pin headers for CPU coolers, the board provides two 4-pin headers for chassis fans as well as a connection for AiO water pumps and a fan for one of the M.2 slots. The special features of the ASUS STRIX H370-F GAMING include the RGB LED lighting with RGB header.

Technical details:
Format:
ATX
chipset:
Intel H370
Base:
1151 (v2) (for Intel 8th-generation CPUs ("Coffee Lake"))
R.A.M:
4x DDR4 (Coffee Lake: DDR4-2.666, 64GB max)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1x PCIe 3.0x16
1x PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x4)
Compatible multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way AMD CrossFire
4x PCIe 3.0x1
Internal connections:
6x SATA 6G
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4; 2242/2260/2280)
1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x2 & SATA; 2242/2260/2280)
4x USB 3.0 (two headers)
4x USB 2.0 (two headers)
1 x CPU fan header
1 x CPU_OPT fan
1x RGB header
1x M.2 fan header
2x 4-pin CPU cooler header
1x AiO pump header
2x fan header
1x COM header
1x TPM header
1x clear CMOS jumper
1x thermal sensor header
1x 5-pin EXT_Fan header
External connections:
1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
3 × USB 3.1 (2 × Type A and 1x Type C)
4x USB 2.0
1x HDMI
1x DVI-D
1x DisplayPort
1x Gigabit LAN (Intel I219V)
1x S / PDIF
5x audio (Realtek ALC1220 codec with SupremeFX)
Power supply:
1x 24-pin
1x 8-pin