AS-MAXIMUS-IX-HERO Review

Asus ROG series Z270 Maximus 9 (iX) Hero: all-in-one LGA 1151 (sKylake/Kabylake) Motherboard, with 3D-printing-friendly design for various add-on parts, Aura Sync + RGB LED on PCB with 9 colors scheme, support Optane 3D-Xpoint dimm when using Kabylake, dual intelligent processors (for TPU+ EPU+ DiGi+ FanExpert) with 5-Way Optimization + 5X protection (DiGi+ VRM digital power design + OCP + ESD guard + 10K Black Metallic capacitors + stainless steel back I/O port), Q-code debug display, ROG RAMDisk (10x faster than SSD) + Sonic Radar iii + GameFirst iii Intel LAN + KeyBot ii (assign function/macro/shortcut to F1-F10) + TrueVolt 5V USB + dedicated ROG UEFi bios with SSD Secure Erase to recover lost performance + DAEMON Tools Pro virtual discs (DVD/BD) utility + Mem TweakIt + ROG CPU-Z + Mem!ok button + USB BioS Flashback + DirectKey for direct BIOS access, with FBT+ SRT+ SCT+ RRT+ SBA+ Rapid Storage + Rapid Start Technology - Intel Z270 Chipset, 4x dual channel DDR4-4133(O.C)/2133 with XMP support up to 32Gb, 6x SATA6G + 2x 32Gb/sec M.2/NGFF type22110 (PCI-e or SATA or Optane mode) SSD socket with raid 0/1//0+1/5/10, on-board dual-display VGA with dual-output (DP + HDMi) + SupremeFX-2015 DTS 7.1 audio (with ESS ES9023P DAC + 2VRMS headphone output + NEC de-pop relay + dedicated clock gold-plated connectors + optical s/pdif out + Sonic SoundStage button) + Intel 219V gigabit LAN; 3x PCI-e(1x), 3x PCI-e 3.0(16x) for Quad-GPU SLI/ Crossfire X, with 1x USB3.1 type-A + 1x USB3.1 type-C + 4x USB3.0 + 4x USB2.0, with Thunderbolt2 header, 1x PS2 - atx