Maximus VII Gene

Maximus VII Hero

Maximus VII Ranger

Socket

Intel LGA1150 4th, New 4th & 5th Generation

Core i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium/Celeron Processors Ready

Chipset

Intel Z97 Express Chipset

Power Phase Design

Extreme Engine Digi+ III

Extreme Engine Digi+ III

Fully Digital VRM

Memory

DDR3 3300MHz (O.C.)

DDR3 3200MHz (O.C.)

DDR3 3200MHz (O.C.)

4 DIMM, up to 32GB, non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Dual-channel memory architecture,

Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Expansion slots

2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16

1 x PCIe 2.0 x4

1 x mPCIe 2.0 x1

2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16

1 x PCIe 2.0/x16

3 x PCIe 2.0 x1

Multi-GPU support

Quad-GPU NVIDIA SLI/ AMD CrossFireX

Storage

8 x SATA 6Gbit/s

1 x M.2 (PCIe x2) socket 3 with M key, supports type 2260/2280

8 x SATA 6Gbit/s

1 x M.2 (PCIe x2) socket 3 with M key, supports type 2260/2280

6 x SATA 6Gbit/s

1 x M.2 (PCIe x2) socket 3 with M key, supports type 2260/2280

USB

6 x USB 3.0

7 x USB 2.0

6 x USB 3.0

7 x USB 2.0

6 x USB 3.0

7 x USB 2.0

Networking (LAN)

                   1 x Intel Gigabit Ethernet, ROG GameFirst III, LANGuard

Audio

SupremeFX Impact IIadd-in card, 8-Channel High-Definition audio codec, Sonic SoundStage, Sonic SenseAmp, Sonic Radar II, Sonic Studio, DTS Connect

SupremeFX 2014

8-Channel High-Definition audio codec, Sonic SoundStage, Sonic SenseAmp, Sonic Studio, Sonic Radar II, DTS Connect

Form Factor

mATX

ATX

ATX