ASUS Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac Preview
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 29.05.14Page:
Conclusion
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| At a first glance the Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac leaves a good impression. You get a reasonable feature mix. There is a decent power design, plenty of SATA connectors, as well as a SATA Express header and an M.2 slot. It's these storage connectors, that add a lot of versatility to this board. What's also practical is the fact, there is a WiFi module on this board and on the I/O-panel you can attach two antennas. In case of the color scheme we're happy to see that the new Z97 Classic-Series from ASUS isn't as flashy as the Z87 motherboards anymore. | -
Design - Layout |
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| Layout | + | - | |
| Generally the ASUS Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac's Layout is very well thought. Once more very practical are the angled SATA connectors, of which there are six, as well as the power- and reset-buttons. We want to underline that this board feature great storage versatility, since there is a SATA, SATA Express as well as M.2 support. Also the debug display is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Furthermore the placement of the PCI-Express x16 slots is well thought an therefore nothing needs to be criticized at this point. There are for example two slots between the first and the second PCI-Express x16 slot. Should you decide to build an SLI/CrossFire setup, then the first card will still be able to get plenty of fresh air. Another thing that is good with this board is the fact, that there as plenty of space between the CPU socket and the heatsinks on the power design as well as between the CPU socket and the DIMM slots. Something else we like is the fact that ASUS equipped this board with WiFi, which supports 802.11 b/g/n as well as ac standards. In case the board can connect to either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz networks. | - Space around the CPU
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- SATA Express - WiFi - Power/Reset-Button onboard - Debug display - Angled SATA connectors |
| Page 1 - Introduction | Page 4 - Layout |
| Page 2 - Specs and Delivery | Page 5 - Connectors and I/O |
| Page 3 - Features | Page 6 - Conclusion |
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