With Smart Fan 5 users can ensure that their gaming PC can maintain its performance while staying cool. Smart Fan 5 allows users to interchange their fan headers to reflect different thermal sensors at different locations on the motherboard. Not only that, with Smart Fan 5 more hybrid fan headers that support both PWM and Voltage mode fans have been introduced to make the motherboard more liquid cooling friendly.

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 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
• 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 HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of [email protected] Hz
• Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

Audio

• Realtek® ALC1220 codec
• High Definition Audio
• 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
• Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN

• Intel® GbE LAN chip (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

Multi-Graphics Technology

• Support for NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ technologies
• Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ and 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)
• 1 x SATA Express connector
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

USB

• Chipset+ASMedia® ASM2142 USB 3.1 Gen 2 Controller: 1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
• Chipset+ASMedia® ASM2142 USB 3.1 Gen 2 Controller: 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel
• Chipset: 10 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
• Chipset: 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB header

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
• 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector
• 1 x SATA Express connector
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 1 x CPU fan header
• 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
• 2 x system fan headers
• 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header
• 1 x front panel header
• 1 x front panel audio header
• 1 x S/PDIF Out 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 serial port header
• 1 x parallel port header
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
• 1 x PS/2 mouse port
• 1 x HDMI port
• 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
• 6 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
• 1 x RJ-45 port
• 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Side Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

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 64 Mbit flash
• Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
• Support for DualBIOS™
• PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Support for APP Center

• 3D OSD
• @BIOS
• Ambient LED
• AutoGreen
• BIOS Setup
• Color Temperature
• Cloud Station
• EasyTune
• Easy RAID
• Fast Boot
• Game Boost
• ON/OFF Charge
• Platform Power Management
• Smart Backup
• Smart Keyboard
• Smart TimeLock
• System Information Viewer
• USB Blocker
• 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
• cFosSpeed

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 22.5cm