Layout

With the release of Intels Z87 chipset ASUS's design team chose to bring quite some change to the design of their classic series motherboards. ASUS was brave enough to ditch their highly successful black/blue color scheme and replace it a color scheme kept in black, gold and yellow. Meanwhile ASUS again reworked the design of their classic series motherboard make it more calm by removing yellow from the equation. They've also changed the tone of the gold color they're using a champagne-ish color.
Regarding the layout ASUS has been able to squeeze an astonishing number of features onto a standard ATX motherboard. Obviously ASUS is compliant with Intels guidelines regarding clearance around the CPU socket. There even is some margin between the CPU socket and the DIMM slots. Apart from that the build quality of the board is excellent and in this regard there is nothing to complain about.



The ASUS Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac features a fully digital 12+2 phase power design. The CPU gets twelve phases and the memory gets a stable current supply from two individual phase. Apart from that there are high-quality, Japanese solid state capacitors, which have been specified 5000 hours.



Totally you'll find four DIMM-slots on the Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac. Officially supported are DDR3 3200(O.C.) / 3100(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2933(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2600(O.C.) / 2500(O.C.) / 2400(O.C.) / 2200(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) / 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1800(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 MHz. There is enough space between the DIMM-slots and the CPU socket which means that you wont encounter compatibility problems with big coolers even when you choose to install RAM with big heatspreaders. Also supported are Xtreme Memory Profiles (XMP) in version 1.3.



On the Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac the PCH is being cooled by a passive cooling block. A closer look at the area where the VRM is, shows there are two additional, passive heatsinks. Design as well as build quality are excellent, which is typical for ASUS' Z97 series motherboards.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 4 - Layout
Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 5 - Connectors and I/O
Page 3 - Features	Page 6 - Conclusion