With the previous Haswell CPUs Intel also put on a new chipset family, codenamed Lynx Point and the socket LGA1150. The efficiently 32nm Srukturbreite made boards can be broadly divided into a performance-sector (Z87, H87) and a value segment (Q85, B85) divided - between also exists a wide mainstream box (H81, Q87).
With the previous Haswell CPUs Intel also put on a new chipset family, codenamed Lynx Point and the socket LGA1150. The efficiently 32nm Srukturbreite made boards can be broadly divided into a performance-sector (Z87, H87) and a value segment (Q85, B85) divided - between also exists a wide mainstream box (H81, Q87).
With the previous Haswell CPUs Intel also put on a new chipset family, codenamed Lynx Point and the socket LGA1150. The efficiently 32nm Srukturbreite made boards can be broadly divided into a performance-sector (Z87, H87) and a value segment (Q85, B85) divided - between also exists a wide mainstream box (H81, Q87).
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This offer former most internal and external connections, let the overclocking of K processors per multiplier to (only Z87) and allow the establishment of multi-GPU trailer combinations of several AMD graphics cards (CrossFireX) or NVIDIA VGAs (SLI). The smaller motherboards shine against a very attractive price for their performance and often provide exactly what the users actually needed.
The new chipset Z97 support, however in addition the new Haswell refresh CPUs clocked 100MHz higher than its predecessor. In addition, the new and still partly future interfaces M.2 and SATA Express are supported by most Z97 motherboards.
When ASUS Z97-K / USB3.1 is a very well equipped Z97 motherboard, the especially for fast quad-core processors of the Core i7 or Core i5 series is an ideal base. The brown board comes with four DIMM slots for DDR3 memory in the fast dual-channel mode. As sound chip Realtek ALC887 is the Bo (a) rd, which can spend about three audio jacks 7.1 sound.
A little highlight on ASUS Z97-K / USB3.1 is also that – as the name suggests – located on the I / O panel on the back of the motherboard two brand new USB 3.1 ports with Type A connector , provided by the ASMedia ASM1142 additional chip. These new USB ports with maximum attainable speed of 10 Gbit / s twice as fast as conventional USB 3.0 ports.
The rest of the connectivity turns out extensively. The ATX board provides a total of (partly external and partly internal) four USB 3.0 ports and seven USB 2.0 ports are available and manages hard drives and SSDs on six SATA 6G ports (incl. RST 12 and RAID support) M.2 and a connector (Type 2260/2280). A special feature is the worlds first reversible USB 2.0 port on the back of the can, like a USB port of the type-C, Cable connect both sides. Expansion cards come in under two PCI slots or two PCIe x1 slots and video cards, two PCI-Express slots – partly in Standard 3.0 – ready (Quad-GPU CrossFireX).
If no graphics card is present, can be, thanks to the integrated GPU of Haswell processor (Intel HD), connect a monitor through the HDMI output, the VGA port or a DVI-D port on the back of the motherboard. The ASUS motherboard convinced bargain with features such as ASUS 5xProtection, and the Gigabit LAN controller Realtek (8111GR) and several overclocking features.
Technical Details:
Format: ATX
Color: Brown, Gold
Chipset: Intel Z97
Socket 1150 (Intel Core i CPUs of 4th and 5th generation Haswell and Haswell refresh)
RAM: 4x DDR3
Dual-Channel
Slots (physically):
2x PCIe (3.0) x16
Compatible Multi-VGA configurations: Quad-GPU CrossFireX
2x PCIe (2.0) x1
2x PCI
Internal connections:
6x SATA 6G
1x M.2 NGFF (type 2260/2280)
2x USB 3.0 (1x header)
6x USB 2.0 (3x header)
1x COM
1x S / PDIF
3x fan
Power / reset / LED / front-Audio
External connections:
2x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
2x USB 3.1 Type-A (by ASMedia ASM1142)
2x USB 3.0
1x USB 2.0 (reversibly useable)
1x Gigabit LAN (Realtek 8111GR)
1x HDMI
1x DVI-D
1x VGA (D-Sub)
3x audio (7.1, Realtek ALC887)
Power supply:
1x 24-pin EATX
1x 8-pin EATX 12V
Compatibility: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
