ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME Motherboard

Slots

Socket LGA2011-v3 processors have a maximum of 40 PCI Express 3.0 lanes (some models have only 28 lanes) for video cards. This allows a very high-end configuration for the PCI Express x16 slots when a CPU with 40 lanes is installed, but the exact configuration used will depend on the model of the CPU that will be installed.

The ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME comes with four PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots. With a 40-lane processor installed, the board supports x16/x0/x16/x0, x16/x0/x8/x8, x16/x8/x8/x8 configurations. With a 28-lane CPU, the board supports x16/x0/x8/x0, x8/x8/x8/x0 configurations.

The motherboard supports SLI and CrossFireX with up to four video cards, if you are using a 40-lane CPU, or up to three cards with a 28-lane CPU.

There is also a PCI Express 2.0 x4 slot and one PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot. The PCI Express 2.0 x4 slot shares bandwidth with one of the SATA Express connectors, two USB 3.0 ports, and the PCI Express x1 slot; if a PCI Express x4 card is installed, all of those features will be disabled. If a PCI Express x1 or x2 card is installed, only the SATA Express interface is disabled.

Figure 2: slots

The RAMPAGE V EXTREME comes with one M.2 slot, compatible with both SATA and PCI Express M.2 modules.

Figure 3: the M.2 slot