The ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard supports Intel® Core™ Ultra (2nd series) processors. Designed for extreme overclocking, it carries the legacy of this series into the next generation. The board offers broad support for PCIe 5.0, DDR5, and WiFi 7. For those who prefer light colors in their build aesthetics, the board features a light gray surface, polished metallic accents, smooth contours, and a predominantly silver palette.
General characteristics | |
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Socket | LGA1851 |
Supported processors | Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) |
Form factor | ATX |
Chipset | Intel Z890 |
Memory | |
Number of memory slots | 2 |
Memory | DDR5 DIMM, 4800-9000 MHz |
Number of memory channels | two-channel |
Maximum memory capacity | 96 GB |
Disk controllers | |
Number of SATA 6Gb/s connectors | 4 |
Number of M.2 slots | 6 |
RAID support | RAID: 0, 1, 5, 10 |
Slot type M.2 | 1 x 22110 (PCIe 5.0 x4), 1 x 2280 (PCIe 4.0 x4) , 2 x 2280 (PCIe 5.0 x4), 2 x 22110 (PCIe 4.0 x4) (via ROG DIMM.2 Card) |
Expansion slots | |
Number of PCI-E x4 slots | 2 |
Number of PCI-E x16 slots | 2 |
Audio / Video | |
Audio | ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080 |
Network | |
Ethernet | Realtek 5Gb Ethernet |
Wi-Fi | 802.11be |
Bluetooth | yes |
Rear Connectors | 2 x Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C, 1 x USB 20Gbps Type-C, 4 x USB 10Gbps Type-A, 4 x USB 5Gbps Type-A |
Cooling system type | passive |