Ready for 7th Generation Intel Core Kaby Lake processors, the Republic of Gamers Strix Z270E Gaming LGA 1151 ATX Motherboard from ASUS is designed to fit in standard sized ATX cases. The Republic of Gamers Strix Z270E supports both 6th and 7th generation Intel Core i7, i5, i3, Pentium, and Celeron processors, the LGA 1151 socket, and the Z270 chipset. This motherboard is compatible with Windows 10 (64-bit), 8.1 (64-bit), and 7 (32/64-bit) operating systems. Also supported is USB 3.1 Type-A and Type-C, each of which can achieve data transfer rates of up to 10 Gb/s.
The ATX form factor of the Republic of Gamers Strix Z270E can support 64GB of RAM and comes with four 288-pin dual-channel DIMM slots that can each hold 16GB of DDR4 3866 (OC), 3733 (OC), 3600 (OC), 3466 (OC), 3400 (OC), 3333 (OC), 3300 (OC), 3200 (OC), 3000 (OC), 2800 (OC), 2666 (OC), 2400 (OC), and 2133 MHz non-ECC unbuffered memory. It also has a total of 6 x SATA III 6 Gb/s ports, 2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors that support SATA & PCIe SSDs, 1 x 10 Gb/s USB 3.1 Type-C port, 1 x 10 Gb/s USB 3.1 Type-A port, 6 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (4 at the back panel, 2 at the front), 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports, 1 x Gigabit LAN port, dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 4.1. To provide data redundancy, RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 modes are supported. For those looking to expand their system using PCIe, there are 2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 slots (single at x16, dual at x8/x8) and 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (max at x4).
For delivering sharp, clear graphics, this motherboard contains integrated Intel HD Graphics with access to up to 1,024MB of shared graphics memory and is equipped with HDMI, DisplayPort, and DVI video outputs. There is also multi-GPU support for NVIDIA 2-Way SLI technology, as well as AMD 3-Way CrossFireX technology. Using the SupremeFX 8-Channel ALC S1220A HD audio codec, this motherboard can support optical audio using its S/PDIF audio-out jack.
The Republic of Gamers Strix Z270E has also been designed with ASUS' AI Charger, Auto Tuning, CrashFree BIOS 3, MyLogo 3, Q-Design, Q-Shield, a heat-sink, TurboV, GPU Boost, Dual Intelligent Processors 5 with 5-Way Optimization, DIGI+ VRM, TPU, AI Suite3, UEFI BIOS, EZ Flash 3, Fan Xpert 4, ASUS SafeSlot, AURA, and more. This motherboard is protected by a limited 3-year warranty.