![]() Up along the top we have an 8-pin power connection for the CPU and then a second 4-pin for when you are overclocking to supply the CPU with even more power. Next to it is our first 4-pin PWM fan header. ![]() For starters, behind the rear I/O panel we have a Molex power connection to give additional power to the PCI slots for when you are running and overclocking quad card setups. Starting up in the top left corner we have a few things going on. That heatsink has both the Asus and ROG logos on them along with a machined V shape. For the chipset heatsink Asus kept things low profile to prevent ay clearance issues with video cards. Those two heatsinks have a single red anodized piece and the rest are anodized black. Around the CPU socket we have two heatsinks, the smaller of the two along the top with a long heatsink that runs the full height of the CPU socket area and is longer than the RAM slots. To start things off, let’s take a look at all of the cooling on the Crosshair Formula-Z. Beyond that it is a full ATX board packed full of features, so lets take a closer look to see what it is all about. That means the headsinks have the older more aggressive styling. Being a little bit of an older board design its overall styling isn’t really what we see on the newer boards. ![]() ![]() Much like the packaging, with the Crosshair V Formula-Z being an ROG motherboard it does have the full black and red theme going on. ![]()
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