ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA Manuel D’Utilisation

MAXIMUS VIII FORMULA specifications summary

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CPU

LGA1151 socket for 6th Generation Intel

Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium

Celeron

Processors

Supports 14nm CPU
Supports Intel

Turbo Boost Technology 2.0*

* Intel

Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the CPU type

Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list

Chipset

Intel

Z170 Express Chipset

Memory

4 x DIMM, max. 64GB DDR4 3733+(OC)* / 3600(OC)* / 3500(OC)*

/ 3466(OC)* / 3400(OC)* / 3300(OC)* / 3200(OC)* / 3000(OC)*

/ 2800(OC)* / 2666(OC)* / 2400(OC)* / 2133 MHz, non-ECC,

un-buffered memory

Dual channel memory architecture
Supports Intel

Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of
individual CPUs.

Please refer to Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List) for details.

Expansion slots

New 6th Gen Intel

Core™ Processors

2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (supports x16, x8/x8)
Intel

Z170 Express Chipsets

1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (max. at x4 mode)*
3 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots

* The PCIe x4_4 slot shares bandwidth with SATA6G_56. The PCIe x4_4

is default set at x2 mode.

Graphic

Integrated Graphics Processor- Intel

HD Graphics support

Multi-VGA output support: HDMI/DisplayPort
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2 with max. resolution 4096 x 2304@60Hz
- Supports HDMI 1.4b with max. resolution 4096 x 2160@24Hz
- Supports Intel

InTru™ 3D/Quick Sync Video/Clear Video HD

Technology/Insider™

- Maximum shared memory of 512MB

Multi-GPU support

Supports NVIDIA

2-Way/Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology

Supports AMD

3-Way/Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

Storage

Intel

Z170 Express Chipset with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and Intel

Rapid Storage Technology 14 support
- 1 x U.2 port (support PCIe 3.0 x4 NVM Express storage)*
- 1 x M.2 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage

devices (Supports both SATA & PCIE 3.0 x4 mode)*

- 2 x SATA Express ports
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (4 ports from 2 x SATA Express)*
- Supports Intel

Smart Response Technology**

ASMedia

SATA controller***

- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (at mid-board [black])

The M.2 slot shares bandwidth with U.2 slot and SATA Express 1 slot.

This function will work depending on the CPU installed.

***

These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are not
supported.