ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS Gaming II, Intel Z370 Motherboard, RoG - Socket 1151 [90MB1000-M0EAY0]

The Z370 chipset is a refresh of the "Kaby Lake" chip sets, which also has a maximum of 24 PCI Express 3.0 lanes and sufficient HSIO lanes (High Speed I / O) brings to several internal connections ( such as SATA or PCIe slots) to be able to use simultaneously. As a Z370 motherboard, the ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS Gaming also enables overclocking of K Series CPUs with a freely selectable multiplier.

The features of the ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS Gaming II at a glance:
- 1x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x16 / x8 / x4 + x4), 1x PCIe (3.0) x16 (x4) & 3x PCIe x1
- 2 × USB 3.1 (Gen 2) / 7 × USB 3.0 (1x USB Type-C) / 6 × USB 2.0
- 2 × M.2 (2x PCIe 3.0 × 4) / 6 × SATA 6G
- Supports max. 64 GB DDR4 RAM up to 4,000 MHz (OC)
- Integrated RGB LED lighting & overclocking features
- High quality audio components & DTS custom location
- Simple overclocking of the CPU by multiplier

The ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS Gaming II in detail
The ASUS TUF Z370-PLUS Gaming II is a full-featured ATX motherboard with a state-of-the-art Z370 chipset from Intel designed for Intel's 8000 series core processors. The board 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 with four data lines. As a result, the board supports AMD's CrossFireX technology, giving it the ability to run multiple Radeon graphics cards. For plug-in and expansion cards, the board also has four PCIe x1 slots.

Equipped with a total of four DIMM slots for DDR4 memory in fast dual-channel mode, up to 64 GB of RAM can be installed in the four memory banks. The Coffee Lake processors support a memory clock of 2,666 MHz, whereby overclocking can also be used for memory modules with up to 4,000 MHz.

The board provides two M.2 slots for ultra-fast NVMe M.2 SSDs and six SATA 6G ports for 3.5 "or 2.5" hard drives and SSDs to connect disks (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 a full 32 GB / s.

At the I / O panel, the motherboard has two backward compatible 2nd generation USB 3.1 Type A ports. USB 3.1 ports are twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports with maximum speeds of 10 Gbps! For input devices and other gaming peripherals, the I / O panel also has two more USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports and a USB Type C port with USB 3.0. The connection to the Internet is realized via an Intel I219-V Gigabit LAN port with TUF LAN Guard and excellent sound comes from the Realtek ALC887 8-Channel High Definition Audio Codec, which features Custom DTS Sound for better location of adversaries and high quality hardware. Components was refined.

The internal connection repertoire is befitting and offers various connections for USB, fans, water pumps and more. Of course, a RGB LED lighting must not be missing, which is why this board of course has such.

Technical details:
- Format:
- ATX (305 x 244 mm)
- chipset:
- Intel Z370

Base:
- 1151 (for Intel CPUs of the 8th core generation ("Coffee Lake")

R.A.M:
- 4 × DDR4 (Coffee Lake: DDR4-2.666, 64 GB maximum, OC 4,000 MHz max)
- Dual-Channel

Slots (physical):
- 1 × PCIe 3.0 x16
- 1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x8)
- 1 × PCIe 3.0 x16 (electric x2)
- Compatible multi-VGA configuration 2-Way AMD CrossFireX
- 4 × PCIe 3.0 x1

Internal connections:
- 6 × SATA 6G
- 1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA; 2242/2260/2280)
- 1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 × 4; 2242/2260/2280/22110)
- 4 × USB 3.0 (two headers)
- 4 × USB 2.0 (two headers)
- 1 × CPU fan connector (4-pin)
- 1 × CPU_OPT fan connector (4-pin)
- 2 × chassis fan connector (4-pin)
- 1 × AiO_PUMP connector (4-pin)
- 1 × front panel audio connector
- 1 × TPM connector
- 1 × system panel connector
- 1 × Clear BIOS button
- 1 × clear CMOS jumper (2-pin)

External connections:
- 1 × HDMI 1.4b
- 1x DVI-D
- 2 × USB 3.1
- 2 × USB 3.0
- 1x USB 3.0 Type-C
- 2 × USB 2.0
- 1 × Gigabit LAN (Intel I219-V)
- 1 × S / PDIF (optical)
- 3 × Audio (Realtek ALC887)
- 1 × universal PS / 2 port (keyboard / mouse)

Power supply:
- 1 × 24 pin
- 1 × 8 pin