Best Motherboards for Core i7-9700K in 2020
ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO is an ATX motherboard and comes with four DIMM slots, which means that with the use of 32 GB sticks you can reach a maximum memory limitation of 128 GB. As for the PCI Express slots, there are five of them, among which three are PCI Express 3.0 X16 and three are 3.0 X1. This seems like a great configuration, where you can install lots of PCI-E devices such as multiple graphics cards, PCI-E SSDs, sound cards, etc. As for the M.2 slots, there are two of them, both being covered by large heat-sinks. The motherboard provides six SATA III ports, capable of running at 6Gb/s.
Coming to the I/O of the motherboard, it offers 6 x audio ports, 2 x WiFi antenna ports, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, 2 x USB 2.0 ports (one of which is used for BIOS), an HDMI port, a DP port, a PS/2 port, a BIOS Flashback button, and a Clear CMOS button. These options seem very extensive and are quite helpful during various scenarios, especially the BIOS related functions. ASUS has used ROG SupremeFX in the motherboard with the audio codec S1220, which is greatly appreciated for its quality and outputs. The motherboard also supports Bluetooth and WiFi, where ASUS has used Intel Wireless-AC 9560 for WiFi, capable of running at 1.73 Gbps. As for the multi-GPU support, the motherboard supports 2-way NVIDIA SLI and 3-way AMD CrossFireX technology. There is a total of seven fan headers in the motherboard including the CPU and AIO pump headers.
The power delivery of this motherboard is quite controversial. ASUS implemented a new design for the VRM and used a big 4+2 phase power delivery, however, this VRM is much better than previously used 4+2 phase VRM in the cheap motherboards. That is why you can overclock the processors like Intel Core i7-9700K or even Core i9-9900K at high frequencies like 5.0+ GHz, etc.
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