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When we place the motherboard at an angle we see the rather familiar socket LGA1151. It will support Coffee Lake procs, these are referred to as the 8th generation Core series processors. If you count along with me, it appears to feature a ten phase mode design for the CPU and two additional phases for memory. 

 
Storage ports then -- ASUS is equipping the board with six SATA3 ports. Add to that the two M.2 slots on DIMM.2, this does feel somewhat limited for a motherboard in this price category.

• User's manual
• 1 x ROG logo plate sticker
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s)
• 1 x M.2 Screw Package
• 1 x CPU installation tool
• 1 x Supporting DVD
• 1 x ASUS 2T2R dual band Wi-Fi moving antennas (Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compliant)
• 1 x SLI HB BRIDGE(2-WAY-M)
• 1 x ROG big sticker
• 1 x Q-Connector
• 1 x M.2 bracket
• 1 x Extension Cable for RGB strips (80 cm)
• 1 x Extension cable for Addressable LED
• 1 x ROG coaster(s)
• 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Header to USB 2.0 adapter cable

The two DIMM slots support single and dual channel with support for up-to DDR4 4133 (O.C.) and starting at 2133 MHz memory modules. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets can sport up-to 64 GB of system memory as a maximum. We recommend something in the middle, a nice 3200 MHz kit, for example, is a good balance in perf/price ratio. Volume, in the end, matters more than frequency, keep that in mind.