AORUS and EK Waterblocks brings to you the best solution in cooling your PC‎.‎ With liquid cooling‎,‎ often known as water cooling‎,‎ users can reap benefits beyond what a large stock air cooler can provide‎.‎ You can strive for performance‎,‎ stealth‎,‎ or merely aesthetics all with liquid cooling‎.‎

Technical Specifications‎:‎

CPU

• Support for 7th and 6th generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors/ Intel® Core™ i5 processors/Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1151 package
• L3 cache varies with CPU

Chipset

• Intel® Z270 Express Chipset

Memory

• 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Support for DDR4 4133‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 4000‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3866‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3800‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3733‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3666‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3600‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3466‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3400‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3333‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3300‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3200‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 3000‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 2800‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 2666‎(‎O‎.‎C‎.‎‎)‎ / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules
• Support for ECC Un‎-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules ‎(‎operate in non‎-ECC mode‎)‎
• Support for non‎-ECC Un‎-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
• Support for Extreme Memory Profile ‎(‎XMP‎)‎ memory modules

Onboard Graphics

• Integrated Graphics Processor+Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller
• 1 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 connector‎,‎ supporting DisplayPort and Thunderbolt™ video outputs and a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60 Hz
• 1 x DisplayPort‎,‎ supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60 Hz
• 1 x HDMI port‎,‎ supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@60 Hz
• Support for up to 3 displays at the same time
• Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

Audio

• Creative® Sound Core 3D chip
• 2 x JRC NJM2114 and 1 x TI Burr Brown® OPA2134 operational amplifiers
• Support for Sound Blaster ZxRi
• High Definition Audio
• 2/5.1‎-channel
• Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

• 2 x Killer™ E2500 LAN chips ‎(‎10/100/1000 Mbit‎)‎

Expansion Slots

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot‎,‎ running at x16 ‎(‎PCIEX16‎)‎
• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot‎,‎ running at x8 ‎(‎PCIEX8‎)‎
• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot‎,‎ running at x4 ‎(‎PCIEX4‎)‎
• 3 x PCI Express x1 slots

Wireless Communication module

• Killer™ Wireless‎-AC 1535
• Wi‎-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac‎,‎ supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual‎-Band
• Bluetooth 4.1
• Support for 11ac wireless standard and up to 867 Mbps data rate

Multi‎-Graphics Technology

• Support for NVIDIA® Quad‎-GPU SLI™ and 4‎-Way/3‎-Way/2‎-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ technologies
• Support for AMD Quad‎-GPU CrossFireX™ and 4‎-Way/3‎-Way/2‎-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies

Storage Interface

• 1 x M‎.‎2 connector ‎(‎Socket 3‎,‎ M key‎,‎ type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support‎)‎ ‎(‎M2M_32G‎)‎
• 1 x M‎.‎2 connector ‎(‎Socket 3‎,‎ M key‎,‎ type 2242/2260/2280 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support‎)‎ ‎(‎M2P_32G‎)‎
• 2 x U‎.‎2 connectors
• 3 x SATA Express connectors
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors ‎(‎SATA3 0~5‎)‎
• Support for RAID 0‎,‎ RAID 1‎,‎ RAID 5‎,‎ and RAID 10
• ASMedia® ASM1061 chip‎:‎ 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors ‎(‎SATA3 6‎,‎ 7‎)‎‎,‎ supporting AHCI mode only

USB

• Chipset+Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller‎:‎ 1 x USB Type‎-C™ port on the back panel‎,‎ with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
• Chipset+Intel® Thunderbolt™ 3 Controller‎:‎ 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type‎-A port ‎(‎red‎)‎ on the back panel
• Chipset+Realtek® USB 3.1 Gen 1 Hub‎:‎ 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB headers
• Chipset‎:‎ 5 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
• Chipset‎:‎ 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1 x 24‎-pin ATX main power connector
• 1 x 8‎-pin ATX 12V power connector
• 1 x CPU fan header
• 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
• 4 x system fan headers
• 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
• 1 x I/O shield audio LED power connector
• 2 x RGB ‎(‎RGBW‎)‎ LED strip extension cable headers
• 3 x SATA Express connectors
• 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 2 x M‎.‎2 Socket 3 connectors
• 2 x U‎.‎2 connectors
• 1 x front panel header
• 1 x front panel audio header
• 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 headers
• 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
• 1 x Trusted Platform Module ‎(‎TPM‎)‎ header
• 1 x Thunderbolt™ add‎-in card connector
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
• 2 x temperature sensor headers
• 1 x power button
• 1 x reset button
• 1 x Clear CMOS button
• 1 x ECO button
• 1 x OC button
• 2 x audio gain control switches
• 2 x BIOS switches
• Voltage Measurement Points

Back Panel Connectors

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
• 2 x MMCX antenna connectors ‎(‎2T2R‎)‎
• 1 x HDMI port
• 1 x DisplayPort
• 1 x Thunderbolt™ 3 connector ‎(‎USB Type‎-C™ port‎,‎ with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support‎)‎
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type‎-A port ‎(‎red‎)‎
• 5 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
• 2 x RJ‎-45 ports
• 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
• 5 x audio jacks ‎(‎Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out‎,‎ Rear Speaker Out‎,‎ Line In/Mic In‎,‎ Line Out‎,‎ Headphone‎)‎

I/O Controller

• iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring

• Voltage detection
• Temperature detection
• Fan speed detection
• Overheating warning
• Fan fail warning
• Fan speed control

BIOS

• 2 x 128 Mbit flash
• Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
• Support for DualBIOS™
• Support for Q‎-Flash Plus
• PnP 1.0a‎,‎ DMI 2.7‎,‎ WfM 2.0‎,‎ SM BIOS 2.7‎,‎ ACPI 5.0

Unique Features

• Support for APP Center‎:‎ 3D OSD‎,‎ @BIOS‎,‎ Ambient LED‎,‎ AutoGreen‎,‎ Cloud Station‎,‎ EasyTune‎,‎ Easy RAID‎,‎ Fast Boot‎,‎ Smart TimeLock‎,‎ Smart Keyboard‎,‎ Smart Backup‎,‎ System Information Viewer‎,‎ USB Blocker‎,‎ USB DAC‎-UP 2‎,‎ V‎-Tuner
• Support for 3TB+ Unlock
• Support for Q‎-Flash
• Support for Xpress Install

Bundle Software

• Norton® Internet Security ‎(‎OEM version‎)‎
• Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready

Operating System

• Windows® 10 64‎-bit ‎(‎for 7th Generation Intel® Processors‎)‎
• Windows® 10 64‎-bit / Windows® 8.1 64‎-bit / Windows® 7 32‎-bit / 64‎-bits ‎(‎for 6th Generation Intel® Processors‎)‎

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor‎,‎ 30.5cm x 26.4cm