{"id":92029,"date":"2016-05-11T07:35:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T05:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=92029"},"modified":"2016-05-13T13:48:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T11:48:36","slug":"asus-unveils-advanced-rog-strix-x99-gaming-motherboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/92029-asus-unveils-advanced-rog-strix-x99-gaming-motherboards","title":{"rendered":"Asus unveils advanced ROG Strix X99 gaming motherboards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asus has revealed its new line of ROG Strix X99 motherboards aimed at DIY\u00a0PC gamers.<\/p>\n<p>The ROG\u00a0Strix motherboard is\u00a0based on the Intel X99 chipset and features multiple customisation options and advanced\u00a0technology.<\/p>\n<p>The motherboard features a\u00a0LGA 2011-v3 socket, compatible with the latest Intel Core i7 processors.<\/p>\n<p>The Strix motherboard is built for gaming, boasting\u00a0three PCIe 3.0 x16 expansion slots and &#8220;GamersFirst&#8221; network traffic optimisation.<\/p>\n<p>The motherboard also features\u00a0an OC Socket to aid overclocking and Fan Xpert 4 for ultimate cooling control.<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no South African pricing for the ROG Strix motherboard.<\/p>\n<p>The ROG Strix X99 motherboard will be available from the first week of June in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out the specifications of the ROG Strix X99 Gaming motherboard below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"myg_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">ROG Strix X99 Gaming Motherboard Specifications<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><strong>CPU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">LGA 2011-v3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Chipset<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Intel X99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Memory<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>8 x DIMM max. 128GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Expansion Slots<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>3 x PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16, 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Audio<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>SupremeFX, Sonic Radar II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gbit LAN<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Intel I218-V<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>SATA Express<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>SATA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>8 x SATA 6Gbps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>M.2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1 x M.2 Socket 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>U.2 Support<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Wi-Fi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>2&#215;2 dual-band 2.5GHz 802.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>USB<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1 x USB 3.1 Type-A, 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C, 8 x USB 3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Desktop Dungeons has made South African developers QCF Design R9 million so far\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/91691-desktop-dungeons-has-made-qcf-design-r9-million-so-far.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Desktop Dungeons has made South African developers QCF Design R9 million so far<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 5 game announcement predictions for E3 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/91287-5-game-announcement-predictions-for-e3-2016.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 game announcement predictions for E3 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The Pirate Bay is now blocked by every major browser\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/91937-the-pirate-bay-is-now-blocked-by-every-major-browser.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Pirate Bay is now blocked by every major browser<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asus has revealed its new line of ROG Strix X99 motherboards aimed at high-end PC gamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":92031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[31,1517,18637,2664,14708,10922,18635,12816],"class_list":["post-92029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-active","tag-asus","tag-chipset","tag-gaming","tag-motherboard","tag-rog","tag-strix","tag-x99"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92265,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92029\/revisions\/92265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}