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Storage
Intel
®
CPU support with Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology (RAID
0 & RAID 1)
- PCIEX16_1 slot supports up to 3 Intel
®
PCIe NVME SSDs via a
Hyper M.2 X16 series Card*
- PCIEX16_2 slot supports up to 2 Intel
®
PCIe NVME SSDs via a
Hyper M.2 X16 series Card*
Intel
®
Z390 Chipset support with Intel Rapid Storage
Technology (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10)
- 1 x M.2_1 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280/2280
storage devices support (both SATA & PCIE mode)**
- 1 x M.2_2 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110
storage devices support (PCIE x4 mode)
- 6 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
- Ready for Intel
®
Optane Memory
* Hyper M.2 X16 series card sold separately. Install a Hyper M.2 X16
series card and enable this card under BIOS settings.
** The M.2_1 socket shares bandwidth with SATA6G_2 port when using
M.2 SATA devices. Adjust BIOS settings to use a SATA device.
LAN
Intel
®
I219-V Gigabit LAN
ASUS LAN Guard
ASUS Turbo LAN Utility
Audio
Realtek
®
S1220A 8-channel high definition audio CODEC
featuring Crystal Sound 3
- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- High quality 120dB SNR stereo playback output and 113dB SNR
recording input
- Internal audio Amplier to enhance the highest quality sound for
headphone and speakers
- Power pre-regulator reduces power input noise to ensure
consistent performance
- Unique de-pop circuit to reduce start-up popping noise to audio
outputs
- Separate layer for left and right track, ensuring both sound deliver
equal quality
- Audio shielding ensures precise analog/digital separation and
greatly reduced multi-lateral interference
- Premium Japan-made audio capacitors
- Supports up to 32-Bit/192kHz playback*
- Supports jack-detection, multi-streaming, front panel jack-
retasking (MIC)
- Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O
Audio Features:
- DTS
®
Headphone: X™
* Due to limitations in HDA bandwidth, 32-Bit/192kHz is not supported for
8-Channel audio. 32-Bit/192kHz is only available under Windows
®
10.
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PRIME Z390-A specifications summary