ASUS X99 WS/IPMI Review
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 16.03.15Page:
Connectors and I/O
ASUS equipped the X99-WS/IPMI with six angled SATA ports as well four straight connectors. All ports offer 6Gbps bandwidth and they've been wired directly to the X99 PCH. Two angled SATA can be used as a SATA Express connector. There is also a M.2 x4 expansion slot, which has been connected through four PCI Express 2.0 lanes. If you decide to use the M.2 slot you should keep in mind, that the third full-size PCI Express slot will be deactivated. Overall there is good storage flexibility with this motherboard is excellent and therefore workstations as well as enthusiast and gaming builds can be equipped with plenty of drives. We always like it when we find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons as well as a debug LED. ASUS also equips this board with two USB 3.0 connectors as well as two USB 2.0 headers.
You find seven fan headers on the ASUS X99-WS/IPMI, which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped high-end system or also a workstation with fresh air. The fan headers are located around the CPU socket as well as spread over the motherboard. We love to see that only 4 pins headers have been used, which means that fan speeds can be controled from within BIOS or Windows.
Looking at the external connectors directly at the I/O panel, ASUS equipped the X99-WS/IPMI with four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, two USB 2.0/1.1 ports, two gigabit ethernet ports, and one managment LAN port as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel. Furtheremore you'll also find a clear CMOS-reset and Q-Code Logger button.
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