ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero Intel® Z790 LGA 1700 ATX motherboard, 20 + 1 power stages, DDR5, five M.2 slots, PCIe® 5.0, Thunderbolt™ 4 USB Type-C® port, Wi-Fi 6E, AI Overclocking, and Aura Sync RGB

Features:

• Intel LGA 1700 socket: Ready for 13th Gen Intel Core processors & 12th Gen Intel Core, Pentium Gold and Celeron Processors
• Robust Power Solution: 20 + 1 teamed power solution rated for 90A per stage with dual ProCool II power connectors, high-quality alloy chokes, and durable capacitors to support multi-core processors
• Optimized VRM Thermals: Massive heatsinks integrated with the I/O cover, joined by an L-shaped heatpipe, and connected to the power stages with high-conductivity thermal pads
• Next-Gen M.2 Support: PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot on the bundled ROG Hyper M.2 card, and four PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots all with substantial cooling solutions
• Abundant Connectivity: Dual Thunderbolt 4 USB Type-C ports, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C front-panel connector with Quick Charge 4+ up to 60W, six additional USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, two PCIe 5.0 x16 SafeSlots, HDMI 2.1
• High-Performance Networking: On-board Intel WI-FI 6E (802.11ax) and Intel 2.5 Gb Ethernet with ASUS LANGuard
• Intelligent Control: ASUS-exclusive AI Overclocking, AI Cooling II, AI Networking and Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation to simplify setup and improve performance
• Immersive Audio: ROG SupremeFX ALC4082 codec with ESS ES9218 Quad DAC for up to 32-Bit/384 kHz playback

Technical Specs:

• CPU
• Intel® Socket LGA1700 for 13th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors & 12th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors*
• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0**
•  Chipset
• Intel® Z790 Chipset
•  Memory
• 4 x DIMM, Max. 128GB, DDR5 7800+(OC)/7600(OC)/7400(OC)/7200(OC)/7000(OC)/6800(OC)/6600(OC)/6400(OC)/ 6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600/ 5400/ 5200/ 5000/ 4800MHz Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory*
• Dual Channel Memory Architecture
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
• * Supported memory types, data rate (Speed), and number of DRAM modules vary depending on the CPU and memory configuration, for more information refer to www.asus.com for memory support list.
• * Non-ECC, Un-buffered DDR5 Memory supports On-Die ECC function
•  Graphics
• 1 x HDMI® port**
• 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 ports (USB Type-C®) support DisplayPort 1.4 and Thunderbolt™ video outputs***
• * Graphics specifications may vary between CPU types. Please refer to www.intel.com for any updates.
• ** Support 4K@60Hz as specified in HDMI 2.1.
• *** VGA resolution support depends on processors' or graphic cards' resolution.
•  Expansion Slots
• Intel® 13th & 12th Gen Processors*
• 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)**
• Intel® Z790 Chipset
• 1 x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot (supports x4, x4/x4 modes)

2 years

• Covers manufacturing defects only.
• No accidental damage is covered.

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