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SATA ports -- ECS equipped the board with a good four SATA3 ports and one M.2 PCI-E SSD slot. Looks weird as they are facing upwards.
At least they do not block graphics cards. it is a little on the small side, 4 connectors I mean.
- 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1~6)
- 1x M.2 port*
The Z97 has a 6 Phase Digital Power Design. The board comes with diagnostic LEDs and power/reset buttons. You will get four DIMM slots that offer support for dual-channel DDR3 memory up to even 3000 MHz (OC). You can install a maximum of 32 GB in total. XMP is supported.
To the rear you can see a Diagnostic post LED, it will display the status/post code.