A total of 5 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports are supported*12th Gen Intel processors® M.2_1 slot (Key M), supports 2242/2260/2280/22110 type storage devices***
- 12th Gen Intel processors support PCIe 5.0 x4 mode
M.2_2 slot (Key M), supports 2280
- 12th Gen Intel processors support PCIe 4.0 x4 mode ®®Intel Z690 chipset®**
M.2_3 slot (Key M), supports 2280 type storage devices (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 & SATA mode)
DIMM.2_1 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, supports 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
DIMM.2_2 slot (Key M) via ROG DIMM.2, supports 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices (supports PCIe 4.0 x4 mode)
6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports****
* Intel Rapid Storage supports NVMe RAID 0/1/5, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10.
** Intel Optane memory H-series is installed on an M.2 socket connected to a PCH and supports Intel Rapid Storage technology.
M.2_1 shares bandwidth with PCIEX16(G5)_2. When M.2_1 runs, PCIEX16(G5)_2 shuts down.
SATA6G_E1-2 The connection port does not support RAID and system disks.®®®