Between the top M.2 slot and the I/O area, we will find a CPU OPT_FAN header, meant for connecting pumps from different AIOs. We would have preferred to have this header placed near the CPU FAN header, for a better case wire management:

Nearby we do have the connector for the shroud RGB LEDs:

The Realtek RTL8118AS Ethernet Controller does enable the Gigabit interface on this board:

The audio interface is present thanks to the included Realtek ALC1150 CODEC, which we have seen with many other mobos in the past:

On the lower board area, we do have plenty of other useful interfaces:

-frontal audio header

-JSPDIF_OUT header

-two 4-pin fan headers

-a J_COM1 header

-the JCMOS header

-two USB 2.0 headers

Moving on to the right, we do have two SATA ports, but also the Front Panel header:

The top PCIe x16 slot does support 4.0 version if a Ryzen 3rd Gen is installed, otherwise it will function in 3.0 mode; the lower PCIe x16 slot comes from the chipset and will always operate in 3.0 mode. The two PCIe x1 slots do also operate in PCIe 3.0 mode; in terms of storage, the M.2 slots do support PCI-E 4.0 x4 devices or AHCI SSD. There are some limitations though:

-when the secondary M.2 slot is occupied by a SATA SSD, the SATA3 connector will be disabled.

-when the secondary M.2 slot is occupied by a PCI-E drive, the SATA3/ SATA4 connectors will be disabled.

The chipset sink is quite small and does not require active cooling:

On the right side of the board, we will be able to spot four additional SATA ports:

Two extra USB 3.2 Gen1 ports can be made available by using the header and near it we do have the 24-pin ATX power connector: