Intel® Socket 1151 for 8^th Gen Intel® Core™, Pentium® Gold and Celeron® processors  

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0*

* The Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the CPU types.

** Refer to www.asus.com for Intel® CPU support list.

Dual channel memory architecture

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

* The maximum memory frequency supported varies by processor.

** DDR4 2666MHz and higher memory modules will run at max. 2666MHz on Intel® 8th Gen. 6-core or higher processors

Supports D-sub with max. resolution 1920 x 1200@60Hz

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2 x Type-A)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

1 x USB 2.0 header supports additional 2 USB 2.0 ports

"Realtek 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC*

- Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking

- Supports up to 24-Bit/192 kHz playback"

Audio Features

- Audio Shielding

- Premium audio capacitors

- Dedicated audio PCB layers

- Supports jack-detection and front panel jack-retasking

* A chassis with an HD audio module in the front panel is required to support 7.1 Surround Sound audio output.

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)

4 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A)

1 x D-Sub port

1 x Realtek 1Gb Ethernet port

3 x Audio jacks

1 x PS/2 Keyboard (purple) port

Fan and Cooling related

1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header

1 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header

Power related

1 x 24-pin Main Power connector

1 x 4-pin +12V Power connector

Storage related

4 x SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors

USB

1 x USB 2.0 header supports additional 2 USB 2.0 ports

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

Miscellaneous

1 x Clear CMOS header

1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)

1 x Speaker connector

1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header

ASUS 5X PROTECTION III

- DIGI+ VRM

- LANGuard

- Overvoltage Protection

- SafeSlot Core

- Stainless-Steel Back I/O

ASUS Q-Design

- ASUS Q-DIMM

- ASUS Q-Slot

ASUS Exclusive Software

AI Suite 3

- Performance And Power Saving Utility

EPU

Digi+ VRM

Fan Xpert

- EZ update

DAEMON Tools

Norton Anti-virus software (Free Trial version)

WinRAR

UEFI BIOS

ASUS EZ DIY

- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

- ASUS EZ Flash 3

- ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode

Cables

2 x SATA 6Gb/s cables

Miscellaneous

1 x I/O Shield

Installation Media

1 x Support DVD

Documentation