ASUS Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac Preview

Published by Hiwa Pouri on 29.05.14
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Connectors and I/O

Totally ASUS equipped the Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac with six angled SATA ports, which can be found below the 24-pin ATX power connector. Apart from that there is also a SATA Express connector as well as an M.2 slot. Therefore it should be problem whatsoever to equip office PCs as well as workstations with plenty of drives. We also like the fact, the diversity of storage connectors, which is definitely up-to-date these days. On this board there are also practical onboard power- and reset-buttons as well as a debug display.

 
 


Totally you'll find six fan header on the Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac which is enough, to provide a well equipped Office PC, workstation or gaming rig with fresh air. The fan headers are located in close proximity to the CPU socket as well as spread over the motherboard. ASUS decided to use 4-pin PWM headers in all six cases. Therefore it is possible to adjust rotation speed in the BIOS or in Windows.

  


Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASUS equipped the Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac with four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, two USB 2.0/1.1 ports, one gigabit ethernet port, an HDMI connector, a DisplayPort output, DVI out, VGA out as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel. Furhtermore there are two connectors to attach antennas, which are included in the delivery.



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Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 5 - Connectors and I/O
Page 3 - Features Page 6 - Conclusion




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