News - ASUS reveals full roster of Z97 and H97 motherboards

[HEXUS]

Full specifications within and a confirmed 11th May launch date.

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[Devastater6194]

So no Formula or Extreme then or just at a later date? Swear they were available at release for 3rd and 4th gen CPUs.

[Myss_tree]

A mini itx board with 4 ram slots is needed.

[kalniel]

There are some ASUS exclusive features added to these boards designed to help them stand out from the crowd. We have previously mentioned the ASUS SATA Express technology and the use of M.2 storage here on HEXUS. ASUS also wants to point out that its boards have a gold anodized "gleaming new design, with a unique and distinctive perfectly circular heat-sink on the next-generation Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chip."

You mention some exclusive features, but then don't actually say what they are - is it just the circular heat sink? Sata express and M.2 are hardly exclusive.

[LSG501]

So no Formula or Extreme then or just at a later date? Swear they were available at release for 3rd and 4th gen CPUs.

There are a few that don't seem to be mentioned in the article from what I've seen elsewhere, they might not be out just yet thought

A mini itx board with 4 ram slots is needed.

Yes please, I'd even settle for using laptop dimms

[this_is_gav]

Perfectly circular heatsink. Finally!

[LSG501]

Perfectly circular heatsink. Finally!

yeah a shape that really utilities the space on a 'rectangular' motherboard with a majority of the sockets being of the 'rectangular' shape in the best possible way lol

[Brewster0101]

Good to see AC wifi standard being used - massive difference over N if you have the right router.