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Hardware Installation
Expansion Slots  Intel
®
Core
™
X series 48-lane processors:
- 3 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16
 Intel
®
Core
™
X series 44-lane processors:
- 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX16_3)
 Intel
®
Core
™
X series 28-lane processors:
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1)
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX16_2)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed,
be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot.
(All of the PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
Multi-Graphics
Technology
 Support for NVIDIA
®
Quad-GPU SLI
™
and 2-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
technologies
 Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire
™
and 2-Way AMD CrossFire
™
technologies
Storage Interface  2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and
PCIe x4/x2 SSD support)
 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
 Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
* The M2P and M2Q connectors must work with an Intel
®
VROC Upgrade Key to
supportRAIDconguration.
* Refer to "1-9 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the M.2 and SATA
connectors.
 Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory Ready
* Only Intel
®
Core
™
X series 48-lane processors support Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory.
 Intel
®
VROC Ready
USB  Chipset+Intel
®
Thunderbolt
™
3 Controller:
- 2 x USB Type-C
™
ports on the back panel, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support
 Chipset+2 ASMedia
®
USB 3.2 Gen 2 Controllers:
- 2 x USB Type-C
™
ports with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support, available through the
internal USB headers
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
 Chipset:
- 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through
the internal USB headers)
- 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports on the back panel
 Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hubs:
- 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers
Internal
Connectors
 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors
 1 x VGA_PW power connector
 1 x CPU fan header
 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
 1 x water cooling kit CPU LED header (LED_CPU)
 1 x water cooling kit Chipset LED header (LED_PCH)
 4 x system fan headers
 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers
 2 x addressable LED strip headers
 2 x RGB LED strip headers
 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors