ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z890 APEX , Motherboard

Motherboard Specification

• Socket / CPU Support: Intel® Socket LGA1851 (Supports Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors - Series 2)
• Chipset: Intel® Z890
• Form Factor: ATX (12.0 in x 9.6 in / 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
• Memory Support: DDR5 2-DIMM Overclocking Architecture (Supports up to DDR5-9600+(OC) MT/s, Dual-Channel, CUDIMM / UDIMM support, Intel® XMP 3.0, DIMM Fit, DIMM Flex, AEMP III)
• Memory Slots & Max Capacity: 2x DIMM slots, Up to 128 GB
• PCIe Expansion Slots:
  ◦ 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (supports x16 or x8/x8 or x8/x4/x4 modes from CPU; shares bandwidth with PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots)
  ◦ 2x PCIe 4.0 x4 slots (from Z890 Chipset)
• M.2 Storage Slots (Total 6x M.2 Slots Supported):
  ◦ 1x M.2_1 slot (Key M, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 from CPU) — supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode
  ◦ 1x M.2_2 slot (Key M, type 2242/2260/2280 from CPU) — supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
  ◦ 1x M.2_3 slot (Key M, type 2242/2260/2280 from CPU) — supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode
  ◦ 1x M.2_4 slot (Key M, type 2242/2260/2280 from CPU) — supports PCIe 5.0 x4 mode
  ◦ 2x M.2 slots via ROG DIMM.2 Module (Key M, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 from Chipset) — supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode
• SATA Ports: 4x SATA 6Gb/s (Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 for SATA & NVMe storage)
• Rear I/O USB & Thunderbolt Ports:
  ◦ 2x Thunderbolt™ 4 40Gbps Type-C® (supports DisplayPort video outputs & up to 15W charging)
  ◦ 1x USB 20Gbps Type-C®
  ◦ 4x USB 10Gbps Type-A
  ◦ 4x USB 5Gbps Type-A
• Internal Front Panel USB Headers:
  ◦ 1x USB 20Gbps Type-C® header (supports Quick Charge 4+ up to 60W with 8-pin PCIe power connected)
  ◦ 1x USB 10Gbps Type-C® header
  ◦ 2x USB 5Gbps headers (support 4 additional USB 5Gbps Type-A ports)
  ◦ 2x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports)
• Networking & Connectivity: Realtek® 5Gbps Ethernet, Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be, 320MHz channel bandwidth, up to 4.8Gbps), Bluetooth 5.4
• Display Outputs:
  ◦ 2x Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C® (supports DisplayPort video outputs up to 8K @ 60Hz with DSC)
  ◦ (No direct integrated HDMI/DisplayPort native ports)
• Audio Codec: ROG SupremeFX 7.1 ALC4080 CODEC + Savitech SV3H712 AMP (with Optical S/PDIF output and 2x Gold-Plated Audio jacks)
• Power Delivery / Power Connectors: 22+1+2+2 Power Stages (110A SPS for VCORE), 1x 24-pin Main Power, 2x 8-pin ProCool II EPS 12V Power, 1x 8-pin PCIe Supplemental Power
• RGB & Fan Headers:
  ◦ 1x 4-pin CPU Fan header
  ◦ 1x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header
  ◦ 1x 4-pin AIO Pump header
  ◦ 1x 4-pin W_PUMP+ header
  ◦ 4x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
  ◦ 2x 4-pin Full Speed Fan headers
  ◦ 3x Addressable Gen 2 RGB headers (ARGB 5V)
• Special Features: Dedicated Overclocker's Toolkit, Condensation Detection Sensors (CPU, DRAM, PCIe), PCIe Slot Q-Release Slim, M.2 Q-Latch, Q-Antenna, BIOS FlashBack™, Clear CMOS Button, PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo Port