Supports Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready for all M.2 slots2
1 x U.2 port3
Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe storage
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology for Intel Core™ processors4
M.2 slots and SATA ports share the same bandwidth. Please refer to page 38 for U.2, M.2 & SATA combination table.Please refer to user manual for Intel® Optane™ Memory Configuration.PCI_E3 shares bandwidth with U2_1. If you install a PCI_E3 device, the U2_1 will be disabled.The functions will be supported depend on the CPU.
RAID
Intel® X299 Chipset
Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
Supports RAID 0 and RAID1 for M.2 PCIe storage devices1
M.2 PCIe RAID volume can be created with M.2/Optane Genie. Please refer to user manual for Creating a M.2 PCIe SSD RAID with M.2/Optane Genie.
USB
ASMedia® ASM3142 Chipset
3 x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports (1 Type-A port and 1 Type-C port on the back panel, 1 Type-C port available through the internal USB connector)
ASMedia® ASM1074 Hub
3 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports on the back panel
Intel® X299 Chipset
5 x USB 3.1 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports (1 Type-A port on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
8 x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports (4 Type-A ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)
Audio
Realtek® ALC1220 Codec
7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
Supports S/PDIF output
LAN
1 x Intel® I219-V Gigabit LAN controller
1 x Intel® I211 Gigabit LAN controller
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 ports)