Application Overview
Included Applications
- ASUS AI Suite 3
- Thermal Radar 2
- DIGI+ Power Control
- USB 3.1 Boost
- Ai Charger+
- Disk Unlocker
- USB BIOS Flashback Wizard
- Turbo LAN
- AURA RGB Lighting Control
AI Suite 3
The AI Suite 3 application is a bundling mechanism for all the included ASUS designed utilities, providing a centralized panel from which to access and run the applets. All applets can be accessed by clicking on the expansion button on the middle left side of the page. The applet list then slides out to the right in a frame along the inside left of the page. The AI Charger+ applet configure the USB port for optimized fast-charging of Apple-specific or generic USB-based devices. The USB 3.1 Boost applet supercharges your USB 3.1 ports, allowing for enhanced read and write performance with the amount of performance gain based on the USB 3 device in use. The USB BIOS Flashback Wizard creates a BIOS file that can be used in conjunction with the BIOS Flashback functionality built into the board to re-flash the BIOS without the need for booting. This is functionality that I wish more motherboard vendors would embrace because it is easier than you think to corrupt a BIOS. Normally, the board is toast if you cannot boot into the BIOS or reset it successfully. This BIOS Flashback function gives you another option and has saved my bacon in at least one instance in the recent past.
Thermal Radar 2
When opened, The main app opens into the Thermal Radar 2 interface and more specifically to the Thermal Tuning page. The Thermal Radar 2 applet is organized into separate tabs for each of the offered features. The Thermal Tuning tab contains zone specific component temperature information as well as the Thermal Tuning wizard to auto-tune your system for optimal temperatures. The Fan Control tab contains configuration settings for all fans attached to motherboard headers. The VGA tab contains settings for controlling the fan operation of a supported video card with multiple fan configuration options available. The Thermal Status tab gives real-time reporting on the thermal characteristics of your system based on predefined zones. The Recorder tab displays real-time information on all system monitored temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds in a graph over time type format. The DIGI+ Power Control section houses settings specific to the board power circuitry for the CPU and DRAM. Along the bottom of the app window are real-time monitoring display settings.
TPU, CPU Frequency settings page
Fan Control page
Thermal Status page
EPU page
DIGI+ PowerControl page
AURA RGB LED Lighting Control
The AURA applet controls the active state of the RGB LEDs embedded in to the board as well as LED strips connected to the board's RGB LED 12V header. The controlled LEDs can be configured for any desired color using the color picker control and to operate in a variety of modes including static, breathing, color cycle, strobing, temperature, and music effect.
Why the hell use ASMEDIA
Why the hell use ASMEDIA controllers for a premium board ? Where are the Asus Z270 MBs with Alpine Ridge ?
Hmm i think the TUF line is
Hmm i think the TUF line is implementing different path than ROG or the others. It seems that TUF mobos are avoiding new stuff, but not necessarily being crippled by them. Like, there is never an M.2 slot in a TUF.
Anyway, love this TUF! I so want this, but it means upgrading everything… bah. 🙁
I don’t get it, there are two
I don’t get it, there are two M2 slots on this board ? And including an Asmedia controller is surely riskier than an Intel one ?
There are 2 M2 slots on this
There are 2 M2 slots on this board.
Edit – Mistaken double post
Edit – Mistaken double post
Does this thing boot/post as
Does this thing boot/post as slowly as the ASUS Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1 also tested here?
I didn’t notice that the post
I didn't notice that the post on the board was any longer than on the other ASUS Z270 boards tested….
Every review indicates the
Every review indicates the ASUS Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1 is a very slow to boot/post board — are you saying the ASUS Z270 is just as slow?
As far as i know it doesnt
As far as i know it doesnt have built in bluetooth or wifi, for pairing this kinds of headphones and for wifi, what should i do? what to buy?