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ROG MAXIMUS XII APEX specifications summary
CPU
Intel
®
Socket LGA1200 for 10
th
Gen Intel
®
Core™ Pentium
®
Gold and
Celeron
®
processors*
Supports Intel
®
14 nm CPU
Supports Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and Intel
®
Turbo Boost Max
Technology 3.0**
* Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list.
** Intel
®
Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 support depends on the CPU types.
Chipset
Intel
®
Z490 Chipset
Memory
2 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR4 5000+(OC) / 4900(OC) / 4800(OC) /
4700(OC) / 4600(OC) / 4500(OC) / 4400(OC) / 4266(OC) /
4133(OC) / 4000(OC)* / 3866(OC)* / 3733(OC)* / 3600(OC)* /
3466(OC)* / 3400(OC)* / 3333(OC)* / 3300(OC)* / 3200(OC)* /
3000(OC)* / 2933 / 2800 / 2666 / 2400/2133 MHz Non-ECC, Un-
buffered Memory*
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
OptiMem III
* Double Capacity DRAM support depends oh the DRAM Models.
* 10
th
Gen Intel
®
Core™ i9/i7 CPUs support 2933/2800/2666/2400/2133 natively,
Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
Expansion Slots
Intel
®
10
th
Gen Processors*
2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)
Intel
®
Z490 Chipset
1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot
1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
* Support PCIe bifurcation for RAID on CPU function.
Multi-GPU support
Supports NVIDIA 2-Way SLI
®
Technology
Supports AMD 2-Way CrossFireX™ Technology
Storage
Total supports 3 x M.2 slots and 8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Intel
®
Z490 Chipset
DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110
(supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes)*
DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110
(supports PCIe 3.0 x4 & SATA modes)**
M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280(supports PCIe 3.0 x4 mode)***
8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology supports Raid 0,1,5,10
Intel
®
Optane™ Memory Ready
* When DIMM.2_1 slot is running at SATA mode, SATA6G_12 will be
disabled.
** When DIMM.2_2 slot is populated, SATA6G_56 will be disabled.
*** M.2_1 shares bandwidth with PCIe x4 slot, when M.2_1 is populated with a
x2 device, PCIe x4 slot will run at x1 mode, when M.2_1 is populated with a
x4 device, PCIe x4 slot will be disabled.
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