Asus announces X99 motherboard in ROG Strix series
Asus has announced four new X99 motherboards, including its first model in the ROG Strix series. This Strix motherboard includes additional cooling and overclocking options. The four boards are built around Intel’s X99 chipset and support up to 128GB DDR4.
In addition to the ROG Strix X99, Asus introduces the Signature X99-Deluxe II, the X99-A II and the X99-E. The motherboards support Aura, with which the RGB lighting can be adjusted. The most comprehensive motherboard is the X99-Deluxe II, which includes two SFF-8639 or u2 connectors, two m2 connectors and a 3×3 WiFi-ac network card. Asus supplies this board with a thunderbolt 3 expansion card. The other boards can be equipped with this card, but Asus does not supply them.
The ROG Strix X99 is mainly aimed at overclockers and gamers. The motherboard supports Asus functionality such as OC Socket for overclocking and Fan Xpert 4 for managing the coolers. In addition, Asus reports to apply technology such as SupremeFX shielding, which would improve the audio quality, and to strengthen the PCIe slot for use with heavy video cards.
Asus has not announced the prices yet.
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X99-Deluxe II |
Asus X99-A II |
Asus X99-E |
ROG Strix X99 Gaming |
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cpu |
LGA 2011-v3 Socket for Intel Core i7 X Processors |
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chipset |
Intel X99 Chipset |
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Memory |
8x ddr4, |
8x ddr4, |
8x ddr4, |
8x ddr4, |
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IO |
40 lane |
4x pcie 3.0 x16 |
3x pcie 3.0 x16 |
3x pcie 3.0 x16 |
3x pcie 3.0 x16 |
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28 lane |
3x pcie 3.0 x16 |
3x pcie 3.0 x16 |
3x pcie 3.0 x16 |
3x pcie 3.0 x16 |
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audio |
Crystal Sound 3 |
Crystal Sound 3 |
Crystal Sound 3 |
SupremeFX |
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Gbit LAN |
Intel I218-V & Intel I211-AT |
Intel I218-V |
Intel I218-V |
Intel I218-V |
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Sata express |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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sata |
8x SATA 6Gbit/s |
8x SATA 6Gbit/s |
8x SATA 6Gbit/s |
8x SATA 6Gbit/s |
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M2 |
2 (pcie 3.0 x4; |
1 |
1 |
1x m2 socket 3 with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 |
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U2 support |
2 |
1 |
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1 |
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Wi-Fi |
3×3 dual band WiFi ac |
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2×2 dual band WiFi ac with mu-mimo |
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usb |
3x usb 3.1 a |
1x usb 3.1 a |
1x usb 3.1 c |
1x usb 3.1 a |
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OC socket |
Yes |
Yes |
new |
Yes |
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SafeSlot |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Aura |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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4-pin rgb header |
Yes |
Yes |
new |
Yes |
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Thunderbolt 3 |
ThunderboltEX 3 add-on card |
Thunderbolt ready |
Thunderbolt ready |
Thunderbolt ready |
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