ASUS STRIX Z270H Gaming, Intel Z270 motherboard, RoG socket 1151 [90MB0SS0-M0EAY0]

The features of the ASUS STRIX Z270H at a glance:

3 × PCIe (3.0) x16 (16/8/2) & 3 × PCIe (3.0) x1
2 × USB 3.1 (Type A) / 8 × USB 3.0
2 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4) / 6 × SATA 6G
Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 3.866 MHz
CPU overclocking via multiplier & base clock
The ASUS STRIX Z270H in detail

The ASUS STRIX Z270H is a very well-equipped ATX motherboard with Intel's Z270 chipset for Intel's 6000 and 7000 series processors. The black board has three PCIe-x16 slots, one of which is connected to the chipset with full 16 lanes, while the other two PCIe-x16 slots are electrically connected with two or eight data lines. For board and expansion cards, the board also has three PCIe x1 slots and supports both NVIDIA's SLI and AMD's CrossFireX technology.

The mainboard has four DIMM slots for DDR4 memory in fast dual-channel mode. Up to 64 GB of RAM are included in the total of the four memory banks, and depending on the processor, the board supports a memory clock of either 2.133 MHz (with Skylake CPU) or 2.400 MHz (with Kaby Lake CPU), overclocking also using memory modules up to 3.866 MHz Can be.

The board also provides two M.2 slots for high-speed NVE-M.2 SSDs as well as six SATA 6G connectors for 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hard drives and SSDs to connect data carriers (Including RAID support). The M.2 ports are connected to the chipset via four PCIe lanes in the 3.0 standard and, in combination with the NVMe protocol, enable a data transfer rate of just under 4 GB / s. Thus, M.2 PCIe SSDs are up to eight times faster than SATA 6G SSDs!

The mainboard provides two downstream-compatible USB 3.1 type A ports. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports at maximum achievable speeds of 10 Gbps! For input devices and other gaming peripherals, the I / O panel also has two USB 3.0 and four USB 2.0 ports.

If no graphics card is available, the integrated graphics processor of a Skylake or Kaby Lake CPU can be used to connect monitors directly to the back of the motherboard - two HDMI and DVI connectors are available. In addition, the mainboard also provides a TMP, CMOS and COM port header, four 4-pin headers for PWM fans, a 4-pin pump header and XMP support, and features various overclocking features .

Technical details:
Format: ATX
Chipset: Intel Z270 ("Union Point")
Socket: 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 6th and 7th core generation ("Skylake" / "Kaby Lake")
RAM: 4 × DDR4 (Skylake: DDR4-2.133, Kaby Lake: DDR4-2.400, OC max. 3.866 MHz)
Dual-Channel
Slots (physical):
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electrical x8)
1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electrical x2)
Compatible multi-VGA configurations: 2-Way SLI, 3-Way-CrossFireX
3 × PCIe 3.0 x1
Internal connections:
6 × SATA 6G
1 x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280/2110)
1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4, 2242/2260/2280 /)
4 × USB 3.0 (two headers)
4 × USB 2.0 (two header)
4 × fan (4-pin PWM)
1x pump connection (4-pin)
1 × Serial port (COM header)
1 × TPM header
1 × clear CMOS header
Power / Reset / LED / Front Audio
External connections:
1 × PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
2 × USB 3.1 (Type A)
4 × USB 3.0
2 × USB 2.0
1 × Gigabit LAN (Intel I219-V)
2 × WiFi antenna (ASUS WiFi-GO !, with MU-MIMO, included)
1 × HDMI 1.4b
1 × DVI-D
1 × S / PDIF (optical)
5 × audio (7.1 ROG SupremeFX S1220A)
Power supply:
1 × 24-pin EATX
1 × 8-pin ATX 12V