ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Motherboard

Main Specifications

The main specifications for the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme motherboard include:

• Socket: 1155
• Chipset: Intel P67 Express
• Super I/O: Nuvoton NCT6776F
• Parallel ATA: None
• Serial ATA: Four SATA-300 and two SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10), and two SATA-600 ports controlled by a Marvell 88SE9182 chip (RAID 0 and 1)
• External SATA: Two eSATA-300 ports controlled by a JMicron JMB362 chip
• USB 2.0: Nine USB 2.0 ports, one soldered on the motherboard rear panel and eight available through four headers on the motherboard
• USB 3.0: 10 ports, eight soldered on the motherboard rear panel and two available through one header on the motherboard, controlled by two NEC (Renesas) µPD720200 chips and expanded through a VLI VL810 hub chip
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): No
• On-board video: No
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC889 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 KHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 104 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 108 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs), on-board optical SPDIF connector
• On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports, one controlled by the chipset and using an Intel WG82579V chip for the physical layer interface, and one controlled by an Intel WG82583V chip
• Buzze
  r: No
• Infrared interface: No
• Power supply required: EPS12V
• Slots: Four PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (see text to understand the speed configuration, supporting SLI and CrossFireX), one PCI Express x1 slot, and one PCI Express x4 slot, NVIDIA NF200 chip, PLX PEX8608 switch chip
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to DDR3-2133, 32 GB maximum)
• Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU cooler and six four-pin connectors for auxiliary fans, three of them supporting thermal control
• Extra Features: Bluetooth receiver, POST diagnostics LEDs and display, “GO” button, two BIOS chips
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One
• Programs included: Motherboard utilities
• More Information: https://usa.asus.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 350.00

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.