The two black SATA 6 connections are run on the ASMedia 1061 chipset. The Z87-Plus’s SATA ports have the same yellow/gold color for the Intel controlled ports, just like the Z87-Pro. Just above the SATA ports and under the 24 pin power connection there is a single USB 3.0 internal header for USB 3.0 ports on the front of today’s cases. It’s especially interesting because not only does this not require any interaction from you after pressing the button, but it doesn’t even need a CPU in the motherboard.
#CPU LED RED Z87 UPDATE#
The BIOS Flash Back button is even more interesting, when combined with a USB drive with the proper bios on it plugged into the proper USB port you can press this button and update or flash back your bios. Under the DirectKey is the 24 pin power connection. This is great with today’s PCs that have quick boot times, no more bashing delete. When you press this button it will let your motherboard know to boot directly into the UEFI the next time you reboot.
#CPU LED RED Z87 PRO#
Next was the DirectKey, a feature we talked about on the Pro board as well. There is a third four pin PWM fan header just under the MemOK button. This is important because if there is an issue during boot you can see the area that is causing your problem. There is also the DROM LED, these LED’s are all over the motherboard and they light up as that part of the motherboard is initializing during boot. In the top right corner we have the MemOK button, a button that helps you deal with memory incompatibilities by adjusting the RAM settings until they work. One is black and the other is yellow, the color coding helps make it easy to see that the yellow header is your main CPU fan header and the black one is an optional CPU fan header. In the top right corner near the top of the RAM slots we have two four pin PWM fan headers. If you happen to have a heatsink or water cooling that fits your old LGA1155 or LGA1156 motherboard it will still work on this new LGA 1150 socket. Here we can also see the LGA 1150 socket and CPU hold down. Because of the small heatsink size there is plenty of room to get at the connection to hook it up or unhook it. Starting up in the top left corner of the board between the cooling and the rear I/O panel we have a single 8 pin CPU power connection. In fact if you look into the 5K caps you will find that they are better than the military grade caps that are advertised by their competition.
#CPU LED RED Z87 PLUS#
This means that although the Plus may look a little lighter in features due to its smaller cooling, it does still have the goods under the cooling. For voltage regulation though, Asus did include 5K capacitors and fully molded alloy chokes as I mentioned on the Z87 Pro as well. The Chipset cooler is exactly the same as on the Z87 Pro though and it is very similar to what Asus used on the Z77 boards as well so we know it will get the job done. It’s still weird seeing such small cooling it reminds me of boards from back in the day. Considering the CPU does its own voltage regulation this amount of cooling should still be more than enough. Asus went noticeably smaller when it comes to the cooling around the LGA1150 socket. It’s clear right out of the hole that the Z87 Plus is a slightly cheaper motherboard.
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