ASUS Z87-C
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1.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA1150 socket designed for the 4th
generation Intel
®
Core™ i7 / Intel
®
Core™ i5 / Intel
®
Core™ i3, Pentium
®
and Celeron
®
processors.
Ensure that all power cables are unplugged before installing the CPU.
Connectors/Jumpers/Slots Page
1. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 8-pin EATX12V) 1-30
2. LGA1150 CPU socket
1-4
3. CPU, CPU optional, and chassis fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN,
4-pin CPU_OPT, 4-pin CHA_FAN1-3)
1-32
4. DDR3 DIMM slots
1-8
5. USB 3.0 connector (20-1 pin USB3_12)
1-33
6. Clear RTC RAM jumper
1-27
7. Intel
®
Z87 Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_1-6 [yellow]) 1-31
8. DRCT (DirectKey) connector (2-pin DRCT)
1-35
9. System panel connector (20-8 pin PANEL)
1-36
10. USB 2.0 connectors (10-1 pin USB910, USB1112, USB1314)
1-34
11. TPM connector (20-1 pin TPM)
1-31
12. DirectKey button
1-25
13. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM)
1-33
14. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP)
1-35
15. Digital audio connector (4-1 pin SPDIF_OUT)
1-29
1.2.4 Layout contents