ASUS Prime X299-A II Core i7/i9 ATX motherboard
Intel® Core i7/i9 series processor (SkyLake-X or Cascade Lake-X), up to 18 cores, 44 PCIe Lanes, Socket 2066, 14nm
Intel® X299 chipset
Eight (8) 240-pin DIMM banks supporting up to 256GB DDR4-2933 unbuffered non-ECC SDRAM, Quad channel memory bus
Note: Quad channel memory bus requires 4 or 8 modules installed.
ASUS GT1030-2G-CSM GeForce GT 1030, PCI-Express x16, 2GB DDR5, DVI-D & HDMI2.0 ports (primary display)
Up to two (2) SATA 3.5in hard drives. These drives can be configured as software RAID.
Intel® X299 SATA controller, 8xSATA 6Gbs ports
Two (2) M.2 NVMe x4 ports
(N6) ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 NVMe card, PCI-Express x16
Optional external 8X DVD+-RW optical burner, USB 2.0 interface
Onboard Realtek ALC S1220A 8-channel (7.1) High Definition audio
Onboard Intel i219-V Single-port PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet controller, 1GBase-T, RJ-45
Three (3) PCI Express x16 (v3.0) slots (44 PCI-E lane CPU) (single at x16, dual at x16/x16 or triple at x16/x16/x8)
Three (3) PCI Express x16 (v3.0) slots (28 PCI-E lane CPU) (single at x16, dual at x16/x8 or triple at x16/x8/x1)
Two (2) PCI Express x4 (v3.0) slots
One (1) PCI Express x1 (v3.0) slot
One (1) USB 3.1 Gen 2 port, Type A (rear access)
One (1) USB 3.1 Gen 2 port, Type C (rear access)
Four (4) USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (rear access)
One (1) USB 2.0 port (front access)
One (1) USB 3.1 Gen 1 port (front access)
One (1) Line in, MIC, and Speaker port
One (1) RJ-45 Ethernet port
Logitech Wireless Combo MK345 USB keyboard and Optical mouse
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact or Torrent Compact Mid Tower, Dark Tinted Glass
Two (2) front accessible USB ports
Two (2) front accessible audio ports
850W EPS12V full modular power supply, Platinum Level, 12cm fan
Two (2) internal 3.5/2.5in fixed hard drive bays
Two (2) 14cm fans, in-take
One (1) 12cm fan, exhaust
Dimensions: 18.7" (H) x 8.27" (W) x 16.69" (D)
Ubuntu, CentOS or Rocky Linux 64-bit operating system