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Asus Motherboard ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore

Asus Motherboard ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore

by Asus
SKU CMB-219
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€779,00
€779,00 - €779,00
€779,00

Specifications:

  • Product Number: 90MB1FX0-M0EAY0

CPU

  • Intel® Socket LGA1700 for Intel® Core™ 14th & 13th Gen Processors
  • Intel® Core™ 12th Gen
  • Pentium® Gold and Celeron® Processors
  • Supports
    • Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
    • Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0

Chipset

  • Intel® Z790 Chipset

Memory

  • 2xDIMM, Max. 96GB,DDR58400(OC) /8200(OC)/ 8000(OC)/7800(OC)/7600(OC)/7400(OC)/7200(OC)/7000(OC)/6800(OC)/6600(OC)/6400(OC)/6200(OC)/ 6000(OC)/ 5800(OC)/ 5600/ 5400/ 5200/ 5000/ 4800 MT/s Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
  • Dual Channel Memory Architecture
  • Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Expansion Slots

  • Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)
  • 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (support x16 or x8/x8 modes)
  • Intel® Z790 Chipset
  • 2 x PCIe 4.0 x4 slot 

Storage

  • Total supports 5 x M.2 slots and 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
  • Intel® CoreTM Processors (14th & 13th & 12th Gen)
  • M.2_1 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280
  • M.2_2 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 
  • Intel® Z790 Chipset
  • M.2_3 slot (Key M), type 2242/2260/2280 
  • DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110
  • DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 

Ethernet

  • 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet
  • ASUS LANGuard

Wireless & Bluetooth

  • Intel Wi-Fi 7
  • 2x2 Wi-Fi 7 
  • Supports 2.4/5/6GHz frequency band
  • Bluetooth® v5.4

USB

  • Rear USB (Total 10 ports)
    • 1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C®)
    • 5 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A)
    • 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)
  • Front USB (Total 9 ports)
    • 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C® with up to 60W PD/QC4+)
    • 2 x USB 5Gbps headers support additional 4 USB 5Gbps ports
    • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Audio

  • ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080
    • Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
    • Supports: Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel MIC Jack-retasking
    • High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 110 dB SNR recording input
    • Support up to 32-Bit/ 384 kHz playback
  • Audio Features
    • SupremeFX Shielding Technology
    • Savitech SV3H712 AMP
    • Gold-plated audio jacks
    • Rear optical S/PDIF out port
    • Premium audio capacitors
    • Audio cover

Back Panel I/O Ports

  • 1 x USB 20Gbps port (1 x USB Type-C®)
  • 5 x USB 10Gbps ports (5 x Type-A)
  • 4 x USB 5Gbps ports (4 x Type-A)
  • 1 x Wi-Fi Module
  • 1 x Intel® 2.5Gb Ethernet port
  • 5 x Gold-plated audio jacks
  • 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
  • 1 x BIOS FlashBack™  button 
  • 1 x Clear CMOS button 
  • 1 x PS/2 Keyboard (purple) port
  • 1 x PS/2 Mouse (green) port

Internal I/O Connectors

  • Fan and Cooling related
    • 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header
    • 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header
    • 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header
    • 2 x 4-pin Chassis Fan headers
    • 2 x 4-pin Full Speed Fan headers
    • 1 x W_PUMP+ header
    • 1 x 2-pin Water In header
    • 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
    • 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header
    • 1 x Extra Flow Fan header
  • Power related
    • 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
    • 2 x 8-pin +12V Power connector
    • 1 x 8-pin PCIe Power connector
  • Storage related
    • 3 x M.2 slots (Key M) 
    • 1 x DIMM.2 slot supports 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)
    • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports 
  • USB
    • 1 x USB 20Gbps connector (supports USB Type-C®)
    • 2 x USB 5Gbps headers support additional 4 USB 5Gbps ports
    • 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
  • Miscellaneous
    • 1 x 80 Light Bar jumper
    • 3 x Addressable Gen 2 headers
    • 1 x Alternative PCIe Mode Switch
    • 1 x Aura RGB header
    • 2 x BCLK button
    • 1 x BIOS Switch button 
    • 1 x FlexKey button 
    • 1 x Front Panel Audio header (F_AUDIO)
    • 1 x LN2 Mode jumper 
    • 1 x Osc sence header
    • 1 x Pause switch
    • 12 x ProbeIt Measurement Points
    • 1 x ReTry button
    • 2 x RSVD switches
    • 1 x RSVD header
    • 1 x Safe Boot button
    • 1 x Slow Mode switch 
    • 1 x Start button
    • 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
    • 1 x Thermal Sensor header
    • 1 x Thunderbolt™ (USB4®) header
    • 1 x V_Latch switch

Special Features

  • Extreme OC Kit
    • FlexKey button
    • LN2 Mode
    • ProbeIt
    • ReTry button
    • Safe boot button
    • Start button
    • Slow Mode
  • Extreme Engine Digi+
    • SMD Capacitor
    • MicroFine Alloy Choke 
  • ASUS Q-Design
    • M.2 Q-Latch
    • PCIe Slot Q-Release
    • Q-Antenna
    • Q-Code
    • Q-Connector
    • Q-DIMM
    • Q-LED (CPU [red], DRAM [yellow], VGA [white], Boot Device [yellow green])
    • Q-Slot
  • ASUS Thermal Solution
    • M.2 heatsink backplate
    • M.2 heatsink
    • VRM heatsink design
  • ASUS EZ DIY
    • BIOS FlashBack™ button
    • Clear CMOS button
    • CPU Socket lever protector
    • ProCool II
    • Pre-mounted I/O shield
    • SafeSlot
    • SafeDIMM
  • AURA Sync
    • AURA RGB header(s)
    • Addressable Gen 2 header(s)

Software Features

  • ROG Exclusive Software
    • ROG CPU-Z
    • DTS® Sound Unbound 
    • Internet Security (1-year full version)ASUS Exclusive Software
  • ASUS Exclusive Software
    • Armoury Crate
      • AIDA64 Extreme (1 year full version)
      • Aura Creator
      • Aura Sync
      • Fan Xpert 4 (with AI Cooling II)
      • GameFirst
      • Power Saving
      • Sonic Studio
      • Two-Way AI Noise Cancelation
    • AI Suite 3
      • Easy Optimization with AI Overclocking 
      • TPU
      • DIGI+ Power Control
      • Turbo app
      • PC Cleaner
    • MyAsus
    • USB Wattage Watcher
    • Intel® Unison™
    • WinRAR (40 Days Free Trial)
    • UEFI BIOS
    • AI Overclocking Guide
    • ASUS EZ DIY
      • ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 
      • ASUS EZ Flash 3 
      • ASUS UEFI

BIOS

  • 2 x 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manageability

  • WOL by PME, PXE

Accessories

  • ROG DIMM.2 with Heatsink
    • 1 x ROG DIMM.2 with heatsink
    • 1 x M.2 pad for ROG DIMM.2
    • 2 x M.2 screw package for ROG DIMM.2
  • Additional Cooling Kit
    • 1 x Thermal pad for M.2
    • 1 x ROG Memory Fan Kit
  • Miscellaneous
    • 1 x ASUS WiFi Q-Antenna
    • 1 x Q-connector
    • 1 x ROG VIP card
    • 3 x M.2 Q-Latch packages for M.2 backplate
    • 3 x M.2 backplate Rubber Packages
  • Installation Media
    • 1 x USB drive with utilities and drivers
  • Documentation
    • 1 x User Guide

Operating System

  • Windows® 11, Windows® 10 64-bit

Form Factor

  • ATX Form Factor
  • 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )

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