Connectors and I/O
Totally
ASUS equipped the Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac with six angled SATA ports, which can be
found below the 24-pin ATX power connector. Apart from that there is also a SATA
Express connector as well as an M.2 slot. Therefore it should be problem
whatsoever to equip office PCs as well as workstations with plenty of drives. We
also like the fact, the diversity of storage connectors, which is definitely
up-to-date these days. On this board there are also practical onboard
power- and reset-buttons as well as a debug display.
Totally you'll find
six fan header on the Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac which is enough, to provide a well
equipped Office PC, workstation or gaming rig with fresh air. The fan headers are located
in close proximity to the CPU socket as well as spread over the motherboard. ASUS decided to use 4-pin PWM headers in all six cases.
Therefore it is possible to adjust rotation speed in the BIOS or in Windows.
Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASUS
equipped the Z97-Pro Wi-Fi ac with four USB 3.0/2.0 ports,
two USB 2.0/1.1 ports, one gigabit ethernet port, an HDMI connector, a
DisplayPort output, DVI out, VGA out as well as an optical out and an
analogue audio panel. Furhtermore there are two connectors to attach antennas, which
are included in the delivery.