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The Z270 motherboard will get you six Intel chipset based SATA 6 Gb/s storage ports to the motherboard. Combined in here are two M.2. PCI Express slots using x4 lanes, giving the port not 10 GB/sec but 32 GB/sec performance. There are plenty USB 3.0 and 3.1 ports available though internal motherboard connectors. BTW the industry calls USB 3.0 USB 3.1 Gen 1 these days, a little misleading TBH. USB 3.1 Gen 2 would be the new and proper 10 Gbps connectors.
 

You will get four DIMM slots offer support for dual-channel DDR4 memory up to even 4000+MHz (OC). If you activate the XMP 2.0 profile in the BIOS, your memory will be automatically configured for you at its maximum clock speed and recommended voltage.  You can install a maximum of 64 GB in total. Again, XMP 2.0 must be supported, we'll show you this setup running at 2133 and 3200 MHz later on in the article.
 

Yep, you may unleash the ultimate power in graphics configurations. Support for up to 3 full length discrete VGA cards. SLI Connectors. Nothing for Crossfire bridges, as AMD dropped Crossfire bridges and passes compositing data over the PCI-Express bus these days. Mind you that we can only recommend you to go with 2x multi-GPU. Three cards would bog down the 3rd card at a x4 link.

You'll find lots of little extra buttons on the PCB intended for features like (dual) BIOS and LED switches, overall a very feature rich motherboard. To the left you can find a Diagnostic post LED, it will display the status/post code. The board also has buttons for reset / power and a number of micro-switches and buttons.