Mainboard Layout
This black series board looks very neat with a grey/white colour scheme. 2 full length PCIe slots are seen to be far apart to accommodate graphics card with takes up 2 slots. On the right is the heatsink on top of the mosfets and VRM. At the back of the board, we can see the various chipsets in charge of GbE, Audio, USB 3.0, eSATA 6Gbps. On the left of the PCI slot, we can see the power and reset button which is positioned quite differently from other boards.
On the back panel, you will find the CLEAR CMOS button, PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector. 8 USB 2.0 ports, 2 USB 3.0 ports, 2 eSATA ports and audio ports + SPDIF optical out. There is also 2 GbE ports.
