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Storage wise you will get:

• 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports - Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 for SATA storage devices
• 1x M.2 slot
  Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 standard, 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length M.2 SSD cards
• Supports Intel Smart Response Technology for Intel Core processors

The audio solution is based on the Realtek ALC1150 Codec with 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio running in an isolated circuitry.
 

Just below that PCI-Express slot you can see the M.2. slot. Also take not of the metal cover on the two primary x16 PCI-Express slots. It provides a more sturdy and stronger slot, handy for very heavy graphics cards.
 

As mentioned you can use just the one 8-pin connector to power that processor of yours, it should be plenty for a little extra boom-boom-pow in the voltage circuitry when overclocking. We will look at overclocking later on in the article.

Today we'll use new G.SKILL Trident Z 3200 MHz DDR4 Memory modules with the motherboard. The irony is that this memory is way more expensive than the motherboard!