[ANNOUNCED] ASUS ROG STRIX X99 MOTHERBOARDS

ROG Strix has taken on a brand-new look and the time has come to debut the first motherboard in the ROG Strix Series. ROG Strix X99 Gaming is a new ATX motherboard based on the Intel X99 chipset, retrofitted with exclusive technologies to maximize the potential of the new family of Intel Core i7 processors for socket LGA 2011-v3. ROG Strix X99 Gaming delivers performance you'll notice, while the bold new design featuring customizable colors highlights the centerpiece of a system others will notice.

KEY POINTS

• Next-gen X99 motherboards ready for the new Intel Core i7 processor family for socket LGA 2011-v3, and offering outstanding choice for gamers, creative professionals and DIYers
• Stacked with ASUS-exclusive features and customizations, including 5-Way Optimization, Aura RGB illumination, and strengthened SafeSlot
• ROG recruits Strix, and ROG Strix X99 Gaming offers gamers a bold design with bright colors that channels the spirit of fierce individualism

Our X99 motherboards have won awards from many respected publications and editors around the world, with ASUS consistently praised as the number-one motherboard brand. We are keen to offer best-selling, easy-to-use, stable and trusted motherboards — that’s why we call them BEST. And we’re proud to introduce our all-new X99 motherboards allowing users to customize their experience and maximize performance in ways that simply aren’t possible with any other brand of motherboard.

 - Joe Hsieh, ASUS Corporate Vice President & General Manager of Motherboard Business Unit

To maximize performance, ROG Strix X99 Gaming features the exclusive OC Socket which uses extra socket pins to tap into even more overclocking power, 5-Way Optimization for one-click overclocking and cooling, and Fan Xpert 4 for ultimate cooling and control. The eight DIMMs support up to 128GB of DDR4 memory overclocked up to 3,333MHz which is enough for virtual machines, video editing machines and virtually anything else you throw at it. Three PCIe 3.0/2.0 X16 slots are available for up to 3-way SLI or CrossFire for multi-GPU grunt, three extra PCIe 2.0 slots (two X1 and one X16) can be used for other add-in cards such as discrete audio solutions or SSDs.

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Author : Anushk Keshri Rastogi