Anschlüsse und I/O

Totally ASUS equipped the Crosshair V Formula with six angled SATA-III ports as well as one straigt SATA-III connector which should be enough for any office PC or gaming system. You also find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons but unfortunately there is no debug display which would be very useful if you should once have issues with one of the components in your system. A closer look at the last expansion slot reveals that it is a PCI-Express x4 slot. Although one could install a dual slot graphics card in this slot we would recommend to not do so and only install singl slot expansion cards.

 

Totally you'll find eight fan headers on the ASUS Crosshair V Formula which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped midrange or even a high-end-system with fresh air. The fanheaders are located around the CPU and their also spread over the whole board which makes them easily accessible from any position in an enclosure.

  

Looking at the externl connectors directly at the back-panel ASUS equipped the Crosshair V Formula with four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, eight USB 2.0 ports, one eSATA 6 Gbps port, one gigabit ethernet port, an analogue audio panel as well as an optical out and a Clear CMOS buton.