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Hardware Installation
Expansion Slots  1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed,
be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is
populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2P connector. The PCIEX4 slot operates
at up to x2 mode when a PCIe SSD is installed in the M2P connector.
(All of the PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All of the PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
 1 x M.2 Socket 1 connector for an Intel
®
CNVi wireless module only (CNVI)
Multi-Graphics
Technology
 Support for NVIDIA
®
Quad-GPU SLI
™
and 2-Way NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
technologies
 Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire
™
and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire
™
technologies
Storage Interface  Chipset:
- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and
PCIe x4/x2 SSD support, prepared for Intel
®
Hybrid SSD) (M2M)
- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe
x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A)
- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe x4/x2 SSD
support) (M2P)
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
* Refer to "1-10 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the PCIEX4, M.2,
and SATA connectors.
 Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory Ready
USB  Chipset+Intel
®
Thunderbolt
™
3 Controller:
- 2 x USB Type-C
™
ports on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
 Chipset:
- 1 x USB Type-C
™
port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, available through the
internal USB header
- 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel
 - 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through
the internal USB header)
 Chipset+2 USB 2.0 Hubs:
- 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 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 OC PEG 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
 2 x addressable LED strip headers
 2 x addressable LED strip power select jumpers
 2 x RGB LED strip headers