Anschlüsse und I/O

Totally ASUS provided the P9X79 WS with eight angled SATA ports which should be enough for any office PC or gaming system. You'll also find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons, which have been placed at the bottom edge of the motherboard. You'll also find a debug display which would be very useful if you should once have issues with one of the components in your system.

 

Totally you'll find six fan header on the P9X79 WS which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped midrange or high-end-system with fresh air. The fanheaders are located around the CPU socket as well as at the bottom edge of the mainboard.

  

Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASUS equipped the P9X79 WS with two USB 3.0/2.0 ports, on FireWire port, two Intel gigabit ethernet ports, an optical out as well as an analogue audio panel. Furthermore there also is a BIOS reset button.