Digi+ Power Design |
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 OC Socket |
With their OC Socket ASUS is using more pins then on
Intel’s reference design. ASUS claims, that these pins help maintaining
highest possible CPU voltage stability even when a CPU is being
overclocked to more than 5.0 GHz. In other words there is a lower
voltage drop when you’re feeding your HEDT CPU with higher voltages at
very high clock speeds. This is especially helpful if you do extreme
overclocking, since in this case voltage drops can cause instability.
Basically the more stable the current and voltage supply is the more
likely it is to run a CPU at insane frequency, thus increasing the
likelihood to break world records. |
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Aura Lighting |
Aura Lighting is basically ASUS's name for extensive RGB lighting. For that purpose the company decided to backlight several different parts on this motherboard. There is for example the I/O shield, the shroud covering the I/O shield, the release clamps at the end of each PCI-Express x16 slot, the PCH heatsink as well as the entire right edge of the board. Apart from that there is also a header to connect RGB LED strips to the motherboard, which can then be controlled via ASUS's integrated software. |
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ASUS Fan Xpert 4 |
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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M.2/U.2 Support |
The ASUS X99 Strix motherboard features one M.2 and one U.2 slots.
All three have been wired directly to the
X99 PCH via
four PCI Express 3.0 lanes, which means that up to 32 Gbps can be pushed over the bus through these slots and that translates into 4 Gigabyte per second. |
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SupremeFX |
The onboard audio on this board is very similar to the implementation we find on other X99 based ASUS motherbaords. Supporting up to eight channels, the SupremeFX solution received shielding from other onboard components. Apart from that there are high quality ELNA capacitors offering as clear as possible audio. ASUS is also covered the audio chip with black chrome to minimize electromagnetic interferences. |
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