Digi+ |
Since quite some time ASUS has been
equipping its boards with digital power
designs. Using the right software it is not only possible to adjust voltages while being in
Windows on can now also control impedances. Furthermore this board
features high quality 10K black metallic capacitor which guarantee a
long lifespan. |
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ASUS Fan Xpert 3 |
ASUS Fan
Xpert 3 provides customizable settings for fans that have been attached
directly to the onboard fan headers. With the Fan Auto Tuning feature,
ASUS Fan Xpert 3 automatically detects and tweaks all fan speeds and in
the end reduces unwanted noise. |
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SATA Express
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SATA Express is a new port for storage devices that basically combines two SATA connectors and bundles them. Each SATA Express port has been wired using two PCI Express Gen2 lanes offering a total of 10 Gbps bandwidth. Compared to SATA-III with 6 Gbps bandwidth this is quite an improvement. |
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M.2 Support
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The new ASUS X99-A/USB 3.1
(Transfer Express) motherboard from
ASUS features an M.2 slot. This motherboard can be equipped with an SSD in M.2 format and it is wired directly to the
X99 PCH via
two PCI Express lanes, therefore offering x2 bandwidth. In other words up to
10 Gbps can be pushed over the bus through this slot. |
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USB 3.1
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The new X99-A USB 3.1 has the same layout
of the X99-A but in this version its shipped with two ultra-fast USB 3.1
with transfer rates of 10Gb/s placed at back I/O panel. In order to visually show which ones are the USB 3.1 ports, the color has been changed to light blue. When we released this article no devices with USB 3.1 interface have been available. It is to be expected that the first devices will hit the market during the second half of 2015. |
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Crystal Sound 2
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With
Crystal Sound 2 you get ASUS' interpretation of high quality onboard
audio. Supporting up to eight channels, the Crystal Sound 2 solution received shielding from other onboard components. Apart from that there are high quality ELNA capacitors offering as clear as possible audio. |
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